Brandon Knight at ESPY Awards.
Big Blue Links for Thursday:
- Greg Nord says he returned to Kentucky to be the best, reports Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader.
- Brandon Knight is named Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year, reports Christy Cabrera Chirinos of the Sun Sentinel.
- Alexa Steele of the Washington Post on why John Wall skipped the ESPYs, where he won Best Male College Athlete.
- Former UK chaplain, Ed Bradley, is fighting cancer, blogs Steve Moss of WKYT.
- Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee writes that DeMarcus Cousins is showing Kings he means business.
- Mark Story of the H-L is fixing March Madness and preparing for football.
- There’s no rest for Michael Gilchrist, blogs Eamonn Brennan of espn.com.
- Tom Leach has a video interview with Nord, who will coach special teams and tight ends.
- Cousins outplays Wesley Johnson, who was drafted ahead of him, reports Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
- NBA.com’s Rookie Ladder has Cousins ranked No. 1, with Derek Caracter at No. 2, Wall at 3. (Hat tip to Kentucky Sports Network.)
