Big Blue Insider with Dick Gabriel

Abbreviated show ahead of UK women's basketball vs Texas A&M. A national talking head likes Mark Pope for Coach of the Year right now; (7:00) we talk about the passing of Coach Philip Haywood of Belfry and (19:30) Kenny Brooks on his team going into A&M.

Antoine Walker on why the '96 UK team is the best in the history of college basketball; (12:00) is the BBN at all to blame for Calipari's troubles in Arkansas? (19:00) Unforgettable guard Sean Woods; (39:00) UK forward Amelia Hassett on the success of the women's team; (57:00) West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore and sometimes you just have to say, "No, thanks" to Spam...

Maybe now Ohio State fans will forgive Ryan Day for losing to Michigan; Mark Pope on figuring out UK's fouling issues; UK Network analyst Jeff Piecoro on the Buckeyes' win and UK's work in the portal; UK basketball analyst Jack Givens on team growth; HL beat writer Ben Roberts on the Wildcats and don't ever crowd a scientist when he's on the job...

Mark Pope talks humility, synergy and love ahead of Alabama at UK; ex-Cat Jerry Hale on the upcoming reunion of the 1975 UK team that played for a national championship; WKYT's Steve Moss and I discuss the candidates for the Ky Sports Figure of the Year balloting; Billy Rutledge makes his NFL playoff predictions; Heroes, Fools and Flakes plus what REALLY goes on during those baseball mound visits?

Travis Perry on his growth as a basketball Wildcat; former AP correspondent Gary Graves on this year's Ky team; WKYT anchor/reporter Lee K. Howard, who covered UK-Texas A&M; freelance journalist Tim Sullivan on how both Ky and U of L have risen from the ashes PLUS - sometimes it's tough trying to make the cut, especially when your competition is a bunch of major leaguers

Mark Pope, Buzz Williams break down UK's win over A&M; (14:00) Brian Kelly trying to backpedal on his reason for leaving Notre Dame is nothing but weak; (18:00) Unforgettable guard Sean Woods loved what he saw from Travis Perry in the A&M win; (39:00) ex-Cat Anthony White on changes in the UK football program; (50:00) West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore on the Cats and the Cards and a big guy...

Mark Pope on fixing the issues that have come up consistently in UK's three losses; (10:00) Kenny Brooks on the UK women's win at Florida; (19:00) Cameron Mills joins us in the garage to talk about Pope, the Cats, officiating, road games - we run the gauntlet PLUS you need to carefully pick your spots when you're giving up vices - like airplane glue...

Wildcats on their win over Florida; UK women with a perfect start to SEC play; (12:00) NFL coaches in the unemployment line; (19:00) Unforgettable guard Sean Woods loved what he saw in the win over the Gators; (39:00) Mark Mathis, Western Ky-based writer on Cats-Gators; (59:00) West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore and a Longhorns fan is ready ready ready for the next playoff game...

UK women's bkb with a resounding victory in the SEC opener, featuring incredible 3-point shooting; (7:00) Charles Barkley rips JJ Reddick; (9:30) surprising reaction to a DG tweet about former UK OC Eddie Gran; (19:00) Justin Rowland of Cats Illustrated on the job UK football has done in the portal; (39:00) author Scott Brown on his book about the late UK pioneer, Reggie Warford; (1:01) Christi Th...

Abbreviated show ahead of UK women's basketball; we take apart the targeting non-call in the ASU-Texas game; Unforgettable guard Sean Woods on what the Wildcats can expect in the SEC...

It's a special edition of the BBI as we look back on 2024: a shocking announcement from John Calipari; (20:00) the choice of successor was almost as surprising; (35:00) ex-Cats enthusiastically endorse Mark Pope; (39:00) UK baseball makes a historic run to Omaha; (51:00) another SEC title for the Volleyball Wildcats and the football Wildcats pull off one of the biggest upsets of the season but not...

It's the best of the BBI with ESPN's Jimmy Dykes, (20:00) Hall of Fame coach Keith Madison, (39:00) Cats' Pause GM Darrell Bird and more...

Another coach steps down, citing NIL/portal issues; (14:00) Mark Pope on how his team will bounce back; (20:00) UK voice Tom Leach; (39:00) Richard Skinner of Local12 in Cincinnati talks Bengals; (59:00) West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore and always be ready to explain yourself...

On Xmas it's an encore presentation of our look back at the UK football season (there WERE some highlights) and a re-play of our "celebrity monologues" that opened our UK Network broadcasts...

On Xmas Eve it's the Best of the Big Blue Insider including conversations with Tim Couch, Van Hiles and Brendan Quinn of the Athletic, author of an i-depth piece on the Mark Pope family...

It's a special edition of the BBI as we look back on an up-and-down football season, our broadcasts featuring a different "celebrity monologue" that opened each game.

It's awards time on the UK campus; (6:00) NFL QB and coaching moves in college football.; (19:00) Unforgettable Guard Sean Woods; ex-Cat Jay Shidler likes what he sees in this UK bkb team; (58:00) West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore + you should always play it safe, when there's a monster on the loose...

His teammates weren't surprised by Lamont Butler's performance vs UofL; (7:00) Bill Belichick already is lobbying for media coverage at UNC; (19:00) WKYT's Brian Milam on Ky HS basketball; (39:00) Ky HS legend J.R. Vanhoose on his alma mater, Marshall, forced to drop from its bowl game because of portal defections; (58:00) Hunter Mitchell wraps the UK volleyball season and a reminder - it's good t...

Mark Pope can't quite hate UofL the way UK fans might think he should; Volleball Cats on making the Elite 8; Billy Rutledge on UK-UofL & more; EKU Coach Walt Wells; West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore and how do you say, "whhhhiskey?"