Once he decided he was going to leave Michigan State, receiver Tre’Von Morgan had some schools reach out to him and he reached out to a few others, including Kentucky.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari could have easily blamed his team’s 71-67 loss to Florida on an unexpected bye week but said his team’s performance had everything to do with the Gators instead of the seven-day layoff.

When his junior season at Homewood High School in Birmingham ended, Lucas Padgett had several offers to play college football from various Ivy League and Conference USA teams.

LEXINGTON — Davion Mintz isn’t looking back.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari is along for the ride and has been enjoying the journey, especially during the past three weeks. 

Vanderbilt made a run at Kentucky, but the Wildcats never flinched and held on for an 82-78 victory over the Commodores Wednesday night in Nashville.

The Kentucky men’s golf team opened its spring schedule with a third-place finish at the Kiawah Invitational played Sunday through Tuesday at the Oak Point Golf Club on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

His playing time dropped when Philadelphia got its full roster healthy, but former Kentucky guard Tyrese Maxey has not complained because that’s just not what he does.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari’s teams have traditionally finished the regular season on a roll. 

LEXINGTON — John Calipari has heard the noise and hasn’t tuned out the dissatisfaction in Big Blue Nation.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari could sense a turnaround on the horizon.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari remains hopeful the Southeastern Conference moves forward with the league tournament this year.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari isn’t looking for a quick fix to his team’s struggles and knows a complete turnaround won’t happen overnight.

It was one of those performances to remember — or at least it seems like it should have been even if University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has a different approach.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky made a breakthrough Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough to end a losing streak that grew to four games for the second time this season.

LEXINGTON (AP) — Keon Johnson scored 17 of his career-high 27 points after halftime, Jaden Springer added a career-high 23 points and No. 11 Tennessee rallied past Kentucky 82-71 on Saturday night.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky is expecting Tennessee’s best shot when the two rivals meet Saturday.

His coach thought Reed Sheppard would be a better player this year and also expected more statewide attention to be focused on him as he did improve.

J.T. Riddle is starting the 2021 baseball season with a new deal and a new team.

Former Kentucky all-SEC running back Anthony White spent a lot of time watching Wan’Dale Robinson play when he was recruited by Kentucky two years ago and again now that he has transferred from Nebraska to UK.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky isn’t used to being the underdog and will face a rare role reversal when it takes on No. 9 Alabama on Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa.

If you ask Dream City Christian (Arizona) coach Kyle Weaver just how good 6-5, 195-pound junior guard Shaedon Sharpe is, he has a quick answer.

Kentucky coach John Calipari was down after watching his team end a 14-game winning streak to Georgia Wednesday night in Athens.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky has already forgotten about its rare double-digit home loss to Alabama earlier this week.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 15 to include remarks from Dale Robinson, Western Hills football coach Don Miller and Michael Hawkins.

Ally Echols grew up a Kentucky fan in Shepherdsville and met her husband, Thomas Paine Echols, a few months before he graduated high school there.

LEXINGTON — Jemal Singleton didn't think twice about joining the Kentucky coaching staff.

LEXINGTON — Keion Brooks’ last game was at Florida last season. He will return to the lineup when Kentucky takes on Florida Saturday in Gainesville.

Isaac McKneely’s junior season won’t start until March 1 at the earliest but when it does, his coach says watch what a special player he is.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Freshman Dontaie Allen scored a career-high 23 points with seven 3-pointers and Kentucky ended its six-game skid beating Mississippi State 78-73 in double overtime Saturday night.

Chip Michalove is known as the “Great White Shark Whisperer” who has hooked a 3,500-pound great white shark a few miles off the South Carolina coast.

LEXINGTON — Mark Stoops isn’t second-guessing his team’s decision to compete in the postseason this year.

LEXINGTON — Former Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Pendleton County High School standout Dontaie Allen has played just five minutes in Kentucky's past four games, but that could change Saturday.

LOUISVILLE — The struggles continued for Kentucky on Saturday.

The outcome wasn’t what Kentucky fans wanted, but they were glad to be together.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops let everyone know what the biggest storyline should be from national signing day — Kentucky signing seven in-state players.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari is used to players leaving his program. It’s happened more than once.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky began its current bowl streak in Jacksonville and will be making a return to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl to open the new year.

Somerset coach Robbie Lucas felt that quarterback Kaiya Sheron had a better command of the offense this season than he did in 2019 when Somerset won the Class AA state championship.

LEXINGTON — Before seeking a new offensive coordinator, Mark Stoops envisioned what he wanted Kentucky’s offense to look like in the future.

Jordan Dingle is what his father calls an “analytical thinker” with a grade-point average above 4.0. Jordan Dingle is what college football coaches call a rising star.

LEXINGTON — Eddie Gran and Darin Hinshaw arrived at Kentucky as a package deal. Both were relieved of their duties Sunday.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari is used to starting over and is convinced the Wildcats will eventually turn the corner.

LEXINGTON — Mark Stoops knows what it will take to reach the postseason for a fifth straight season and defeating South Carolina Saturday would boost Kentucky’s resumé.

LEXINGTON — Isaiah Jackson is taking a realistic approach as the Kentucky men's basketball team deals with a rare two-game losing streak three games into the season.

Demetria Caldwell does prayers on Facebook Live each Wednesday and admits the thought of her nephew, Immanuel Quickley, becoming a first-round NBA draft pick was often in her prayers.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari can finally forget about Evansville. Now he has another loss that will haunt him for the rest of the season.

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.