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Mark Story: Kentucky in a College Football Playoff? At 12 teams, the Cats can at least dream.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Saturday night, Mark Stoops earned his 60th career win as Kentucky’s football coach with No. 20 UK’s uneven 37-13 victory over Miami (Ohio).

Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022

Mark Story: To have a shot at Florida, UK will need a better Levis — and a stouter Big Blue Wall

Will Levis had just hung 303 passing yards and three touchdowns on Miami (Ohio). The Penn State transfer had just run his record as Kentucky’s starting quarterback to 11-3 with a 37-13 vanquishing of the plucky RedHawks.

Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022

Mark Story: Why you are about to watch the most-scrutinized Kentucky football season in history

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

John Clay: In defense of Mitch Barnhart, the athletics director dealing with UK’s departmental drama

Mitch Barnhart turns 63 later this month, but forgive him if he feels more like 163.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Mark Story: Can UK prevent Stoops-Calipari from becoming Bear Bryant-Adolph Rupp II?

Adolph Rupp is the greatest men’s basketball coach in Southeastern Conference history. Before Nick Saban, Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach the SEC had ever seen.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Barnhart’s Message to Kentucky Coaches Worth a Second Look

The public discourse between John Calipari and Mark Stoops did not sit well with the Wildcats’ normally quiet AD.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 15, 2022

John Clay: We’re witnessing a strange, new chapter in University of Kentucky athletics

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new.

Tribune News Service · Aug 15, 2022

Mark Story: Why describing Kentucky as ‘a basketball school’ is problematic — and outdated

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Alabama football visited Lexington to play Kentucky in 2013, a player both schools were then recruiting, John Hardin defensive lineman Matt Elam, was making an unofficial recruiting visit to UK.

Tribune News Service · Aug 14, 2022

‘This program wasn’t born on third base’: Stoops-Calipari feud not settling down yet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — So much for the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops blowing over quickly.

Tribune News Service · Aug 14, 2022

John Clay: Once again, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops shows he’s not about to back down

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has a difficult enough job battling the likes of Nick Saban and Kirby Smart and Jimbo Fisher, much less having to go toe-to-toe with his own basketball coach.

Tribune News Service · Aug 13, 2022