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He’s not the highest rated player in Kentucky football’s 2023 recruiting class and not a name that many UK fans probably even knew when he made his commitment to UK.

By Larry Vaught  Vaught's Views One of the most influential men in college athletics for almost 50 years was Jim Host, founder of Host Communications in 1972 who bought the broadcast rights to Kentucky football and basketball games in 1974. His sports marketing and management company helped change how colleges handled their media and marketing rights, one reason he is a member of 14 different business and sports Hall of Fames.

By Larry Vaught  Vaught's Views One of the most influential men in college athletics for almost 50 years was Jim Host, founder of Host Communications in 1972 who bought the broadcast rights to Kentucky football and basketball games in 1974. His sports marketing and management company helped change how colleges handled their media and marketing rights, one reason he is a member of 14 different business and sports Hall of Fames.

By Larry Vaught Vaught's Views No one is happier to be part of the Kentucky all-star team that will take on Indiana June 10 and 11 than University of Kentucky signee Cassidy Rowe. “It is always a dream for Kentucky kids to play on this team and play for the University of Kentucky. I am just living out my dream and am very thankful that all my hard work has paid off,” said the Shelby Valley senior.

By Larry Vaught Vaught's Views Renee Abernathy has loved playing softball at Kentucky and coming off an impressive junior season had more confidence than ever going into this season. However, she already has a set career path once her softball career ends — and she hopes that is in the College World Series. Abernathy will be joining the Navy and attending medical school.

By Larry Vaught

Dr. Daniel Ausbun knew the odds were not in his favor of being able to even reach out to Kentucky basketball star Oscar Tshiebwe about speaking at Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington. However, his church has a lot of members from different countries in Africa and one church member suggested he should try. Tshiebwe, who is from the Congo, often mentions his faith and Ausbun took a chance and sent the UK junior a direct message on Twitter.

He has a lot of potential college choices and likely will still get more scholarship offers, but Frederick Douglass, junior receiver Dane Key, has cut his list of potential schools to 10. He did that Sunday on his mother’s birthday and has Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas, Michigan State, Oregon, South Carolina, Purdue, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech and Mississippi State left on his list. Other offers included Texas and Tennessee while both Notre Dame and Ohio State have shown interest. “These...