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With nudging from Anthony Davis, John Calipari helping with Baton Rouge flood relief

Kentucky coach John Calipari will send the money raised from his celebrity baseball game to help with the flood relief in Baton Rouge, but the move comes at former player Anthony Davis' urging.

"(Davis was) one of the ones who said, 'Coach, you’ve gotta do something this weekend for Baton Rouge,'" Calipari said, via Kentucky Sports Radio.

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"This thing is looking like the (Hurricane) Sandy disaster, almost worse than that. We’re going to go through Red Cross, so the foundation will give any money that’s raised — it will go directly to Red Cross.