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by LARRY VAUGHT Justin Burke was the perfect age to fully embrace the Air Raid era when Kentucky coach Hal Mumme had quarterbacks Tim Couch and Dusty Bonner helping the Wildcats have one of the […]

by LARRY VAUGHT One Kentucky basketball player who is not being mentioned a lot when prospects for the 2026-27 season are discussed is redshirt freshman wing Braydon Hawthorne. However, Sporting News columnist Mike DeCourcy, who […]

By LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky native Homer Rice was an All-American football player at Centre Centre in 1948 and from 1951-61 he compiled a 101-9-7 record coaching high school football in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was […]

by LARRY VAUGHT Notre Dame transfer Morgan Gaerte, a 6-foot-5 junior hitter, was a first-team all-ACC player last season when she had 497 kills in 28 matches. That was the most kills by a Notre […]

by LARRY VAUGHT What is new Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mo Williams like? He is a 13-year NBA veteran who was the head coach at Jackson State the previous four years before joining coach Mark […]

By LARRY VAUGHT Malachi Brown’s father played college football at Marshall University and his uncle played for Ole Miss. “Malachi always had a football in his hands,” said Torino Brown, Malachi’s father. “His uncle was […]

The Russell County 10U Softball team claimed the District 5 Little League Championship last night. The team capped off an impressive 4-game stretch with a 10-5 win over Marion County in the championship. Prior to […]

Casey County native John B. Wethington is stepping down from his position as head coach of the Lindsey Wilson University Women’s Basketball program. Wethington has served as head coach of the Blue Raiders for 37 […]

Russell County native Nathan Lawson made his professional baseball debut this week with the Florence Y’alls, a professional baseball team based out of Florence, Kentucky. Lawson, who played collegiately at Eastern Kentucky University and Western […]