Kentucky Wildcats Sunday Quickies: American Pharoah Edition

American Pharoah (yes, spelling Nazis, the spelling of the name is correct) won the Kentucky Derby yesterday in very impressive fashion. He was challenged strongly by Dortmund and Firing Line with the 52-year old Gary Stevens aboard with a recently replaced knee. But American Pharoah was equal to the task, and Stevens was denied a story that would likely dominate the sports media for weeks.

Do we have a possible Triple Crown horse this year? Well, yes, at least for another couple of weeks and maybe even a month. This horse looks fit enough to be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

I was trying to beat AP, but obviously, that didn’t work out for me. I did think he was the best horse in the race and I did pick him to win, but I usually avoid betting on favorites. I had him in an exacta with Dortmund, but Firing Line spoiled that one for me.

More: John Clay says this Derby will be tough to top. I think he’s right, it was a great race from start to finish.

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Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• The NFL Draft is over. If you missed any of our coverage, check out:

  • Bud Dupree’s draft selection
  • Za’Darius Smith’s draft selection
  • Undrafted free agent signings and tryouts

• More on Za’Darius Smith’s 4th round selection from UKAthletics.com.

• Early enrollment pays off for players, and we are seeing the benefits of that this spring.

• Q&A with Bud Dupree after being drafted in the first round.

• Mark Stoops updates the quarterback battle after the spring. Not much of an update, really.

• Mark Stoops snaps a pic with Mike Tyson before the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Dang, Mike, Yellow really isn’t your color, bro.

Kentucky basketball

• Tyler Ulis "can’t wait" to lead Kentucky next season. I can’t wait either, it’s going to be exciting.

• Did you know Coach Cal was a boxing champion? Well, not really, but he’s holding the belts!

• Coach Cal congratulates Billy Donovan on his hiring as Oklahoma City Thunder head coach. We wish Billy well also, he was a fine coach and a worthy opponent at Florida.

• Wanna play golf with John Calipari? Get out your checkbook.

• Karl-Anthony Towns would love to play for the Knicks, according to this article. It would certainly be close to home.

Other Kentucky sports

• Big win for the Bat Cats over #6 Vanderbilt to even the series. Rubber match today at 1:00 PM.

• Softball falls to Tennessee. Relive the game here in Jords’ game thread.

• Track & Field is having an amazing year.

Links posts

• The Leach Report: Sunday Wildcat Links

College football

• The NFL Draft shows once again that the best college players are in the SEC. 54 SEC players were drafted this year.

• Steelers go All SEC in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. Smart, I reckon.

College basketball

• Recruiting under the NCAA cloud: How North Carolina is handling the uncertainty of their future.

• Maryland said to be in the mix for former Duke guard Rahseed Saulaimon.

Other sports news

• Floyd Mayweather won a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao last night in Las Vegas. The fight was widely panned as boring an unimpressive.

• The Clippers took out the NBA champion Spurs last night in game 7. Hat tip: Real Clear Sports.

• The best and most worrisome picks in the 2015 NFL Draft. Hat tip: Real Clear Sports.

• Could the Big Cuz be a Celtic soon?

Other news

• A "Full House" parody from the UK managers.

• Five best small form-factor PC’s. I bought one of these for one of my employees, and she loves it. It’s amazingly tiny and quiet.

• Why are frozen meals on the decline? I didn’t know they were, we still eat them occasionally.

• The best gadgets for mom. Mothers’s day is coming up soon.