Jon Hale
University of Kentucky Football Reporter at Lexington Herald-Leader
Covering University of Kentucky football for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Email [email protected]. No apologies for the soccer tweets.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Jon Hale
Kentucky football’s 2025 roster looks set. After adding four more transfer commitments in the last week, the Wildcats are at the SEC’s limit of 85 scholarships. But unlike the December transfer portal window when Mark Stoops and his staff added a gaggle of players expected to start or at least feature in key roles, the final additions to the roster were likely met with a furrowed eyebrow by even the most dedicated of football fans. Kentucky added who?
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kentucky.com | Jon Hale
Kentucky softball’s hope of extending its 15-season NCAA Tournament streak is now in the hands of the selection committee. The No. 13 seed Wildcats were blown out 8-0 by the No. 12 seed Georgia Bulldogs in an SEC Tournament first-round game Tuesday. Now coach Rachel Lawson and her players face a tense five-day wait to learn their postseason fate. Kentucky will head to Sunday’s selection show with a 29-26 record. The Wildcats were 7-17 in SEC regular season play.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Jon Hale
For the seventh consecutive year the betting favorite did not win the Kentucky Derby. Journalism, who went off at 3-1, followed a similar path through the field as winner Sovereignty and made his charge down the backstretch at the same moment. As the two horses began to separate from the pack, Sovereignty edged ahead though, eventually winning by 1 1/2 lengths. “I had a beautiful trip,” said Umberto Rispoli, Journalism’s jockey. “I had the trip I wanted and saved ground into the first turn.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Jon Hale
For the seventh consecutive year the betting favorite did not win the Kentucky Derby. Journalism, who went off at 3-1, followed a similar path through the field as winner Sovereignty and made his charge down the backstretch at the same moment. As the two horses began to separate from the pack, Sovereignty edged ahead though, eventually winning by 1 1/2 lengths. Advertisement“I had a beautiful trip,” said Umberto Rispoli, Journalism’s jockey.
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kentucky.com | Jon Hale
Only two post positions will separate Chunk of Gold from Sandman and Baeza on either side in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, but there has rarely been a wider gulf in the cost owners paid for two Derby horses. Sandman and Baeza were both purchased for $1.2 million. Chunk of Gold was purchased for just $2,500 at the 2023 Fasig Tipton fall yearling sale. Those three horses represent both ends of the spectrum in purchase price for the 2025 Derby field.
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NEW: An offseason roster overhaul has not been enough to avoid a drop in UK football season ticket sales after a 4-8 season. A look at how sales during the renewal period compared to recent years. https://t.co/yeqt1RndgJ
NEW: UK football is at the 85-man SEC scholarship limit for 2025 after a quartet of transfer additions this week. None of the recent commitments have resumes that scream SEC player, so why did the Wildcats fill out the roster that way? https://t.co/PScUdlZglD
NEW: The UK athletics committee is currently hearing a plan to alter the governance of the athletics department within the university in anticipation of the House settlement. Details here. https://t.co/1Srib9garW
