University of Kentucky golfer Jacob Cook finished in a tie for fifth place Friday at Clark's Pump 'N Shop Kentucky Amateur. 

Jacob Cook, a member of Kentucky's golf team, is in fifth place after the second round of the Clark's Pump 'N Shop Kentucky Amateur Thursday at the Lexington Country Club.

It’s hard to imagine there could a better marquee matchup to start a high school football season than Frederick Douglass-North Hardin tonight in Lexington.

LEXINGTON — Determining the depth chart has always been a top priority for the Kentucky coaching staff during pre-season workouts, but this year, the coaching staff is looking at different ways to utilize the roster.

At least new Kentucky assistant coach Bruiser Flint understands just what he’s getting into with Big Blue Nation.

LEXINGTON — Jai Lucas turned down Kentucky once. When the Wildcats called a second time, he didn’t balk at the opportunity.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari’s revamped coaching staff is now complete.

LEXINGTON — The first scrimmage of fall camp impressed Mark Stoops.

LEXINGTON — Keion Brooks Jr. is doing his part to make a difference.

Not only did Kentucky coach John Calipari and his staff get Kevin Knox Jr. prepared for the NBA, but so did Kentucky fans.

LEXINGTON — DeWayne Peevy has spent more than a decade as one of the top athletic administrators at the University of Kentucky. Now he gets a shot at running his own administration.

LEXINGTON — It didn’t take John Calipari long to find a replacement for Kenny Payne.

In the 20-plus years I have been doing a Sunday morning sports show on WLAP Radio in Lexington, we had never had a call asking about Kentucky women’s golf. Not one.

LEXINGTON — The Southeastern Conference unveiled its football schedule Monday night, and Kentucky’s home opener is set for Oct. 3 against Mississippi.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky’s season opener is set.

LEXINGTON — The Southeastern Conference isn’t ready to call it a season just yet and is planning on playing football this fall.

LEXINGTON — It may not take long for John Calipari to find a new assistant coach.

The death last week of 20-year-old Cullan Brown obviously touched the golf world in a big way because of his immense talent on the course.

LEXINGTON — Kenny Payne is stepping up to the next level.

LEXINGTON — Kenny Payne has a decision to make regarding his future plans.

He’s been piling up preseason honors the same way he has piled up successful blocks, but Kentucky senior center Drake Jackson won’t let the accolades go to his head.

LEXINGTON — The Kentucky men’s golf team is mourning the loss of one of their top players.

The Southeastern Conference made the right call Thursday with its decision to play football this fall.

LEXINGTON — The Southeastern Conference will be starting the season later and with a league-only schedule in football, the conference announced Thursday.

Tom Payne now lives in Lansing, Michigan, and says he gets little news about Kentucky basketball, so he quickly admitted when I called him that he didn’t know a lot about the “particular agenda” to have former Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp’s name removed from Rupp Arena.

No one grows up wanting to be an offensive lineman.

LEXINGTON — C.J. Conrad is fully focused on football and helping Kentucky prepare for the upcoming season as the Wildcats navigate through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

From the time Kentucky started recruiting point guard Skyy Clark it was a “blessing” for the family.

She’s seen her son injure his knee and miss the 2018 season when Kentucky won 10 games and then come back to play so effectively in 2019 that he’s been named the third best returning offensive lineman in the Southeastern Conference.

He’s never coached Terrence Clarke, but he’s coached against the incoming Kentucky freshman guard often and Our Savior Lutheran (N.Y.) coach Peter Wehye has never failed to be impressed.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky women’s basketball coach Matthew Mitchell is recovering following brain surgery.

Don’t look for point guard Kennedy Chandler to be a player that will let his recruiting process drag out during his senior season.

LEXINGTON — Ryan Martin O’Connor is coming home.

LEXINGTON — The Kentucky men’s basketball team will begin a COVID-19 screening process on Sunday before returning to activities prior to the July 4 holiday.

LEXINGTON — Before his players can even start thinking about basketball next month, Kentucky coach John Calipari expects the Wildcats to undergo medical precautions prior to workouts.

Just how good is recent Kentucky basketball commit Jada Walker? The point guard is a top 70 player nationally in the 2021 recruiting class, but she got her first Division I scholarship offer from Michigan when she was in the sixth grade.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky will open football season on time and two days earlier than originally planned.

Kentucky lost some big offensive numbers off its 2020 softball team with the graduation of Alex Martens and Bailey Vick, two of the nation’s best offensive players last season. However, signee Erin Coffel of Indiana will arrive on campus with some big numbers of her own.

LEXINGTON — Josh Paschal is used to overcoming the odds, and the Kentucky junior defensive end is ready to return to battle amid a global pandemic. 

LEXINGTON — John Calipari is listening and learning. 

His junior season he played with Spire Academy in Ohio, a team that featured guard LaMelo Ball and Rocket Watts. That left Isaiah Jackson to fill a role while Ball, who played overseas last year and should be a top five pick in the NBA draft, and Watts, who averaged 9.0 points per game at Mi…

LEXINGTON — John Calipari’s name has surfaced yet again as a potential candidate for the head coaching job with the New York Knicks. If the past is any indication, the Kentucky coach won’t walk away easily or at all.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari and Mark Stoops used their platforms to address concerns against racial injustice, and the two Kentucky coaches shared their thoughts on social media regarding weekend protests across the nation sparked by the recent death of George Floyd.

Five-star defensive lineman Justin Rogers is the highest rated recruit — he’s a top 20 player nationally — that coach Mark Stoops has signed at UK, but he doesn’t want fans thinking he has a superstar mentality.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari expects things to be different, much different, when players return to campus for voluntary workouts in less than two weeks.

LEXINGTON — Former Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton died at the age of 84 on Saturday.