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John Clay: Once again, NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has proven the rankings wrong
24 May 2025 14:32 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (TNS)— On Wednesday, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first former Kentucky basketball player to win NBA Most Valuable Player honors.
Let’s go back to November of 2016 when the 6-foot-5 guard from Toronto decommitted from Florida and …
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John Clay: Kentucky basketball looks good for 2025-26, but the key will be the mesh
15 May 2025 13:59 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. — I don’t know how good Kentucky basketball will be next season. Neither do you. Neither do the so-called experts churning out their way-too-early Top 25 rankings for the 2025-26 campaign, which doesn’t officially begin for another six …
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John Clay: Sovereignty skipping the Preakness is another reason to change the Triple Crown
08 May 2025 16:10 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was certainly no surprise Tuesday when news broke that Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty would not run in the Preakness Stakes in less than two weeks.
Anyone around Bill Mott’s barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning, less than 24 …
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John Clay: Solving shorthanded Kentucky basketball’s problems is something easier said than done
18 Feb 2025 10:56 GMT
AUSTIN, Texas — Reality hit Kentucky basketball on Saturday. You can say being shorthanded doesn’t matter. You say you can overcome it. You can say you have all the pieces you need to succeed. But sooner or later it all gets real. Sooner or later, you pay …
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John Clay: Will Kentucky’s SEC bruises pay off come NCAA Tournament time? Here’s what history says.
20 Jan 2025 10:43 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Here’s the question of the day: Will this incredibly tough SEC men’s basketball schedule pay dividends when it comes time for what really matters?
After all, this week without a midweek conference contest could not have come at a better …
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ToDo Calendar 10-25-25
25 Oct 2025 10:59 GMT
… up with Cheyenne Little Theatre Players to transform the building into … County Community College, Esther and John Clay Fine Arts Gallery, 1400 E …
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John Clay: Could Kentucky football be the surprise team of the SEC in 2024?
07 Aug 2024 10:01 GMT
John Clay, Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Missouri was SEC football’s 2023 … to do to be SEC football’s surprise team of 2024 … this year’s expanded College Football Playoff. Stoops and Co. … on Nov. 23. A College Football Playoff team last season, the …
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John Clay: Long before the Bill Belichick shocker, Kentucky nearly hired a Super Bowl winner
21 Dec 2024 11:29 GMT
John Clay, Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — … week, North Carolina shocked the football world by convincing six-time … earlier, Kentucky almost shocked the football world by nearly convincing a … hired Rich Brooks, another former NFL head coach who had led …
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John Clay: Texas offers Kentucky football a big challenge, and a big opportunity
18 Nov 2024 10:46 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. — As they say, everything’s bigger in Texas.
For Kentucky football, Saturday is a big opportunity.
The Cats travel to the Lone Star State. It’s the program’s first trip ever to Darrell K. Royal Stadium to face the Texas Longhorns. ABC has …
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OT Sports Awards: Players of the Year announced during ceremony; see full list here
05 May 2025 13:08 GMT
… Year
Coach David Barnes Football Offensive Player of the Year
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Dylan Morris, HCHS
Football Defensive Player of the Year
Sponsored … Ross Powers, HCHS
Football Special Teams Player of the Year
… OHS
Boys’ Tennis Player of the Year
John Clay Ford, OHS
Landon …