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John Wall

Update: According to 850 The Buzz in Raleigh, Florida’s Billy Donovan is visiting John Wall today.

Big Blue Links for Monday:

• In the Charlotte Observer, Shaun Powell writes that John Wall created a stir in New York.
• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports on UK baseball’s 22-17 win over John Cohen and Mississippi State.
• The Herald-Leader’s Chip Cosby writes on the return of Randall Cobb.
• Chip’s story from Saturday’s UK football scrimmage.
• Chip’s blog post on UK football’s first commitment for 2010.
• My Sunday column on the UK defense.
• The Kentucky Kernel’s B.W. Jones writes on Zipp Duncan’s move to left tackle.
• Jerry Tipton’s Sunday notebook has John Calipari saying not everyone will like him, but everyone will like his wife.
• Eric Crawford of the Courier-Journal writes that Calipari has made UK basketball fun again.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J reports that Patrick Patterson and Jodie Meeks will undergo NFL-style combine testing.
• Keith Taylor of the Winchester Sun writes that Kevin Galloway is looking forward to Calipari’s style of play.

Continue reading ‘BBL: John Wall and UK baseball’

Update: I’ll be at UK football scrimmage this morning, sending updates via Twitter at jclayiv.

Big Blue Links for Saturday:

• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports on UK baseball’s 5-4 win over its former coach John Cohen at Mississippi State.
• Chris Lawlor of espn.com writes that insiders believe John Wall will come to UK.
• Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader reports that UK football coaches are excited about the secondary.
• Tom Leach reports that the Boyd brothers have been working together.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J writes that the Johnson brothers are ready for their football finale.
• Jody Demling of the C-J reports that ex-UK commitment Michael Avery is looking at Indiana.
• Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger writes that John Calipari likes Darius Miller.
• Vaught also writes that Matt Pilgrim is adjusting to changes.
• Straitpinkie has a link to a video interview with John Wall.
• Bluegrass State Basketball thinks Calipari is formulating a backup plan.
• Joey Fosko writes that Calipari ain’t Pitino Lite. (Hat tip to Spam’s Wildcat Page.)

SEC links for Monday:

• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports that John Cohen let his Bulldogs have it after MSU baseball lost to Auburn.
• The Advocate reports on LSU taking two of three from top-ranked Georgia in college baseball.
• Evan Woodbery of the Huntsville Times writes that Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof is doing some tinkering at linebacker.
• Terry Wood of the NW Arkansas Times writes that having to outscore opponents is no way to live in the SEC.
• Drew Edwards of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports on why Tennessee did not go vertical in its Saturday scrimmage.
• News-Sentinel columnist Mike Strange writes that bright spots are hard to find with Tennessee.

Continue reading ‘SEC links: Cohen not happy with Mississippi State loss’