9 days ago
This past weekend marked our first UK basketball/football doubleheader, and now we're preparing for another with two games in Lexington this coming weekend for the Kentucky Wildcats.
On Friday, Mark Pope's Wildcats will face a stiff pre-season test, as the Texas Tech Red Raiders come to town. The Red Raiders are projected to be a top-25 team to start the season, but they currently face eligibility questions regarding some key players, including returners Darrion Williams and Donovan Atwell, as well as UCF transfer JaMichael Stillwell.
Star forward JT Toppin is also out this week as he continues to recover from a torn ACL that will likely keep him out until sometime in conference play.
Regardless, Texas Tech under Grant McCasland has been solid and should be a good measuring stick to see where this Kentucky team stands heading into the season.
Meanwhile, Kentucky Football returns home for an SEC matchup against Vanderbilt in front of what was recently announced as a sold-out crowd at Kroger Field.
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On Friday, Mark Pope's Wildcats will face a stiff pre-season test, as the Texas Tech Red Raiders come to town. The Red Raiders are projected to be a top-25 team to start the season, but they currently face eligibility questions regarding some key players, including returners Darrion Williams and Donovan Atwell, as well as UCF transfer JaMichael Stillwell.
Star forward JT Toppin is also out this week as he continues to recover from a torn ACL that will likely keep him out until sometime in conference play.
Regardless, Texas Tech under Grant McCasland has been solid and should be a good measuring stick to see where this Kentucky team stands heading into the season.
Meanwhile, Kentucky Football returns home for an SEC matchup against Vanderbilt in front of what was recently announced as a sold-out crowd at Kroger Field.
#kentucky #texas #raiders #weekend
2 months ago
The Texas Tech football team is in the middle of the preseason camp, but the roster may not necessarily be finalized.
Recent movement in the eligibility **** e, primarily focused on basketball right now, has opened the door for Class of 2022 recruits to have an additional year to play their respective sports. The Texas Tech men's basketball team has benefitted from this, adding Darrion Williams and Jamichael Stillwell recently, so there's an opportunity for Joey McGuire to add a piece or two to the football roster.
McGuire hasn't ruled out bringing in somebody else before the start of the season, though there are a number of factors to consider before doing so.
"I don't think there's necessarily a spot," McGuire said, "(James) Blanchard and I, not only just daily, we're talking throughout the day of what everybody's hearing. ..."
While there are several cases going on at the same time, the main one centers in Colorado, where a judge ruled the entire 2022 class can play this season if they want. However, that judge clarified that players who didn't enter the transfer portal during that sport's window (for football, it came in January) then their only option is to return to their previous school.
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Recent movement in the eligibility **** e, primarily focused on basketball right now, has opened the door for Class of 2022 recruits to have an additional year to play their respective sports. The Texas Tech men's basketball team has benefitted from this, adding Darrion Williams and Jamichael Stillwell recently, so there's an opportunity for Joey McGuire to add a piece or two to the football roster.
McGuire hasn't ruled out bringing in somebody else before the start of the season, though there are a number of factors to consider before doing so.
"I don't think there's necessarily a spot," McGuire said, "(James) Blanchard and I, not only just daily, we're talking throughout the day of what everybody's hearing. ..."
While there are several cases going on at the same time, the main one centers in Colorado, where a judge ruled the entire 2022 class can play this season if they want. However, that judge clarified that players who didn't enter the transfer portal during that sport's window (for football, it came in January) then their only option is to return to their previous school.
#mcguire #texas #Basketball
3 months ago
Jamichael Stillwell is a proven performer in the Big 12 Conference, and the former Central Florida forward committed to the Texas Tech men's basketball team on Friday, July 24.
It remains to be seen whether the 6-foot-8, 245-pound forward will ever play for the Red Raiders. He'll need a court injunction to do so. Stillwell is among 16 men's basketball players suing the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility in a complaint filed July 9 in Cobb County, Georgia, according to the Daytona News-Journal.
Stillwell has played four seasons of college basketball in four years. That lumps him in among the many players who are considered out of eligibility under the NCAA's newly approved age-based eligibility model, commonly known as the 5-for-5 rule. The NCAA has said it is not granting a fifth year under the new model to athletes who completed their fourth year of competition during the 2025-26 school year.
More: Texas Tech added about 80 scholarships in 2026-27. Here is sport-by-sport allocation
More: Texas Tech basketball to face Duke again in New York
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It remains to be seen whether the 6-foot-8, 245-pound forward will ever play for the Red Raiders. He'll need a court injunction to do so. Stillwell is among 16 men's basketball players suing the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility in a complaint filed July 9 in Cobb County, Georgia, according to the Daytona News-Journal.
Stillwell has played four seasons of college basketball in four years. That lumps him in among the many players who are considered out of eligibility under the NCAA's newly approved age-based eligibility model, commonly known as the 5-for-5 rule. The NCAA has said it is not granting a fifth year under the new model to athletes who completed their fourth year of competition during the 2025-26 school year.
More: Texas Tech added about 80 scholarships in 2026-27. Here is sport-by-sport allocation
More: Texas Tech basketball to face Duke again in New York
#stillwell
3 months ago
UCF transfer big man Jamichael Stillwell has committed to Texas Tech, On3's Joe Tipton reported Friday afternoon.
This is a developing story.
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This is a developing story.
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4 months ago
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest winners by year: Complete list of champions, from Joey Chestnut to Kobayashi originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
There are Fourth of July traditions, and then there is the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. The annual Coney Island spectacle has become one of America's strangest and most beloved holiday sporting events, turning hot dogs, buns and the Mustard Belt into must-watch television. While plenty of competitors have stepped onto the stage at Surf and Stillwell Avenues, two names changed the event forever: Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut.
Kobayashi helped launch competitive eating into the mainstream in the early 2000s. Chestnut later took it to another level, building the most dominant résumé the sport has ever seen.
Here is a complete look at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest winners by year, including the men's champions, women's champions and the biggest moments in the event's history.
Year
There are Fourth of July traditions, and then there is the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. The annual Coney Island spectacle has become one of America's strangest and most beloved holiday sporting events, turning hot dogs, buns and the Mustard Belt into must-watch television. While plenty of competitors have stepped onto the stage at Surf and Stillwell Avenues, two names changed the event forever: Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut.
Kobayashi helped launch competitive eating into the mainstream in the early 2000s. Chestnut later took it to another level, building the most dominant résumé the sport has ever seen.
Here is a complete look at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest winners by year, including the men's champions, women's champions and the biggest moments in the event's history.
Year
