Jamie Vaught: Cats look good heading into March; NBA Mock Draft; farewell Rhyne Howard; and more…
The basketball Wildcats — the most enjoyable team that we have seen in recent memory — will be fine during…
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Jamie Vaught: Experienced standouts give Calipari’s Wildcats a legitimate chance at return to Final Four
If your college basketball team is planning to be a major player in the March Madness sweepstakes, it better have…
Jamie Vaught: ‘Gentle giant’ Oscar Tschiebwe is talk of college basketball, having big impact for Wildcats
Just about everybody in college basketball is talking about Oscar — that Oscar who plays for UK. He is the…
Jamie Vaught: John Calipari ‘jacked’ as basketball Wildcat’s begin preparation for 2021-22 campaign
Coach John Calipari is pretty excited about his 2021-22 basketball team. It’s no surprise that Calipari, who is beginning his…
Jamie Vaught: Middlesboro pastor, baseball super fan Michael Padgett has visited 37 different ball parks
How many baseball fans have traveled all over the United States and Canada, and visited all of the major league…
Jamie Vaught: Kentucky center Oscar Tshiebwe set to have major impact for Wildcats next season
The Big Blue Nation will be hearing a lot about Oscar Tshiebwe next winter. Not only can the 6-foot-9, 260-pounder…
Jamie Vaught: No invite for UK this season, but March Madness still has plenty of Kentucky angles
Over the years, the men’s NCAA Tournament party, popularly known as the Big Dance, usually has invited the Kentucky Wildcats…
Jamie Vaught: UK’s Kyra Elzy credits legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt for career success
More than 25 years ago, when current University of Kentucky women’s basketball coach Kyra Elzy starred at Oldham County High…
Jamie Vaught: Struggling UK might have found permanent solution at point guard in Davion Mintz
With its slow start this season, the University of Kentucky has been struggling to find a reliable point guard who…
Jamie Vaught: Let’s try this fearless forecast again — with a revised SEC schedule looming for UK football
More than two months ago, I predicted the University of Kentucky would have a nice football team. I wrote that…
Jamie Vaught: Is another winning season on tap for UK football? Here’s my annual fearless forecast
For the last four years, the Kentucky Wildcats have played winning football on the field with a nice overall record…
Jamie Vaught: UK home game against Mississippi State — and head coach Mike Leach — should be fun
Unlike last season, when Kentucky featured three glamour football schools – Florida, Tennessee and Louisville – at Kroger Field, the…
Jamie’s Bookshelf: A rundown of recently-published sports books for your summer reading list
• “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask” by Jon Pessah (Little, Brown and Company, $30) is a definitive biography of Yogi…
Jamie Vaught: UK non-conference football schedule features Louisville — and three (blah) cupcakes
When you look at the University of Kentucky’s non-conference football schedule for 2020 (if there is a pigskin season), it’s…
Jamie Vaught: UK great ‘Wah Wah’ Jones played for legends Bear Bryant, Adolph Rupp — at same time
(Editor’s Note: During our national COVID-19 crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be writing about the ex-Wildcats who…
Jamie Vaught: After sassing Adolph Rupp, Hall of Famer Louie Dampier believed UK career was over
(Editor’s Note: During our national COVID-19 crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be writing about the ex-Wildcats who…
Jamie Vaught: Remember the UK guy picked before Michael Jordan? Sam Bowie always a class act
(Editor’s Note: During our national COVID-19 crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be writing about the ex-Wildcats who…
Jamie Vaught: Former Kentucky Mr. Basketball Pelphrey appeared Vanderbilt-bound until UK called
(Editor’s Note: For the next few months during our national coronavirus crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be…
Jamie Vaught: Tubby Smith says senior leadership propelled ‘Comeback Cats’ to 1998 NCAA title
(Editor’s Note: For the next few months during our national coronavirus crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be…
Jamie Vaught: Nearly 35 years later, Cotton Nash still gets autograph requests for Sports Illustrated cover
(Editor’s Note: For the next few months during our national crisis, longtime sports columnist Jamie H. Vaught will be writing…
Kentucky By Heart: Nobody is ‘crazier about the ‘Cats’ than long-time sports writer Jamie Vaught
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist If you are a Kentuckian or have been around these parts for a long time,…
Jamie Vaught: Former UK star Maci Morris adjusts to life overseas as pro basketball player in Italy
Just like her college days at Kentucky, Maci Morris is shooting the lights out as a professional basketball player in…