Photos by LPGA/Gabe Roux By LARRY VAUGHT For Emma Talley, the 2019 LPGA Tour season was not exactly what she envisioned. In fact, she called it a “very stressful year” that resulted in her finishing 103rd on the money list and having to go to Q School to retain her 2020 tour
Author: Larry Vaught
Larry Vaught is a seven-time winner of the Kentucky Sportswriter of the Year award and has covered University of Kentucky sports since 1975.
Larry now has a syndicated UK sports column appearing in 34 newspapers across the state as well as http://www.yoursportsedge.com/, and http://www.cameronmillsradio.com/.
Larry also joins Mark Buerger and Anthony White on WLAP Sunday Morning Sports each week in Lexington as well as appearing each Tuesday with Tom Leach on The Leach Report.
Why Doesn’t Lynn Bowden Throw
Walter McCarty’s Not So Much Homecoming
Photograph by Victoria Graff By LARRY VAUGHT Evansville’s stunning 67-64 upset over No. 1 Kentucky in Rupp Arena Tuesday night was for coach Walter McCarty, a former Wildcat and starter on UK”s 1996 national championship team. “This was for Coach, coming back to where he won a championship,” Evansville guard K.J. Riley, who
Old Kentucky Football Creeps Back In
Has Nick Richards Found Himself
Photo by Jeff Houchin By CHANDLER WILCOX, Contributing Writer In his third year of being at UK, a lot of spectators were wondering if Nick Richards would finally start to find a groove as a member of the Kentucky Wildcats. In the first regular season game against first-ranked Michigan State, Richards was not
One More Tribute For Lorenzen Before Kentucky-Tennessee Football Game
By LARRY VAUGHT He’s not one to normally get nervous before a performance but Montgomery Gentry lead guitarist Bo Garrett is a bit anxious about playing the national anthem before the Kentucky-Tennessee football game Saturday night. “I am crazy excited to get to do the anthem for the Cats and the veterans
Maxey Could Do No Wrong
Stoops Won’t Answer Questions Regarding Open Seminole Job
By LARRY VAUGHT Not long after Florida State fired head coach Willie Taggart the rumors started about the possibility of Mark Stoops being the next coach for the Seminoles. Stoops is a former Florida State defensive coordinator and the success he's had rebuilding Kentucky's program certainly has attracted national attention. Stoops insisted
Is Montgomery Deserving Of Preseason Accolades
Vicky Graff Photo By LARRY VAUGHT First media members put sophomore EJ Montgomery on the preseason all-Southeastern Conference team despite his limited success last year. Then Monday the SEC coaches did the same thing with their preseason all-conference selections. Yet in Kentucky's first two exhibition games Montgomery has just 13 points and nine
Nick Richards Gets The Boot
By LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky junior center Nick Richards watched his team's exhibition victory over Kentucky State Friday night sitting on the bench with a boot on his injured left ankle. Richards hurt his ankle in UK's first exhibition game against Georgetown College on Sunday. The Cats open the season against No. 1