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Former UK Guard Patrick Sparks Makes a Brief Appearance in American Sniper

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Kentucky fans, did you know that former UK guard Patrick Sparks makes a brief appearance in the new hit movie American Sniper?

In the scene, the movie’s main character, Chris Kyle, is sitting in a bar after he come back home from war. Sparks can be seen walking past South Carolina forward Renaldo Balkman on a television in the background of the scene.

According to Bigbluehistory.net, Sparks had 26 points in that game to lead the Wildcats to a 79-66 win at South Carolina.

Sparks went on to play professionally overseas with stops in Ukraine, Slovakia, Germany and Greece.

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