John Clay’s Sidelines

(H-L photo/Mark Cornelison)

Update: The Shiver reports Payne will announce at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

Big Blue Links for Thursday:

• Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman tweeets that Adreian Payne will make his announcement today, with UK West Virginia and Michigan State the finalists.
• Kyle Nagel of the Dayton Daily News confirms that Payne will announce his choice tonight.
• Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star also reports that Payne may announce today.
• Bluegrass State Basketball thinks Payne is headed to Michigan State.
• Best of the Best thinks that Payne is headed to East Lansing. (Hat tip to Aaron’s UK Basketball Blog.)
• Wildcat Blue Blog goes rumor-mongering with Payne.
• Jerry Tipton reports that the Cats showed their star power in basketball scrimmage.
• Tipton reports that John Calipari downplayed the John Wall eligibility questions.
• My master-of-the-obvious column that the Cats are much more athletic than in previous years.
• The Herald-Leader slide show of the scrimmage.

• Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader writes that the football Cats have to throw to grow.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J writes that the Cats unveiled the Great Wall of Kentucky.
• Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches calls the Cats a sparkling work in progress.
• Tom Leach gives his thoughts on the scrimmage.
• T.J. Walker of the Kentucky Kernel writes on volleyball’s Blake Hiler.
• Keith Taylor of the Winchester Sun writes on freshman Eric Bledsoe.
• Mary Jo Perino opines on the Blue-White scrimmage.
• A Sea of Blue gives its thoughts on the scrimmage.
• Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio gives his thoughts on the scrimmage, and poses for a picture.
• Aaron’s UK Football Blog has some Anterio Sloan news.
• Kentucky Sports Network has some video of coaches talking about Calipari.
• Lance Wilkerson says the Cats look sharp, for a scrimmage.
• Straitpinkie looks at Kentucky’s ties to the NBA.
• Bluegrass State Basketball breaks down the scrimmage.
• Inner Circle says its piece on Blue-White.