Update: Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports reports that sources say Wall is likely to be cleared before the Sept. 13 opener.
Update: Dan Wolken of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal adds a thought about the Wall situation.
Big Blue Links for Friday:
- The ESPN story on John Wall’s eligibility issue.
- Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline reports that UK is confident that Wall will be eligible, but may miss 3-4 games.
- My two cents on the Wall story.
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader reports that Patrick Patterson embraces the leading-man role.
- Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader gives the UK football team mid-season grades.
- Chip also reports that Derrick Locke has been upgraded to probable for Saturday.
- Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports on the SEC Media Day back-and-forth between John Calipari and Bruce Pearl.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger writes on the Pearl-Calipari match-up.
- USA Today writes that Calipari is now focused on coaching the Cats.
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal reports that UK’s rookies are the buzz of the SEC.
- TrueHoop talks to Rajon Rondo.
- Armchair Quarterback says Louisiana-Monroe is not afraid of Kentucky.
- Bluegrass State Basketball catches up with Mark Coury, who is ready for first season at Cornell.
- Ken Suguria of the AJC reports that Calipari predicts an SEC hoops resurgence.
- A Sea of Blue tries to clear up the John Wall questions.
- Tom Leach does a video interview with UK running back Alfonso Smith.
- Wildcat Blue Blog thinks the John Wall issue may be much ado about nothing.
- Kentucky Sports Radio says it knew about the Wall story all along.
- Straitpinkie gives its thoughts about John Wall.
- Wildcat-Den looks at UK vs. UL-Monroe.

John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
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