
2022-05-17

Kenny Payne on John Calipari, future of Kentucky vs. Louisville rivalry
When Louisville and Kentucky square off in December, it will mark a new chapter in one of the biggest rivalries in sports. With Kenny Payne, a former Cardinal who spent ten seasons as John Calipari's right-hand man in Lexington, now at the helm of...

Railbird moving to Red Mile in 2023, no festival in 2022
Listen up, Railbird goers. Lexington's biggest music festival announced two major updates regarding its future plans. First, there will not be a 2022 edition of the Railbird Music Festival this fall. Railbird is taking a pause this year to better...

Will Levis: Stallions and Areas of Improvement
Will Levis began his Kentucky career with a 10-win campaign, drawing the attention of a ton of new eyeballs this offseason. NFL Draft circles are the most enlightened new group of Levis followers. We've seen some analysts project the Kentucky...

2024 Kentucky QB recruiting board is starting to form
After adding a commitment from Tommy Ziesmer, the class of 2023 is starting to form for Kentucky. The Wildcats are up to six verbal commits in the recruiting cycle and will look to continue that recruiting momentum as we get deeper into the summer....

Kentucky still the top overall seed in Way-Too-Early Bracketology
Joe Lunardi released his first 2023 Bracketology last month, prompting a chorus of "Too Soon!" from the college basketball world. Not one to be deterred, Lunardi is back with another set of NCAA Tournament projections. In his May update, your...

The Kentucky Football Win Total is Growing
The Kentucky Football Hype Train continues to chug along this offseason and it's gaining steam. The latest momentum is moving lines in Las Vegas. The first college football win total was published by Wynn, placing the line right at 8 wins for...

KSR Show Thread, 5/17: Tune in now!
Matt Jones is in Texas with his five backyard chickens--Cluck Hayes, Jared Poultry, Hen Coleman, Talon Edwards, and Fowl Labissiere--for another two hours of Kentucky Sports Radio. In Lexington, Ryan Lemond and I are connected through the KSBar and...

KSR Today: NBA Draft Lottery
The National Basketball Association is taking centerstage in the sports world tonight. At 8 pm ET the future of the league will be put in the hands of a few ping pong balls when the NBA Draft Lottery draws this year's draft order. Is this event on...

WATCH: Oscar Tshiebwe eats...bugs??
We have a new leader in the clubhouse for Kentucky players who eat weird stuff. Earlier today, Oscar Tshiebwe, unanimous national player of the year and future NBA player, uploaded a video of himself eating...bugs....

NFL Mini-Camp Updates On Kentucky's Rookies
This past weekend was rookie mini-camp weekend for most of the National Football League. By Sunday, all 32 teams had concluded their three-day preseason rookie mini-camps and soon the newcomers will join the vets for OTAs in the coming weeks ahead....

PJ Washington, World Wide Wes among NBA Draft lottery representatives
Kentucky might be looking at just one potential lottery selection in the upcoming 2022 NBA Draft, but this week's lottery draw will have a couple of Wildcat connections. The NBA announced on Monday the 14 representatives for the NBA Draft Lottery,...

Chris Livingston will be featured in LeBron James biopic 'Shooting Stars'
Chris Livingston might be making a brief detour to Los Angeles before taking his talents to Lexington. The future Kentucky Wildcat and Akron, Oh. native tells On3's Joe Tipton he will appear in LeBron James' next feature film, Shooting Stars....

Lance Ware loads up the Box Score in Brazil
Lance Ware messed around and almost got a triple-double in his Brazilian debut. The Kentucky forward is spending some of his offseason on an outreach trip to Brazil through Sports Reach, a program a few other Cats participated in previously. The...

Karl-Anthony Towns named Social Justice Champion award finalist
Karl-Anthony Towns is being recognized for his off-court contributions. On Monday, the NBA announced the five finalists for the 2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award, where Towns was one of the players selected for the prestigious...

Early lines out for a trio of big Kentucky Football games
The 2022 college football season is less than four months away and today, we got the early lines for two crucial games on Kentucky's schedule. Over at FanDuel, Kentucky is a 3.5-point underdog at Tennessee on October 29 and a 16-point underdog vs....

Preakness Stakes 147: Post Positions, Morning Line Odds Set
We will not have a Triple Crown winner, but the show goes on this Saturday at Pimlico Park with the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes. Kentucky Derby long shot winner Rich Strike is bypassing the trip to Baltimore, but there are still some top...

Keion Brooks, Kellan Grady underperform in first G League Camp scrimmage
Former Kentucky Basketball players Keion Brooks and Kellan Grady have two days to shine at the NBA's G League Elite Camp in Chicago, a secondary scouting event to the NBA Combine. Brooks and Grady were among 44 invitees to the second-tier combine...

DJ Wagner recruitment update: Michigan in the mix?
Heading into the final summer of his high school career, the noise surrounding DJ Wagner's recruitment is only going to grow louder and louder. A five-star class of 2023 combo guard considered to be one of the top three prospects in the country,...

Report: Rajon Rondo pulled gun on longtime girlfriend, threatened to kill her
Rajon Rondo allegedly pulled a gun on his longtime girlfriend and threatened to kill her during an argument, according to TMZ Sports. "TMZ Sports has learned 36-year-old Ashley Bachelor, Rondo's former partner and mother of his two kids,...

Top-20 big man Aaron Bradshaw announces top list of options
Four-star prospect Aaron Bradshaw tells On3 he's down to seven options -- Louisville, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma State, Michigan, UCLA, and the G-League. The 7-foot-1 center out of Roselle (N.J.) Camden also received offers from LSU, Oklahoma...

Wan'Dale Robinson is getting strong reviews from NFL teammates
The draft season has not been over for long, but the NFL finds ways to stay in the spotlight throughout the calendar. The schedule release got most of the buzz last week, but teams throughout the league are hosting their rookie minicamps before OTAs...

Rhyne Howard named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week
Just one week into her professional career, Rhyne Howard is winning awards. Today, Howard was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week. She's the first rookie to take home the title since 2019, and the first rookie to win it in the first...

Where Kentucky FB targets stand in On3's updated '24 player rankings
The nation's top rising juniors are beginning to separate themselves from the rest of the pack as we head into camp season. Over the next few months, we'll receive even more clarity as to which prospects are the best of the best from the 2024 class....

Kentucky Football makes ESPN's Future Defense Power Rankings
A lot of the hype around Kentucky Football centers around projected first-round NFL Draft pick Will Levis, but today, the Cats are being praised for what happens on the other side of the ball. ESPN's Adam Rittenberg released his Future Defense Power...

BBNBA: Devin Booker, Suns burn out in Phoenix
In a complete stunner, Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns essentially no-showed their Game 7 against the Mavericks and were boat raced from the jump. Let's take a closer look at how the disaster happened. Sunday's Results (4) Mavericks...