Tyler Thompson

Nashville

Editor In Chief at Kentucky Sports Radio

No, I will not make you a sandwich. Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Sports Radio 🏆 2021 On3 Don Meyer Leadership Award Winner

Articles

Tennessee fans declared more annoying than cicadas in Kentucky poll

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Tennessee fans and cicadas have a few things in common: they’re orange and black and never shut up. Thanks to the emergence of Brood XIV and Tennessee’s win over Kentucky in the Sweet 16 this past March, both are particularly annoying to Kentucky fans these days. If you had to choose, which is more annoying, cicadas or Vol Nation? LEX18 posed this question last night on its evening newscast, encouraging viewers to vote in an online poll.
Kentucky Basketball reportedly derailed SEC's plans to cap NIL spending per sport

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Revenue sharing is coming to college sports on July 1, as long as the House Settlement is approved by a federal judge this month. That means that for the 2025-26 season, schools can divvy up a maximum of $20.5 million across all their sports. According to the biggest sports business insider, the SEC planned to put spending caps on each sport, specifically limiting men’s basketball to around $3 million, but Kentucky led the charge against it.
Kentucky's largest sportsbook to open at The Mint Kentucky Downs

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

This September marks the two-year anniversary of sports gambling becoming legal in Kentucky. Late this summer, the largest retail sportsbook in the state will open at The Mint Gaming Hall Kentucky Downs. Circa Sports Kentucky’s newest venue will feature an 80-foot-wide LED screen, a 31-foot-wide odds board, and over 5,100 square feet geared toward the ultimate gameday experience. There will be 113 stadium-style seats, luxury recliners, and three tiers of booth-style seating.
KSR Show, 6/6: Live from The Virginia in Somerset

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Happy Friday, KSR readers and listeners. KSR the Show is in Somerset today, broadcasting live from The Virginia, where tonight, Shannon the Dude and Alice Blue Gown will perform. Tune in to hear their takes on the latest Kentucky sports news (the basketball team continues to move in), a thrilling Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and probably, the story that everyone is talking about this morning, Elon vs. President Trump. It was an eventful Thursday. You can join the conversation by phone at (859) 280-2287.
"Come Home to Kentucky": Steve Zahn films ad campaign for VisitLEX

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Steve Zahn may have been born in Minnesota, but for the past 20 years, he’s lived on a horse farm outside of Lexington, which makes him an honorary Kentuckian. The actor loves the Bluegrass State so much that he’s worked with VisitLEX on a few projects, the most recent being a new ad campaign in which he encourages people to “come home” to Kentucky. The minute-long spot dropped on social media this morning. In it, Zahn sits in a horse barn, looking out at the scenery.
Braydon Hawthorne arrives on campus, recreates picture with Joe B. Hall statue

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Braydon Hawthorne‘s first order of business after arriving on Kentucky’s campus? Recreating his childhood picture with the Joe B. Hall statue outside the Wildcat Coal Lodge, his new home. The four-star forward sat next to the statue and greeted BBN in a video posted by the Kentucky Men’s Basketball Twitter account.
More Kentucky Baseball players enter the Transfer Portal

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

With Kentucky Baseball’s season now over, players are evaluating their futures. So far, redshirt junior outfielder and right-handed pitcher James McCoy is the most notable Wildcat to enter the transfer portal, but he’s far from the only one. According to On3’s College Baseball Transfer Portal Tracker, 14 Kentucky players have entered the portal so far, which ranks second among Power Four programs behind Virginia (21). That number includes a few more names you might know.
KSR Show, 6/5: Turn on the show!

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Greetings, KSR readers and listeners. Are you ready for a new episode of Kentucky Sports Radio, the show? You’re in luck because Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, and Shannon the Dude are about to take over the airwaves for two hours of fun. Tune in to hear their takes on what’s happening today, both in Kentucky sports and the rest of the world. You can join the conversation by phone at (859) 280-2287. Here on the KSR website, you will find that comments have been disabled on KentuckySportsRadio.com.
WATCH: Andrija Jelavic bids farewell to KK Mega Superbet ahead of journey to Kentucky

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

It’s move-in week for the Kentucky Basketball team, and one Wildcat has quite a journey ahead of him. Today, Croatian big man Andrija Jelavic bid farewell to KK Mega Superbet, the Serbian professional team he has been playing with for the past few years. The squad held a send-off party for Jelavic and his four teammates who are also coming to the United States to play college basketball.
Denzel Aberdeen arrives on Kentucky's campus for summer workouts

3 weeks ago | on3.com | Tyler Thompson

Jayden Quaintance is no longer the only Kentucky Wildcat in town! Denzel Aberdeen posted a picture of his locker at the Joe Craft Center, meaning he’s arrived on campus for summer workouts. If that placard is correct, he will wear the No. 1 at Kentucky. At Florida, Aberdeen wore the No. 11 (Walter Clayton Jr. had dibs on No. 1). “Blessed,” Aberdeen wrote on the picture. “Let’s get it.”Aberdeen comes to Lexington fresh off winning a national championship with the Gators.