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Harrell released by VPI

[CENTER] Image credit: [URL=”http://www.techsideline.com/recruiting/basketball/player/Montrezl-Harrell-2756/”]TechSideline.com[/URL][/CENTER] Montrezl Harrell has been released from his commitment to the Virginia Tech basketball program. Virginia Tech Associate Athletic...

Big Blue List: Ten Best Players to have Never Won the Championship

Fans are still reveling in Kentucky’s eighth national championship, still on the emotional high that comes along with a huge win in...

A marketer’s perspective on the Amile Jefferson drama

[CENTER][/CENTER] Please forgive me, but I’ve been in marketing almost my whole life, so I tend to look at things from a...

Larry’s links of the day.

[CENTER][/CENTER] Larry Glover’s links of the day: [URL=”http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19053115/texas-most-robust-athletic-department-as-revenues-climb-across-the-country”]Robust Athletic Departments[/URL] [URL=”http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/DataTables/2012/0515-NCAAFinance/NCAAFinance.htm#”]Financial Database[/URL][URL=”http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Former_UK_player_charged_with_sexual_abuse_151500805.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter”] [/URL][URL=”http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/05/15/live-from-the-amile-jefferson-presser/”]Jefferson picks Duke [/URL][URL=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt65UxXjj7o”]Pete Rose 30 for 30 Short[/URL] Coming...

Who’s left after Jefferson?

[CENTER][/CENTER] [LEFT]So Jefferson is going to Duke. But there are still blue chips on the shelf. Jeff Borzello[URL=”http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/recruiting/blog/eye-on-college-basketball-recruiting/19054243/notebook-book-far-from-closed-on-class-of-2012″] takes a look at...

Since UK didn’t get Jefferson

[CENTER][/CENTER] UPDATE: As everybody knows by now, Jefferson chose Duke. But my question in the last paragraph still stands… OK, straight up,...

Porter charged with sexual abuse, sodomy

[CENTER][/CENTER] Former Kentucky basketball player Michael Porter was arrested early this morning and charged with six counts of sexual abuse and two...

HS Coach says UK "bad fit" for Mays

[CENTER][/CENTER] Don’t county Julius Mays’ former high school coach among those who thing Julius Mays’ transfer to Kentucky is a good thing....

Amile Jefferson "relieved" that announcement is tomorrow

[CENTER][/CENTER] Prep phenomenon Amile Jefferson tells the [URL=”http://www.philly.com/”]Philadelphia Inquirer [/URL]that he’s relieved that he is finally going to be able to announce...

Anthony Davis one step closer to Olympic Team

[CENTER][/CENTER] As expected, Anthony Davis has made the 18-man talent pool for the US Olympic basketball team, which will play in London...

Aaron Gordon Says Kentucky in Top-Five

Aaron Gordon (2013) is a 6’7″ power forward being recruited by some of the highest level programs in college basketball. As Gordon’s...

Julius Mays Commits to Kentucky

Kentucky has gained their 5th member of the 2012 class in the form of a transfer. Steve Jones of Rivals.com is reporting...

Eloy Vargas Basketball Camp and Signings

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial] Eloy Vargas is teaming up with Nation of Blue.com to host the first ever Nation of Blue Championship Basketball Camp. Eloy...

Amile Jefferson will announce his decision Tuesday

[CENTER] [/CENTER] Amile Jefferson’s coach Jason Polykoff has announced that Amile Jefferson will make his long awaited announcement on where he’ll play...

Anthony Davis finally meets his match: a hot wing

[CENTER] [/CENTER] He’s a braver man than I am, trying a Blazin’ Hot Wing. This was shot by a fan in Florence,...

Surviving the Big Blue Hangover

I’m sorry. I really am. Why am I apologizing? Well….I’ve been a little MIA the last few weeks, actually since the national...

Cat Fans are national champions, too.

[CENTER] [I]Image credit: [/I][URL=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/”][I]kyducks. Some rights reserved.[/I] [/URL][/CENTER] Kentucky Wildcat fans have also won a championship. For the seventh consecutive season, and...

Clash of the Titans: Who was better, 2012 or 1996 Cats?

[CENTER] [I]Image credit: [URL=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/bilal-kamoon/”]Bilal Kamoon[/URL] [/I][I] [URL=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/”]Some rights reserved[/URL][/I] [/CENTER] One of the great things about sports is that you can sit...

Anthony Davis: Olympic savior?

[CENTER][/CENTER] Many observers of U.S. Olympic basketball are speculating that not only will Anthony Davis be the number one pick in the...

Cats visit to White House on TV

[CENTER][FONT=Arial] [I]President Obama gets a jersey from Darius Miller. Image credit: UK athletics[/I] [/FONT] [/CENTER] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Andy Katz was with the...