November 25, 2013
Some quick highlights of the presser as it goes on… After the curtain dropped to reveal the dimly lit rendering of the new Commonwealth Stadium, Governor Steve Beshear was introduced and raved about UK’s 2014 recruiting class, turning to Mark Stoops and telling him: “Coach, we are on our way, buddy.” Senior Avery Williamson followed…
The old Commonwealth Stadium…. **Curtain drop** The new Commonwealth Stadium. RIP Wagon Bones BBQ. Don’t worry, better pics coming soon.
Saturday’s 59-17 loss was bad. I could fill an entire post of the atrocious stats from the game, but it still would not be indicative of how helpless the Cats looked. Coach Stoops described it best today, “It was most disappointing because we had the least amount of competitive plays all year.” Even in other…
With a little help from its friends up the road in Louisville, UK moved up to No. 3 in this week’s Associated Press college basketball poll. The Cats now find themselves behind top-ranked Michigan State and Andrew Wiggins’ Kansas Jayhawks in the Top 25. The Cardinals dropped to No. 9 after falling to North Carolina…
Raymond Sanders will sit out the final game of his career at Kentucky due to a violation of team rules. It was reported late last week that Sanders had been dismissed from the team, but that report proved to be false when Sanders took the field against Georgia on Saturday. Now Sanders will serve a…
The Southeastern Conference released its men’s basketball players of the week this morning and Kentucky’s James Young received honors. Young was named SEC Freshman of the Week following his 26-point performance in UK’s win over UT-Arlington last week. Tennessee’s Jordan McRae took Player of the Week honors, making it the second week in a row…
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the Big Blue fan in your family? Treat them right by giving them a copy of the “Sixth Man” DVD from TheKSRShop.com! “Sixth Man” is a first of its kind film that turns the camera away from the historic program that is UK basketball, and directs it to…
A look at your University of Kentucky Wildcats football roster heading into the final game of the 2013 season: OFFENSE Tight end Jordan Aumiller Anthony Kendrick Steven Borden Tyler Robinson Patrick Ligon Left tackle Darrian Miller Jordan Swindle Left guard Zach West Max Godby or Teven Eatmon-Nared Center Jon Toth Zach Myers Right guard Kevin…
April 19, 2021
Quite the performance from the Kentucky Wildcats tonight. As the second overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, UK has now swept it its first two opponents to advance to the Elite Eight. Tonight’s — or, I should say, this morning’s — Sweet Sixteen victory came in an intra-commonwealth battle with the Hill Toppers of Western…
The Kentucky volleyball team is headed to the Elite Eight. In a late-night blowout performance against Western Kentucky in the Sweet 16, the No. 2 overall seed Wildcats took home a 3-0 sweep (25-20, 25-16, 25-10) to advance to the Elite Eight on Monday. Going into the match, the Hilltoppers were undefeated on the year…
Iowa sharpshooter CJ Fredrick is entering the transfer portal. After rumors of a potential departure began swirling to close out the 2020-21 season, that speculation was confirmed late Sunday evening when the former Covington Catholic standout officially left the Iowa program and entered the portal. Rob Howe of HawkeyeNation.com was the first to break the…
April 18, 2021
Mark Stoops believes the class of 2022 may be one of his best classes ever, and so far, that’s held true. After a huge recruiting weekend where Kentucky received commitments from three players inside the ESPN Top 300, the Wildcats sit inside the top 10 for the 2022 recruiting class, according to Rivals.com. The Wildcats…
Buzzer Beater Bam!!! On Sunday afternoon, Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo crushed the souls of the Brooklyn Nets with a buzzer-beating fallaway jumper over Jeff Green that pushed his squad to a 109-107 victory, putting an end to the Heat’s three-game losing streak. Miami was without star player Jimmy Butler due to an ankle injury,…
Move over Klay Thompson, there’s a new face of ANTA. On Friday, it was reported by Nick DePaula of ESPN that former Kentucky Wildcat and current member of the Detroit Pistons, Hamidou Diallo, was signing a footwear deal with the Chinese-based sportswear company, ANTA. Diallo is now the second former ‘Cat to sign a deal with…
Kentucky’s point guard situation is still a question mark, but incoming Wildcat Nolan Hickman might have something to say about that. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound point guard class of 2021 prospect out of Wasatch Academy (Utah) is a star on the rise. Hickman was named a McDonald’s All-American selection and is graded by 247 Sports as…
The 2021 Mr. and Miss Basketball awards from the state of Kentucky have been announced. There wasn’t much shock or controversy this year as Lexington Catholic’s Ben Johnson and Franklin County’s Brooklynn Miles took home Kentucky High School Basketball’s most prestigious award. For Mr. Basketball Ben Johnson, he lit up the scoreboard all year long…
If you happened to catch the end of the Knicks’ thrilling overtime win over the Pelicans on Sunday, there’s a good chance you saw this nasty play at the rim and thought “oh, DAMN!” as I did: Nerlens tells Brandon Ingram NO!!!! pic.twitter.com/TnA7Vqq6l9 — Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) April 18, 2021 You may have also seen…
The Reds fell short in their bid to sweep the series on Sunday afternoon, but they still took two out of three to win the first series of the Ohio Cup. Shane Bieber’s excellent performance led the Indians to a 6-3 victory to avoid the sweep as their bats hit three home runs to provide…
