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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…

By LARRY VAUGHT

He always liked Kentucky, but South Warren defensive lineman Adrian Middleton had a little extra motivation for making his commitment to UK Saturday — he didn’t want coach Mark Stoops to run out of scholarships. The 6-4, 275-pound Middleton became the 18th player in the 2014 class to [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Sporting News columnist Mike DeCourcy did two things I really liked with his player rankings — he noted that Alex Poythress’ freshman season was not a total failure and he pointed out just how good freshman Julius Randle will be.

DeCourcy is ranking the top players at each [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown grew up a Kentucky basketball fan and even went to the Final Four in Houston in 2011 when he was coaching at Texas Tech and UK lost to Connecticut. He says UK coach John Calipari has been a big asset for football.

“Kentucky basketball is [...] Continue Reading…

Vaught’s note: Kentucky fan Linda Sinclair is now retired, still loving Kentucky basketball in Lexington West (Louisville to some) and back sharing her unique sense of humor.
By LINDA SINCLAIR
Basic Facts About Wildcats
The most common wildcat in North America and around the world is the Kentucky Wildcat.  They come in [...] Continue Reading…

By LARRY VAUGHT

Just a few days after Kentucky offered a scholarship to seventh-grader Jairus Brent of Indiana, the Wildcats now have a verbal commitment from sophomore linemen Landon Young of Lexington.

The 6-7, 250-pound Young is a three-sport standout at Lafayette — he was second in the heavyweight division at [...] Continue Reading…

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