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Vince Marrow has been a program staple for Kentucky football since Mark Stoops‘ arrival in 2012, there for every win and loss between 2013 and 2024, right by the head coach’s side through good and bad. That changed this week when he accepted a position at Louisville, trading out blue for red — and good for evil. The 56-year-old isn’t just leaving, he’s seeking greener pastures with the Wildcats’ bitter in-state rival. It’s got to be a sign of both programs’ trajectories, right? You’d only give up on this after 12 years for that if something had gone seriously…

BYU’s Lexy Lowry destroyed the national record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Saturday’s NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. Unfortunately for her, someone else broke it ahead of her. Alabama’s Doris Lemngole, a sophomore from Kenya, crossed the finish line with an astounding time of 8:58.15. Not only did Lemngole run the fastest time in the world this year by 4 ½ seconds, but it was also the ninth fastest time ever.In finishing second, Lowry broke the BYU school record — set by Courtney Wayment en route to winning the 2022 NCAA championships — by 7…

Ex-Vikings player blames Tim Walz for Minnesota lawmaker killings: ‘Example of a weak, emasculated leader’ Former Minnesota Vikings and University of Minnesota football player Jack Brewer spoke out about the early-morning shootings that left one state lawmaker and her husband dead and a second lawmaker and his wife injured. Brewer, who played four seasons with the Golden Gophers before starting his NFL career with the Vikings in 2002, criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for allowing the state to become “the capital of chaos.” “We need to start calling this what it is. These people have lost their minds.…

Here are the five most important games of the Tennessee Volunteers 2025 college football season. The Tennessee Volunteers are gearing up for their 2025 college football season as the team looks to improve on its first-round College Football Playoff exit from just a year ago. With so much anticipation building around the Vols next season, here are the five games that will likely determine Tennessee’s fate. Alabama Georgia Florida Oklahoma Syracuse

Mike Bianco and the Ole Miss Rebels have landed a commitment from Illinois State outfielder Daniel Pacella, he revealed via social media on Saturday. Pacella, a First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, started in 56 games for the Red Birds last season on his way to a career year with the program. The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder logged 59 RBI, which became the seventh-most in a single season in program history, while also leading Illinois State with a .355 batting average. He had 41 extra-base hits during the 2025 season, including 20 home runs. The home run count is the…

Jackson (Miss.) Calloway High offensive lineman Li’Marcus Jones revealed a commitment to Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels in March, but it hasn’t stopped powerhouse programs from intensifying their pursuit. Jones, one of the top offensive linemen in the Magnolia State, is in the midst of a critical stretch in his recruitment with a slew of schools in his ear.The 6-foot-5, 285-pounder out of Jackson (Miss.) is a player that has garnered SEC interest with the expectation being that he continues cruising up the rankings in the 2027 Recruiting Cycle. Jones has earned offers from the likes…

The first big official visit weekend for the BYU football program kicked off earlier this week and will wrap up on Sunday. One of the recruits officially visiting is Texas native Antonio Johnson. Johnson committed to BYU on his official visit, he announced on Instagram. Johnson picked up an offer from BYU back in May. He quickly developed a relationship with BYU’s staff and committed to the Cougars over competing offers from UTEP, Texas State, Sacramento State, and Austin Peay. Johnson fits the mold of the defensive backs that BYU has recruited since hiring Jernaro Gilford: he is long…

Second-year BYU basketball coach Kevin Young has always been a self-described “family history nerd,” but when the pandemic shut down the sports world five years ago, he took that love of genealogy to a different level. “I got super into it during COVID,” Young told the Deseret News last week. “I was researching all sorts of different things regarding where I come from. I find it fascinating.” So when Young was named the 20th head coach in the history of the BYU men’s basketball program, he already knew the answer to the question everybody wanted to know: How…

In a move that sent shockwaves through the Bluegrass, longtime Kentucky Wildcats associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow finalized a three-year deal to join the Louisville Cardinals football staff. The unexpected switch to UK’s bitter in-state rival stunned Wildcat fans — and especially those who once played under him.Former players from nearly every era of the Mark Stoops era — from bowl teams in 2016 to the 10-win seasons in 2018 and 2021 — expressed a mix of shock, support, and deep appreciation for Marrow’s role in building Kentucky football into a consistent SEC contender. Stephen Johnson,…

Following Vince Marrow’s stunning turning of the coat from blue to red, Kentucky has named a new tight ends coach Mark Stoops announced Friday he has promoted Derek Shay to become the Wildcats’ tight ends coach after spending the past 16 months in Lexington as a senior offensive analyst and run game specialist, working primarily alongside offensive line coach Eric Wolford. “We are fortunate to have someone already on our staff who has coached tight ends at a high level and led those rooms successfully,” Stoops said. “He is familiar with Coach (Bush) Hamdan’s system and I’m very confident…