Chuck Smith

He’s not coming to play football at Kentucky because his brother, Morgan Newton, will be UK’s starting quarterback this season. Instead, defensive lineman Langston Newton of Indianapolis verbally committed to the Wildcats on Thursday because...

LEXINGTON — Alvin Dupree admits he knew very little about UK football when  Kentucky started recruiting him. “There’s really not any news about Kentucky football in Georgia. Until they started recruiting me, I didn’t know but...

Jonathan Reed doesn’t need long to describe himself as a football player. “I can describe myself as a fast, upbeat player. I have great hips and great footwork and great football knowledge,” the Kentucky recruit said. “I have great...

Patrick Towles has two special coaches to learn from this season in addition to the always successful Highlands coaching staff. First, former Kentucky¿quarterback Jared Lorenzen is now on the Highlands staff to help tutor the quarterback, who has...

Left to their own devices when the NFL lockout took hold in March, the Ravens dispersed in every direction. Ray Rice went home to New York to pump hands and iron. Tom Zbikowski boxed in the glaring light of Las Vegas and the faint light of Thackerville,...

During the last few years, there has been a dramatic surge not only in the level of play of the Boyle County girls golf team, but even in the interest in the program. Suddenly the team has plenty of players, has put together winning seasons and even has...

Kentucky won’t have to worry about twin brothers Daron and Zach Blaylock of Georgia changing their minds about their verbal commitment to sign with the Wildcats in February. The two athletic defensive players committed to Kentucky¿on Sunday night...

After Boyle County linebacker Lamar Dawson decided to sign with Southern Cal and not Kentucky, many UK fans blamed recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach Chuck Smith for not convincing Dawson to become a Wildcat, especially since Smith is a former...

Lamar Dawson is now officially an all-American player. PARADE Magazine will announce the 48th annual PARADE All-America High School Football Team in its Sunday cover story and the 6-2, 230-pound Boyle County linebacker is on the team. For 48 years...

Forget about the winning lottery numbers or even when it might quit snowing. Those answers don’t matter. What matters is this — where is Boyle County linebacker Lamar Dawson going to play his college football? Dawson has less than a week...

There was a time when college football recruiting was a lot simpler. A high school player would give his verbal pledge and then sign with the same school when the national signing period opened. Today, there are soft commits where a player says he&...

HOOVER, Ala. — As far as Sam Simpson can tell, nothing has changed dramatically for roommate Morgan Newton since he found out he would be Kentucky’s starting quarterback in the BBVA Compass Bowl Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. “Morgan is...