
2025-05-24

John Calipari jokes with Mark Pope, "Don't you ruin my program, man."
The Mark Pope interview with Matt Jones is a gift that keeps on giving. There are so many small nuggets embedded in the 45-minute conversation that...

Lee Anne Pope also makes fun of her husband for saying "beautiful" and "special" so much
Mark Pope's frequent use of the words "beautiful" and "special" has become a running joke in Big Blue Nation. During Tuesday's interview with Matt...

Tennessee athletic director Danny White wants to see college athletes become employees
Tennessee found itself in the spotlight -- and in the NCAA's crosshairs again -- this month when Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that would essentially...

Vanderbilt will play Ole Miss for SEC Tournament Championship
The SEC Tournament in Hoover doesn't get the same buzz as the SEC Tournament in Nashville but it often still delivers the hits. The best week in...

Kentucky now has power conference competition for Pennsylvania linebacker Max Mohring
Kentucky has been more active in the Mid-Atlantic this high school recruiting cycle. That led to the Cats becoming the first power conference program...

Greatest Hits: Relive KSR's Rapid Reactions from Kentucky's 2024 season
The Kentucky football season is less than 100 days away. That means Rapid Reaction season is less than 100 days away on KSR's YouTube Channel. Why...

NCAA is considering eliminating pro sports betting ban
With online sports betting becoming more prevalent throughout the country, we have seen a few betting scandals in the college sports space. Alabama...

BBNBA: Towns and the Knicks down 0-2 after Game 2 loss
The New York Knicks took the ultimate gut punch in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and they may not have fully recovered. The Indiana Pacers...

Washington State transfer Cedric Coward will not play for Duke
Duke is expected to be a national championship contender again under Jon Scheyer in 2025-26. The Blue Devils will have to play this season without a...

Kentucky QB target Oscar Rios receives invite to Elite 11 finals
The Elite 11 is a national quarterback competition that sets out to find the top quarterback in high school football. A Kentucky target has received...

Kentucky target Darnell Collins is looking at Fourth of July decision
The Fourth of July holiday has recently turned into one of the biggest days on the college football recruiting calendar. Every year, high school...

KSR Today: Happy Memorial Day Weekend
Some say that summer doesn't officially start until the Memorial Day Weekend holiday arrives at the end of May. Well, we're here now despite some of...

BBN helps donate UK equipment truck full of tornado relief supplies
UK Athletics asked, Big Blue Nation delivered. Shocker, right? With severe weather devastating parts of Kentucky, UK football player Jager Burton...

Mark Sears compares Mo Dioubate to Dennis Rodman -- "A skilled Dennis Rodman"
Kentucky fans got a good look at Mo Dioubate in Alabama's three wins over the Cats last season. The 6'7" 215 lbs. forward had eight points and eight...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns have been named All-NBA again
Multiple Kentucky alums are still playing as the NBA playoffs have reached the conference finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is pacing the Oklahoma City...

Why not more 3-pointers? One of many 'poor coaching' examples Mark Pope plans to fix in year two
If you think Mark Pope did a 'poor coaching' job in his debut season at Kentucky, you're crazy. So, yes, Mark Pope, you're crazy. Entering year two...

Jared Lorenzen's son Tayden receives first Division I scholarship offer
Not a day goes by that we don't miss Jared Lorenzen. That's why it got a little dusty around the KSR headquarters this afternoon when we found out...

Rhyne Howard is the latest player to get chippy with Caitlin Clark, but "it's all love" between the two
Caitlin Clark is undoubtably one of the most talented women's basketball players on the planet — and certainly the most popular. However, she's also...

Kentucky remains No. 3 seed in latest Field of 64 Projections
It was an unflattering four-game stretch for Kentucky heading into Monday's NCAA Tournament Selection Show, as it lost four consecutive games to end...

The art of not "missing it": Mark Pope wants players who embrace the Kentucky experience
Recruiting has become even more complex in the transfer portal era. After taking the job last year, Mark Pope put together an impressive squad in a...

BBNBA: Gilgeous-Alexander plays like an MVP in Game 2 win
Fresh off his MVP coronation, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played like the best player in the NBA in the Thunder's Game 2 win over the Timberwolves. SGA...

Anonymous SEC coaches sound off on Mark Stoops: "This is a make-or-break year."
Big Blue Nation is in a show me, don't tell me stage with Kentucky football under Mark Stoops -- season ticket sales down 12.7 percent and just a few...

Film Room: Braydon Hawthorne
Coach Pope and company decided that they weren't done quite yet. On April 21st, Denzel Aberdeen committed to Kentucky giving the 'Cats, at the time...

Mark Pope shares 30-second scouting reports on every new addition for Kentucky
What does Mark Pope think about the roster he's assembled in 2025-26? Well, it's a good one, a group featuring 10 new additions with six players out...

Kentucky announces five new non-conference opponents for 2025-26
The schedule is coming together and it feels so good. Mark Pope wants all of the smoke when it comes to Kentucky taking on the toughest competition,...