Saturday Headlines: Merry Christmas Edition

Merry Christmas from all of us at A Sea of Blue! We hope you and your family are having a safe and wonderful holiday season!

While you’re hopefully at home opening Christmas presents and enjoy a warm fire, many people in Kentucky aren’t as fortunate this year due to the tornados that hit Western Kentucky, so please consider giving to the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.

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Is Oscar Tshiebwe becoming a threat to some ‘unbreakable’ UK basketball records?
“When I came here, I told everybody, I told the coach: I don’t care about points. I am going to get my points, but I just want to go out and grab every rebound,” Tshiebwe explained. “I just go to fight.”

College basketball is like Christmas — it brings families together
Examples of fathers coaching sons are plentiful and “that’s a great thing.”

Oscar Tshiebwe dedicates 28-rebound game to victims of Western Kentucky tornadoes
Oscar Tshiebwe dedicated his record-setting 28-rebound performance vs. WKU to the victims of the Western Kentucky tornadoes.

Kentucky Football extend offers to group of 4-star juniors
The Citrus Bowl is right around the corner but that’s not stopping Kentucky from handing out scholarships to a trio of four-star recruits.

Three Matchups to Watch: Iowa vs. Kentucky in Citrus Bowl
The Iowa Hawkeyes and Kentucky Wildcats will go head-to-head in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 inside Camping World Stadium in Orlando. Here are the biggest matchups to watch for.

Kentucky looks to have found itself after Notre Dame loss
With archrival Louisville being forced to cancel due to COVID issues, it was instead Western Kentucky who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time as UK once again had its way in a 95-60 win.

Top teams, star players (including UK commit Reed Sheppard) headline LexCath tourney
Kentucky commit Reed Sheppard and his North Laurel Jaguars and Herald-Leader preseason No. 1 Ballard are among the top players and teams in town beginning Sunday to compete in the Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic.

SEC updates interrupted game policies for men’s and women’s basketball
The SEC updated its policies and parameters for basketball scheduling Thursday amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases across the nation, allowing for games to be ruled no-contests should impacted games be unable to be rescheduled.

Late sports psychologist Trevor Moawad’s impact and legacy in college football
Trevor Moawad’s lessons are still being felt by Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Jimbo Fisher, Mike Locksley, JT Daniels, Russell Wilson and more.

Week 16 fantasy football matchups for NFL 2021 season
Michael F. Florio breaks down the top fantasy football matchups for Week 16 of the 2021 NFL season.

NFL Week 16 underdogs: Ravens ready to reclaim AFC North pole position
Are John Harbaugh's Ravens poised to upset the Bengals and take back prime position in the race for the AFC North, or will Cincy strengthen its grip on the division? Marc Sessler makes the case for four underdogs in Week 16.