LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky gave coach John Calipari a new seven-year, $52.5 million contract that will pay a base package of $6.5 million next season and $8 million over each of the final three seasons. Already one of college basketballs highest-paid coaches, Calipari led the Wildcats to the 2012 NCAA championship and is coming off his third Final Four appearance in five years with Kentucky, a 60-54 title-game loss to Connecticut in April. He has often been rumoured as a potential candidate for NBA coaching openings, most recently this spring with the Los Angeles Lakers. Calipari quickly reiterated his happiness with Kentucky, later using social media to state his commitment after Los Angeles fired coach Mike DAntoni. He continued that theme with his new contract that pays more than most pro coaches. "Ive said over and over that I have the best job in the country," Calipari said in a release Thursday night. "With the continued support from our administration and the greatest, craziest, fans in college basketball, we have accomplished a lot in our five quick years, but we still have lofty goals for the future. "We want to continue to help young people and their families reach their dreams, while at the same time maintaining our success on the basketball court, in the classroom and in the community." Besides building a 152-37 record at Kentucky, Calipari has established himself as a master recruiter in landing top-three freshman classes annually. That includes next years group which figures to make the Wildcats a title contender again, and with this contract the school appears to have locked him in for the long term. "It has long been our goal over the last three to five years that Cal enjoy this as his final stop in coaching," athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in the release, "and that he has an opportunity to finish his career at the University of Kentucky and hopefully set standards and win championships that will be remembered for many, many years to come." USA Soccer Jerseys 2019 . They showered him with "MVP! MVP!" chants. In many ways, it seemed like hed never been gone. Fake USA Soccer Jerseys . "I dont know where we would be without him," McClendon said. "Hes done a tremendous job for us and (Wednesday) was no different." Logan Morrison drove in two runs in Seattles big sixth inning, Young pitched seven strong innings and the Mariners beat the Houston Astros 5-2 to complete a three-game sweep. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/. The Red Sox maintained a share of the AL wild-card lead Tuesday night, using four home runs to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-7 and set up a dramatic conclusion to the regular season. The skidding Red Sox were 6-19 this month before rebounding to edge the last-place Orioles. USA Soccer Shirts . -- Kansas City Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar will have Tommy John surgery that will sideline the pitcher for the season. Wholesale USA Soccer Jerseys . He looked very comfortable Wednesday night. Konerko had a big three-run double and Gordon Beckham homered for the second straight game, leading the Chicago White Sox to an 8-3 victory over the sliding Chicago Cubs.BALTIMORE -- Carter Camper scored the pivotal goal in a shootout, and the Boston Bruins rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a preseason game Tuesday night. The Bruins (2-0) trailed 2-0 late in the second period before coming back. Campers goal, in the eighth round, ended the game. Justin Florek and Chris Kelly had goals for Boston in regulation. Florek scored in the final minute of the second period and Kelly tied it at 7:53 of the third. Tom Wilson and Casey Wellman scored for Washhington, and Braden Holtby stopped all 12 shots he faced in 30 minutes.dddddddddddd It was the third straight shootout for the Capitals (2-0-1). It was the second time in three years the Capitals played a preseason game in Baltimore. A pane of glass fell and broke on the ice after Washingtons Alex Ovechkin and Boston defenceman Chris Castro collided in the corner with 4 minutes left in the second. Both teams skated off, and the final 4 minutes were played immediately before the third period. ' ' '