Updated: 11:56 PM Freshman centerfielder Austin Cousino launched his eighth homer of the year and collected three hits to lead No. 1 Kentucky to a 5-2 series-opening win over the defending league champion Vanderbilt Commodores, on Friday night at Hawkins Field.

Updated: 3:31 PM Former Xavier guard Mark Lyons will visit Kentucky, that according to the Kansas City Star.

Updated: 11:52 PM CINCINNATI (AP) - The Bengals took Wisconsin guard Kevin Zeitler with their second choice in the first round of the draft.

Posted: 1:18 PM The Knoxville News Sentinel is reporting that UK assistant coach Kyra Elzy will be joining the staff of SEC-rival Tennessee. Elzy currently is the associate head of the Wildcats under Matthew Mitchell.

Posted: 12:56 PM BOSTON (AP) - The Boston third-grader who narrowly missed a bullet that came through his bedroom wall and left a smoking hole in his Boston Celtics jersey has met the player whose shirt he was wearing.

Posted: 4:52 PM During his visit to Great American Ball Park on Tuesday, UK coach John Calipari told a local radio audience that he wasn’t finished with recruiting for the upcoming season.

Posted: 3:53 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky freshman centerfielder Austin Cousino has been selected to play for the USA Collegiate National Team, UK’s first member of the USA National Team since John Wilson in 1999, it was announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Posted: 1:26 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky sophomore southpaw Corey Littrell has been named to the initial watch list for the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year, it was announced.

Updated: 3:01 PM Rod Strickland, special assistant to UK coach John Calipari, is not leaving to join Larry Brown's staff at SMU.

Updated: 9:54 PM No. 20 Louisville took advantage of a pair of unearned runs in the top of the first inning, opening the game up with a six-run third inning for a 10-2 win over No. 1 Kentucky to sweep the two-game season series.

Updated: 9:28 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kings center DeMarcus Cousins will be allowed to play for Sacramento against Oklahoma City on Tuesday night after the NBA rescinded one of his technical fouls.

Updated: 8:14 PM Coach John Calipari threw a ceremonial pitch - a strike to infielder Todd Frazier - as the Cincinnati Reds honored Kentucky's eighth national basketball championship.

Updated: 7:38 PM UK Coach John Calipari threw a ceremonial pitch before the Reds game Tuesday night.

Posted: 3:22 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- After belting two homers and hitting .462 during a four-game week, Kentucky junior catcher Luke Maile has been named Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday afternoon by the league office.

Posted: 6:05 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Freshman Austin Cousino collected a team-best three hits and Zac Zellers launched his fifth homer of the year to lead No. 2 Kentucky to a series-clinching 7-6 win in the rubber match over No. 1 LSU, in front of 3,086 fans on an overcast Sunday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Posted: 9:08 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Since Kentucky ended its 2011 season with a historic win over Tennessee, a lot about the defense responsible for that victory has changed.

Posted: 6:35 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Behind home runs from Austin Cousino and Luke Maile and a quality start from Jerad Grundy, No. 2 Kentucky posted an 8-1 win over No. 1 LSU to even the series, snapping LSU’s league leading eight-game winning streak and forcing a rubber match in the finale, on an overcast Saturday afternoon in front of 2,625 at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Posted: 4:11 PM STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Kentucky softball team dropped a heartbreaking 2-1 contest in extra innings to Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs converted a walk-off one-out RBI-single in the home half of the extra frame to prevail and capture the series. Kentucky stranded nine runners in scoring position in the contest.

Posted: 1:44 PM Let's see what kind of arms Anthony Davis and Matt Roark have on Sunday!

Posted: 9:20 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Before No. 2 Kentucky baseball’s game with No. 1 LSU on Saturday, fans are invited to come to Cliff Hagan Stadium and get their pictures taken with the 2011-12 men’s basketball national championship trophy. The trophy will be on display until first pitch, slated for 2 p.m. ET.

Posted: 6:32 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky sophomore right-hander Trevor Gott has been named to the midseason watch list for the eighth annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top reliever in college baseball, it was announced by the NCBWA on Thursday afternoon.

Posted: 4:58 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men’s basketball program has added the nation’s top recruit in Nerlens Noel, head coach John Calipari announced on Thursday.

Posted: 4:54 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- In a matchup of the hottest teams in college baseball, the two clubs tied atop the Southeastern Conference standings will face off in the nation’s premier weekend series, with No. 2 Kentucky hosting No. 1 LSU, starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The series will resume on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET and conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Posted: 11:28 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. – The UK men’s basketball program has announced the line-up of former Wildcats for the 2012 John Calipari Prasco Pro Camps, where seven former Wildcats will join campers for four days in early August.

Posted: 4:01 PM UK coach Matthew Mitchell, who got his start in coaching under Tennessee's Pat Summitt, responded Wednesday to the announcement that Summitt was retiring.