
2023-06-03

Kentucky High School Baseball Tournament: Saturday Recap
Baseball is on the mind of Kentuckians as the University of Kentucky baseball team will host a Regional in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017 (also the last time they made the tournament). However, with all of the...

Kentucky Baseball Squanders Late Lead to Indiana, Fall in Regional 5-3
Saturday's second round regional matchup against the Hoosiers was a heartbreaker for Big Blue Nation. After Kentucky took a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning, Indiana scored four unanswered runs to steal a massive game from Kentucky in front of a...

Kentucky will host pair of 3-star high school prospects next week
Kentucky basketball has scholarships to fill. Two high school prospects are now on the radar. Joey Hart and Jordan Burks are two players to monitor moving forward. Linton (Ind.) Stockton grad Joey Hart decommitted from UCF on May 11. John...

Athlon calls for Kentucky to finish 3rd in SEC East
Mark Stoops and the Kentucky football program is looking to bounce back in 2023 after a disappointing 7-6 campaign last fall. Expectations should be high for the Wildcats. Kentucky will be a heavy favorite their first four games before hosting...

WATCH: Devin Leary throws pitch to Vince Marrow at Cincinnati Reds game
The Big Blue Nation currently has baseball fever. Kentucky baseball is hosting a regional for the first time since 2017 and has a great chance to advance to a super regional. Mark Stoops' football program is also getting in on some action on the...

Kentucky misses cut for LB James Nesta
Official visit season can also mean list season in college football recruiting. Kentucky received some bad news start this weekend regarding a key defensive target. Cornelius (N.C.) William Amos Hough linebacker James Nesta has trimmed his list to...

West Virginia eliminates Ball State in Lexington regional
Ball State baseball's stay in Lexington was short-lived. The MAC champs bowed out of the NCAA baseball tournament on Saturday afternoon. West Virginia bounced back from Friday night's bad ninth inning against Indiana to record a blowout win to...

Kentucky is a 5-seed in the NCAA's first bracketology
As it turns out, Joe Lunardi does not have an absolute monopoly on NCAA basketball brackets. Andy Katz posted his version of summer bracketology on the official NCAA website and Kentucky landed a 5-seed. This lines up fairly well with his power-36...

Julius Randle undergoes successful ankle surgery
Former Kentucky double-double machine, Julius Randle, went under the knife on Friday. The New York Knicks announced their best player had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle, the same one that plagued him during this year's playoffs. Physicians...

Kentucky's red zone offense should be much-improved this season
Football statisticians harp on a vast variety of advanced analytics, however, there might not be a more telling indicator of overall team success than red zone efficiency. Last year, Kentucky football was abysmal in this category, but there are...

J.B. Holmes clears up local golf club scramble controversy
In a nice change of pace, the biggest scandal in golf did not revolve around anyone involved in the LIV tour. Instead, golf's most tantalizing drama took place last weekend in Franklin, Tennessee, and centered around the pride of Campbellsville,...

What to Expect from Kentucky Football in September
Kickoff times and broadcast information for Kentucky’s first three games of the 2023 season have been set and announced. The Cats will face Ball State in the opener followed by EKU, Akron, and Florida. All four September contests will be played...

Kentucky and Indiana to Meet for Second Time this Season in NCAA Tournament Rematch
Kentucky and Indiana will face off in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday following IU's 12-6 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. This will be their second meeting of the season and will look much different than these teams'...

KSR Today: Kentucky baseball beats Ball State, basketball freshman arrive
Good Saturday morning, everyone. If you happen to live in Lexington and are not a music festival or Kentucky baseball enthusiast, I hope you treated this weekend like you would a major blizzard by stocking up on milk and bread early in the week in...

Kentucky High School Baseball Tournament: Friday Recap
Baseball is on the mind of Kentuckians as the University of Kentucky baseball team will host a Regional in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017 (also the last time they made the tournament). However, with all of the...

Kentucky Baseball Wins First NCAA Tournament Game in Six Years with 4-0 Win Over Ball State
For the first time in six years, the Kentucky Bat 'Cats have won an NCAA Tournament game. For the third time in program history, the Wildcats shut out an opponent in an NCAA Tournament game. It was a good day to be a Wildcat, as Kentucky baseball...

What anonymous coaches are saying about Kentucky football
The Memorial Day holiday weekend means that preseason magazine season has officially arrived. We'll have to wait a few more weeks before Phil Steele's college football encyclopedia arrives in July, but Athlon Sports is here to give us an outstanding...

WATCH: Rapid Reacting to Kentucky baseball's win over Ball State
Kentucky baseball picked up its first NCAA Tournament win since 2017 on Friday night. So of course, KSR was in attendance at Kentucky Proud Park to soak in the sweat from the 90-degree heat good vibes from a packed crowd of nearly 5,000 Big Blue...

Tyler Herro could return for Heat in NBA Finals as soon as Game 2, per report
Tyler Herro hasn't suited up for the Miami Heat since April 16, but he could make his long-awaited return to the hardwood as soon as this weekend. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the former Kentucky Wildcat shooting guard is trending...

Nick Mingione Praises Big Blue Nation, Ball State Pitching Following Friday's Win
Kentucky Baseball earned its first NCAA Tournament win in six years with a 4-0 shutout victory over Ball State on Friday. Head coach Nick Mingione spoke to the media after the win. Mingione kicked off his presser praising the Big Blue Nation, Ball...

Kentucky football's official visitor list for June
June has finally arrived, and it's going to be an important month for the Kentucky football program. As we've talked about many times throughout the last several weeks, the Wildcats' coaching staff is preparing for dozens of class of 2024 high...

Churchill Downs will reportedly move racing to Ellis Park
After 12 horses suffered catastrophic injuries in the first five weeks of the spring meet, including seven ahead of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs will reportedly move its spring meet away from the historic racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky....

Bango Races for Record 11th Win at Churchill Downs
There are plenty of legitimate criticisms swirling around the sport of horse racing. One gripe -- the sport's top equine athletes retire too early -- is being debunked by a local star. On Saturday Bango is racing for history at Churchill Downs....

Boogie Fland planning visit to Kentucky in September
Five-star guard Boogie Fland is in the process of scheduling an official visit to Kentucky, one tentatively planned for the first weekend of September. The No. 1 point guard in the class of 2024, Fland will also take an official to Indiana on June...

Kentucky sliding in "Way-Too-Early" preseason rankings following NBA Draft deadline
The dust has mostly settled since the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline passed us by the moment the calendar turned over to June. Oscar Tshiebwe and Chris Livingston are off to the next level, while Antonio Reeves is coming back to college, but not...