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Travis Hubbard
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky born, raised #BBN, obsessed with #DirtyWater. Formerly a sportswriter at Huntington Herald-Dispatch in a different lifetime (covered Patrick Patterson and OJ Mayo in HS). Here for mostly baseball news and opinions.
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I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he played well with more spacing provided by Kam at the 4.
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Absolutely no coincidence. My post-Michigan State texts were filled with smart basketball people saying they had to go small ball moving forward. I agree. How Pope does that and still gets BG, Moreno and Mo minutes, I'm still not sure. But it'll be interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Two years ago, the Red Sox hired Craig Breslow with the hope he could retool their pitching development infrastructure. The debuts of Payton Tolle and Connelly Early show it's starting to work.

Behind the scenes of what's gone into that process:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Inside a revamped Red Sox pitching program that is starting to produce results
The Red Sox made big changes that allowed them to fast-track Payton Tolle and Connelly Early to the majors. What comes next?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The other is at the hyperlinked current schedule:

www.bigbluehistory.com/bb/schedule....

This provides current links and information about upcoming games this season.
2025-26 Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Schedule
www.bigbluehistory.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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If at any time you want to check on Kentucky’s All-Time record, there are two places on my website you can check.

One is the teams list with records newly updated to show UK’s cumulative W-L record over time after each year:

www.bigbluehistory.com/bb/Statistic...

Included is a chart with win%.
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Last year, the Red Sox went $8M over the CBT threshold. They could have spent $32M on top of that to reinforce the roster, with no other penalties besides a few million in taxes.

Right now, they could spend $80M, with no other penalties, if they wanted.
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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With the Rule 5 Draft coming up, we look at which prospects could be selected, who could be protected, and who WILL be protected:

bosoxinjection.com/amid-dozens-...
Amid dozens of Rule 5 Draft eligible Red Sox prospects, one stands out for protection
The Rule 5 Draft is nearing and the Boston Red Sox should be active. They'll surely eye attractive picks around the league, as well as protect some of their mos
bosoxinjection.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
1 Houston
2 Michigan
3 Arizona
4 Duke
5 Illinois
6 UConn
7 Purdue
8 Gonzaga
9 Louisville
10 Alabama
11 St John’s
12 Kentucky
13 Texas Tech
14 Florida
15 BYU
16 Iowa St

Both Houston & Michigan keep winning narrowly. The Jaland Lowe injury is discouraging. I’d like to just forget about last week.
Not a lot to go on yet, but here’s how I’d rank the top 16 in college hoops through one week:

1 Houston
2 Michigan
3 Arizona
4 Kentucky
5 Duke
6 Alabama
7 St John’s
8 UConn
9 Illinois
10 Florida
11 Purdue
12 BYU
13 Gonzaga
14 Texas Tech
15 Iowa St
16 Wisconsin

Arizona and Alabama impressive.
Waited til teams had a sample of games to judge before ranking the top 16 weekly last yr. Was fun, so I’m doing it again. YouTube & Disney have me blacked out so far, but the increase in quality exhibitions was a guide. Was primed to have Kentucky 2nd after the Purdue scrimmage until the Gtown egg.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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20,000 cherries
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Devin Williams has interest from 12 teams, per Will Sammon.

That includes:
Dodgers
Red Sox
Reds
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I feel like I need to remind everyone that Trump could rape, kill and eat an infant in the Oval Office on live TV and not one house republican would vote for his impeachment.
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What’s it like to play as well as you can possibly play and only lead by 7 at the half?
Kentucky was down by as many as 18 points in the first half.
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Still waiting to see the Alabama version of Mo. Moreno looks like our best big and I can’t decide whether that is promising or frightening for this team.
Really disappointed in our older front court guys- BG and Mo D. Being throughly dominated inside. #BBN
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Is Karen Sypher out of jail?
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
BLUE 🔵🔵, GET IN! #BBN
A faint chant of "Go Big Blue" rises in the KFC Yum Center as the Wildcats take the court for the final time before tipoff
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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This is the third time ever that Kentucky and Louisville have played in November. UK 2-0.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Clown show, bro.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Veterans Day sweatshirt for my favorite 2-time WAR veteran from @obviousshirts.bsky.social
#SplendidSplinter
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Finally, the juice is back in the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry.

After a few years of relative calm, this one is heating up again. And tomorrow night should be one of the most-anticipated meetings between the Cats and the Cards in a long time.

Story: www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...
Finally, the juice is back in the Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry
After years of calm between the Cats and the Cards, one of college basketball’s fiercest rivalries has new life heading into Tuesday’s game.
www.kentucky.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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It feels weird today to have UK and UofL playing, and it may feel even weirder in a month or so, but that won’t stop me from diving into stats against low majors to find what might be important tonight. Where might each time find an edge? hoops-insight.ghost.io/weve-never-k...
We've never known less about UK and UofL
It's November 11th and the best rivalry in college basketball has shown up at your front door like Cousin Eddie in "Christmas Vacation". You are caught extremely off guard that this is happening right...
hoops-insight.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A few of my favorite UK moments vs UofL threaded …

1. Rex’s dunk
2. Derek Anderson’s dunk

youtu.be/4WbShOm-bcg?...
December 14, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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If a pitcher is coming to Fenway Park, which ones give up Air Pull to right-handed batters?
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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It’s interesting to see Breslow speak so directly about this now. It’s been the narrative behind the scenes for sometime as Mayer is yet to make it through a season fully healthy.
"It could help him hit the ball harder, more consistently. But I think, more than anything, it will just help him manage the workload of a full season and just be able to withstand the demands of a full season. Which is, frankly, something that he hasn't been able to do."
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM