LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of legalized in-person sports betting in Kentucky. The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation reports through the 2024 fiscal year, the Commonwealth generated more than $37 million in tax revenue. Governor Beshear also reported on Thursday that sports wagering generated an additional $2 million in...
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Top basketball recruit Jasper Johnson is ready to commit. Will he pick UK basketball?
This week, a five-star college basketball recruit in the class of 2025 will make his college commitment. And not only is the prospect in question someone that Kentucky basketball fans have been tracking for several years, it’s also a player that Mark Pope and the Wildcats are now expected to land. This week, Jasper Johnson...
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Travers Stakes favorites 2024: post time, odds, lineup
Churchill Downs announces Grandstand Club and Pavilion renovation plan Churchill Downs announced a new $90 million project to be completed ahead of the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Here’s what to expect. The 155th running of the Travers Stakes goes off on Saturday from Saratoga Race Course in New York. The 2024 Travers Stakes, a sort of...
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Top 25 HS basketball prospect commits to UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) – Scott County native Malachi Moreno is staying in the bluegrass state. The 6′11 center, who is listed as the 25th-ranked prospect in the class of 2025 according to 247sports, picked Kentucky over Indiana, Louisville, Arkansas and Ohio State among others in an announcement on Friday. Moreno, who is a four-star prospect,...
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UK men’s basketball recruiting: Mark Pope and Kentucky make list cuts for top prospects
It has been a busy summer on the recruiting trail for Mark Pope and his Kentucky basketball program. Once the business of assembling the 2024-25 UK basketball roster — which features 12 scholarship players and two walk-ons — was completed, Pope and his new-look coaching staff shifted their focus to pursuing potential future Wildcats. This...
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Kentucky Basketball recruiting in the 2025 class: What to know
Now that Mark Pope has gotten established in Lexington, the Kentucky Wildcats’ recruiting efforts are now zoned in on the class of 2025. After building the 2024-25 team largely with transfers who have one year of eligibility remaining, expect the 2025-26 team to have a lot more high school talent. Among Kentucky’s top targets in...
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Antonio Reeves rounds out Kentucky’s 2024 NBA Draft class; Justin Edwards signs with 76ers
In-state superstar Reed Sheppard was the first of three former Kentucky basketball player taken in the 2024 NBA Draft. The Houston Rockets selected him in the first round with the No. 3 overall pick Wednesday night. It’s the 15th straight draft UK produced a one-and-done freshman who became a first-round pick — the entirety of former coach John Calipari‘s tenure....
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Antonio Reeves rounds out Kentucky’s 2024 NBA Draft class; Justin Edwards signs with 76ers
In-state superstar Reed Sheppard was the first of three former Kentucky basketball player taken in the 2024 NBA Draft. The Houston Rockets selected him in the first round with the No. 3 overall pick Wednesday night. It’s the 15th straight draft UK produced a one-and-done freshman who became a first-round pick — the entirety of former coach John Calipari‘s tenure....
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Tuesday Headlines: Will Riley Visit
Today marks the first of many visits high school recruits will make to the University of Kentucky with head coach Mark Pope leading the program. Will Riley is in visiting the school today and, according to 247S ports, currently sits as the 22nd-best player while ranked as the third-best small forward in the class of...
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Kentucky has a top-5 transfer portal class
When Mark Pope became the new head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, he essentially had zero players on the roster and had to start from square one. However, with so few high school players remaining, Pope had to utilize the transfer portal in order to build his first roster in Lexington. In fact, Pope has...
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Sunday Headlines: AJ Dybantsa Edition
With Mark Pope now at the helm of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program, the new coaching staff is reaching back out to some of the top prospects in the country. That includes the top prospect in all of high school basketball, AJ Dybantsa. Dybantsa is the consensus #1 recruit. The 6’9 forward is being...
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Circa Sports Launches Mobile Sports Betting App In Kentucky
Circa Sports announced Tuesday it has begun taking wagers in Kentucky through its mobile sports betting app, the fifth state where the Nevada-based sportsbook is in business. Circa, which has partnered with Cumberland Run harness racing track based in Corbin, is also live in its home state of Nevada, along with Colorado, Iowa, and Illinois....
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