Once Florida got started, the Gators were hard to stop.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky owns just one win over Florida in the past three decades.

He’s viewed as a receiver who could be a God-send for Kentucky’s offense next season even though he has just 17 catches for 195 yards and seven scores this season.

John Calipari’s current 2021 recruiting class might not have that instant superstar, but recruiting analysts certainly like the upside for 6-9 Daimion Collins of Atlanta, Texas.“Collins is elite on both ends on the floor in two specific areas. First and foremost as a rim protector and second…

LEXINGTON — Keion Brooks isn’t concerned about losing his spot on Kentucky’s depth chart when he returns from a leg injury.

LEXINGTON — Matthew Mitchell has stepped down as women’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

The first time coach Staunton Peck met Bryce Hopkins was the fall of his eighth-grade year when he went to watch his middle school team play. He met Hopkins and his family, and they even came to some of Peck’s game at Fenton (Ill.) High School that season.

Kentucky's Jacob Cook shot a two-over par score of 212 (70-72-70) at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate.

LEXINGTON — Isaiah Jackson has always considered himself an underdog and wants to keep it that way going into his freshman season at Kentucky.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky's basketball schedule is finally set.

There were times Skyy Clark seriously considered playing his college basketball somewhere other than Kentucky.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops is expecting good things from Joey Gatewood when he makes his first start at quarterback against No. 5 Georgia Saturday.

Don’t be fooled by the low recruiting ranking that 6-5, 195-pound Wisconsin shooting guard Brandin Podziemski has. Or at least that is what DJ Mlachnik, associated head basketball coach at St. John’s Northwestern Academies, believes.

 The more Miami won in the NBA playoffs, the more fans and friends reached out to Travis Riesop to tell him how surprised they were at how well Tyler Herro was playing.

Getting to play in the last group on the final day of the girls state high school golf tournament and finishing in the top 10 are both terrific accomplishments.

LEXINGTON — Davion Mintz isn’t looking back on his decision to play one more season of collegiate basketball for the University of Kentucky. It didn’t take the Creighton graduate transfer long to get used to his new surroundings earlier this summer.

Being picked 13th in the 2019 NBA Draft left Tyler Herro with mixed feelings. One, he was happy to be going to the Miami Heat. Two, he felt he should have been drafted higher.

By the midway point of Bam Adebayo’s freshman season, coach John Calipari was convinced he was going to be a lottery pick.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari fully expects to play at Louisville this season despite concerns from Cardinals coach Chris Mack.

What if Kentucky goes 7-3 or 8-2 this year, will there be a bowl game waiting for the Wildcats? What about if UK would go 4-6 — or worse? Could there still be a bowl game opportunity?

This will be the third year that Hunter Sallis has started for Millard North (Nebraska) High School for coach Tim Cannon, and he’s emerged not only as a major recruiting target for Kentucky but as one of the top players in the 2021 recruiting class.

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.