Mark Story
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Kentucky.com Sports Columnist. Story ideas: [email protected]. Always remember: Savor the popcorn
New Kentucky football coach Will Stein gets a raucous Rupp Arena welcome while serving as the ‘Y’
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
New Kentucky football coach Will Stein gets a raucous Rupp Arena welcome while serving as the ‘Y’
Greetings from L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, where Kentucky football will seek to get the Governor’s Cup back with a win vs Louisville. Your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Greetings from L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, where Kentucky football will seek to get the Governor’s Cup back with a win vs Louisville. Your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
At Rupp Arena for an ex-Cat vs ex-Cat coaching matchup between Mark Pope & John Pelphrey. What are your hopes & fears for the Cats vs. Tennessee Tech?
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
At Rupp Arena for an ex-Cat vs ex-Cat coaching matchup between Mark Pope & John Pelphrey. What are your hopes & fears for the Cats vs. Tennessee Tech?
Blue has gotten in today in Nashville
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Blue has gotten in today in Nashville
Greetings from FirstBank Stadium where Kentucky will seek to ruin No 12 Vanderbilt’s Senior Day. What are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Greetings from FirstBank Stadium where Kentucky will seek to ruin No 12 Vanderbilt’s Senior Day. What are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
Back at Rupp Arena for Kentucky men’s basketball vs. Loyola (Maryland). What are you hoping to see from the Cats tonight?
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Back at Rupp Arena for Kentucky men’s basketball vs. Loyola (Maryland). What are you hoping to see from the Cats tonight?
Outlined against a blue, gray November sky, the 2025 Kentucky Wildcats will close out their home football schedule seeking to snap Tennessee Tech’s 15-game winning streak. What are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Outlined against a blue, gray November sky, the 2025 Kentucky Wildcats will close out their home football schedule seeking to snap Tennessee Tech’s 15-game winning streak. What are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats today?
Greetings from the KFC Yum Center, where No. 9 Kentucky will soon tip off vs o. 12 Louisville in the commonwealth’s most-galvanizing men’s college basketball rivalry. What are your hopes and fears for the Cats tonight?
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Greetings from the KFC Yum Center, where No. 9 Kentucky will soon tip off vs o. 12 Louisville in the commonwealth’s most-galvanizing men’s college basketball rivalry. What are your hopes and fears for the Cats tonight?
It is a beautiful night for football at Kroger Field. What are your hopes and fears for Kentucky as the Wildcats square off with SEC foe Florida?
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It is a beautiful night for football at Kroger Field. What are your hopes and fears for Kentucky as the Wildcats square off with SEC foe Florida?
At Rupp Arena for some Friday night hoops. What are your hopes and fears for the Cats vs. the Beacons of Valparaiso?
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At Rupp Arena for some Friday night hoops. What are your hopes and fears for the Cats vs. the Beacons of Valparaiso?
At Rupp Arena to officially start the 50th season of Kentucky men’s basketball in the venerable hoops barn. What are your hopes and fears for Mark Pope’s Cats tonight vs. Nicholls?
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
At Rupp Arena to officially start the 50th season of Kentucky men’s basketball in the venerable hoops barn. What are your hopes and fears for Mark Pope’s Cats tonight vs. Nicholls?
Greetings from “The Loveliest Village on the Plains.” What are your hopes & fears for the Wildcats as Kentucky plays at Auburn in SEC football action tonight?
November 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Greetings from “The Loveliest Village on the Plains.” What are your hopes & fears for the Wildcats as Kentucky plays at Auburn in SEC football action tonight?
Back at Rupp Arena for exhibition action between the Kentucky Wildcats and Georgetown Hoyas. What are you hoping to see from the Wildcats tonight?
October 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Back at Rupp Arena for exhibition action between the Kentucky Wildcats and Georgetown Hoyas. What are you hoping to see from the Wildcats tonight?
It is a gray October day at Kroger Field where Kentucky will face its border rival, No. 17 Tennessee.
Based on what I saw in parking lots, it will be a Megan Moroney kind of night in the stands - a whole lot of “Tennessee orange” in parking lots.
What do you expect from the Cats tonight?
Based on what I saw in parking lots, it will be a Megan Moroney kind of night in the stands - a whole lot of “Tennessee orange” in parking lots.
What do you expect from the Cats tonight?
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It is a gray October day at Kroger Field where Kentucky will face its border rival, No. 17 Tennessee.
Based on what I saw in parking lots, it will be a Megan Moroney kind of night in the stands - a whole lot of “Tennessee orange” in parking lots.
What do you expect from the Cats tonight?
Based on what I saw in parking lots, it will be a Megan Moroney kind of night in the stands - a whole lot of “Tennessee orange” in parking lots.
What do you expect from the Cats tonight?
At Rupp Arena on OCTOBER 24 for No 9 Kentucky vs No 1 Purdue in a marquee men’s college basketball exhibition. What are your expectations for the Cats tonight?
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At Rupp Arena on OCTOBER 24 for No 9 Kentucky vs No 1 Purdue in a marquee men’s college basketball exhibition. What are your expectations for the Cats tonight?
Beautiful, sunny day at Kroger Field where Kentucky football will soon host No. 21 Texas. What do you believe would need to happen for a UK upset to occur?
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Beautiful, sunny day at Kroger Field where Kentucky football will soon host No. 21 Texas. What do you believe would need to happen for a UK upset to occur?
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats' football game Saturday vs. No. 21 Texas?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on kentucky.com on Friday.
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on kentucky.com on Friday.
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats' football game Saturday vs. No. 21 Texas?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on kentucky.com on Friday.
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on kentucky.com on Friday.
Beautiful day for football at one of the SEC’s most venerable stadiums. What are you hoping to see from Kentucky today vs No 12 Georgia?
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Beautiful day for football at one of the SEC’s most venerable stadiums. What are you hoping to see from Kentucky today vs No 12 Georgia?
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats' football game Saturday at Georgia?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky.com on Friday.
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky.com on Friday.
October 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats' football game Saturday at Georgia?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky.com on Friday.
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky.com on Friday.
It is not presently raining at Williams-Brice Stadium but it looks like it might. What is your key for Kentucky in the Wildcats SEC road opener vs. Shane Beamer and South Carolina?
September 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It is not presently raining at Williams-Brice Stadium but it looks like it might. What is your key for Kentucky in the Wildcats SEC road opener vs. Shane Beamer and South Carolina?
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats 2025 SEC football road opener at South Carolina?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky .com on Friday
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky .com on Friday
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So, UK football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats 2025 SEC football road opener at South Carolina?
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky .com on Friday
If you share something interesting, there's a chance I will use it in a story that will post on Kentucky .com on Friday
It is a hot & muggy night at Kroger Field where Kentucky will soon face Eastern Michigan in non-conference college football. What do you hope to see from the Wildcats tonight?
September 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It is a hot & muggy night at Kroger Field where Kentucky will soon face Eastern Michigan in non-conference college football. What do you hope to see from the Wildcats tonight?
So, Kentucky football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats non-conference contest with the Eastern Michigan Eagles Saturday night?
If you say something especially interesting, I might use it in a story that will post Friday at Kentucky .com
If you say something especially interesting, I might use it in a story that will post Friday at Kentucky .com
September 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So, Kentucky football fans, what are your hopes and fears for the Wildcats non-conference contest with the Eastern Michigan Eagles Saturday night?
If you say something especially interesting, I might use it in a story that will post Friday at Kentucky .com
If you say something especially interesting, I might use it in a story that will post Friday at Kentucky .com
Outlined against a blue, grey September sky, it is Kroger Field hours before Kentucky football faces No 20 Ole Miss in the SEC opener for both teams.
What do you see as the key for the Cats to upset the Rebs for a sec straight season?
What do you see as the key for the Cats to upset the Rebs for a sec straight season?
September 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Outlined against a blue, grey September sky, it is Kroger Field hours before Kentucky football faces No 20 Ole Miss in the SEC opener for both teams.
What do you see as the key for the Cats to upset the Rebs for a sec straight season?
What do you see as the key for the Cats to upset the Rebs for a sec straight season?