John Clay’s Sidelines

Eric Bledsoe (H-L photo/John Clay)

Don’t forget, doing two liveblogs today. The first will be from the UK women’s game at Memorial Coliseum. The second will be from UK men’s opener tonight at Rupp.

Big Blue Links for Friday:

• Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader reports that John Calipari is focusing his lasers on progress for tonight’s opener.
• Tipton’s notes leads with the return of speedball Eric Bledsoe.
• Jennifer Smith of the H-L previews this morning’s opener — that’s right, morning opener — for the Kentucky women.
• Chip Cosby of the H-L writes on playmaking linebacker Sam Maxwell.
• Fabian Lyon of the Miami Herald reports that Brandon Knight is visiting Florida today.
• Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal writes on the Kentucky-Morehead matchup.
• James Pennington of the Kentucky Kernel addresses the official start of the John Calipari Era.
• B.W. Jones of the Kernel reports that equal-opportunity Rich Brooks says both Mike Hartline and Morgan Newton will play Saturday.
• Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches writes on the UK women’s early-bird special.

• Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger writes on the NFL life of Jacob Tamme.
• At A Sea of Blue, a UK fan writes about his first trip to Rupp.
• Bluegrass State Basketball previews Morehead State.
• Inner Circle also breaks down the OVC’s Eagles.
• Wildcat-Den says that Calipari wants to find out more about his team.
• Straitpinkie previews Kentucky-Vanderbilt for Saturday.
• Aaron’s UK Football Blog has more video of a recruiting target.