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By LARRY VAUGHT

No college basketball coach seems to understand the value of Twitter better than John Calipari. He never misses a chance to promote the UK program and just when it seems there is no buzz about UK basketball, he creates some like he did over the weekend.

Calipari posted [...] Continue Reading…

Vaught’s note: For any high school athlete in western Kentucky or any media member who knew him, this was shocking news. Should teach us all to value life daily.

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Longtime western Kentucky sports writer Joey Fosko has died after suffering an apparent heart attack. The Paducah [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Never accuse Kentucky coach John Calipari of not looking ahead. According to Stephen Zimmerman (@Big_ZIMM on Twitter), he got a scholarship offer from Calipari and let everyone know on Twitter.

Of course, the offer is no real surprise since the 7-0 Zimmerman is considered the top post player [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Since he decided to return to Kentucky to join Mark Stoops’ staff, offensive coordinator Neal Brown has been busy recruiting, teaching his offense to UK’s returning players and assuring fans that he believes Kentucky can win, and win big, in the future.

He’ll be speaking to the Louisville [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Orlando Sentinel college football recruiting analyst Chris Hays seems to know more than anyone about who UK coach Mark Stoops and his staff are recruiting in central Florida. He broke the news about the recent commitment of Florida linebacker Nick Firios to Kentucky and offered these insights [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Orlando Sentinel college football recruiting analyst Chris Hays says recent Kentucky commit Nico Firios is “aggressive from sideline to sideline.”

The 220-pound linebacker from Longwood Lyman (Fla.) High School verbally committed to UK last week after making unofficial visits to Louisville and Kentucky.

“He’s strong, quick off the ball [...] Continue Reading…

By ASHLEY SCOBY

To some, sportswriting may just seem like scribbling down notes about a football game and cranking out a story of what happened to make Team A lose to Team B. But there are a lot of times when sports provides the opportunity for much bigger stories to [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Even Mark Stoops can’t win every recruiting battle.

Cincinnati receiver Derek Kief  picked defending national champion Alabama over Kentucky and Ohio State Sunday. The 6-5, 200-pound Kief is a four-star prospect who would have given UK offensive coordinator Neal Brown the big receiver he wants. Kief runs a [...] Continue Reading…

Vaught’s note: Media personality Ryan Lemond has a unique perspective on recent UK football commit Landon Young. Enjoy Lemond’s memories and emotional story that offer insights into Young that no one else in the media can match. It’s a heart-warming story about Young, and also shows why Lemond is [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Ryan Hockman was a three-sport standout at Harrison (Ohio) High School who earned SuperPrep Magazine All-American honors as a quarterback and was named the Ohio Player of the Year in 1987 before going to the University of Kentucky to play his college football.

Now he runs Score 6 [...] Continue Reading…

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