Kentucky Wildcats Sunday Quickies: Mother's Day Edition

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who are part of this community.

Second, congratulations to Alex Poythress, Bud Dupree, Jennifer O’Neill, and all the other Kentucky athletes who graduated yesterday.

Alex at graduation with an impeccable sash RT @PMinski95: @KySportsRadio and his sash is pretty cool too. pic.twitter.com/zqRIsHBOLN

— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) May 9, 2015

Alex is the third Wildcat in the Calipari era to graduate in three years.

Tweet of the Morning

Wow so a school said people are selling hope. I say everything starts with hope just read Romans 4.18. I recall you sold it 5 years ago.

— CoachMarrowUK (@vincemarrow) May 9, 2015

So what school could be he talking about, I wonder. < / sarcasm >

Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• Three risers from Kentucky football’s spring practice. Every one of these names is at a critical position for Kentucky next season, so this is encouraging news.

• What will Bud Dupree bring to the Steeler’s defense?

Kentucky basketball

• Coach Cal to receive the Alltech Humanitarian Award:

  Previous honorees include Lopez Lomong, a Lost Boy of Sudan who became a two-time Olympic athlete and founder of the Lopez Lomong Foundation, and Ronan Tynan, a Paralympic athlete, physician and singer noted for being one of the Irish Tenors.

• More awesomeness:

  Congrats to former Cat Kelenna Azubuike who just received his diploma and graduated from UK

  — Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) May 9, 2015

  
  

• Dominique Hawkins has his swagger back, according to Haley Simpson at KSR. I wasn’t aware that he ever lost it.

Other Kentucky sports

• Bat Cats claim the first game of their series with Georgia, but the Dawgs come back to defeat UK in the second game setting up a crucial rubber match today.

• Women’s golf just misses NCAA Championship, needing to finish in the top six of the South Bend regional. They finished seventh. Isabelle Johansson did qualify for the individual championship, however.

Links posts

• KSR’s Sunday Links

• John Clay’s Big Blue Links

• The Leach Report: Sunday Wildcat Links

College football

• More media hypocrisy. Mike Bianchi lauds Jimbo Fisher for making Florida State effectively an NFL farm team, while he has consistently hated on Calipari for doing the same thing with UK’s basketball team. Typically sad state of affairs.

College basketball

• USA Today’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team "Super Five." Kentucky’s Skal Labissiere leads the way.

Other sports news

• The Hawks can’t handle The Truth.

• The Warriors are in trouble. Once a huge favorite, their season is hanging on the brink.

• The inside story of ESPN’s breakup with Bill Simmons.

Other news

• The five best music streaming services. Pandora’s always been my favorite, but I’ve honestly never tried the others.

• Warp drive: Are we there yet? Well, no, but this is a decent primer on the subject.