Wednesday's CatsIllustrated.com Newsstand has all the latest Kentucky news.

UK's late baseball rallies falls short at Louisville. Eddie Gran spoke with the media on Tuesday. Way-too-early college basketball rankings are littering the internet. All that, and there's plenty of Kentucky football recruiting news to get your day started.

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RECRUITING: The War Room! Updates on players from the Midwest to the Deep South. Here you'll get the latest on Kentucky targets like Jaylan Franklin, Taj Ward, Josh Whyle, Brian Asamoah, Jeslord Boateng and others.

BASEBALL: No. 2 Louisville holds off 9th inning rally by Kentucky. The red-hot Wildcats came up just short in a top 10 rivalry matchup with Louisville.

FOOTBALL: Greg Hart, Justin Rigg taking advantage of opportunity at tight end. With C.J. Conrad out, Kentucky's coaches are watching his backups closely. The coaches seem pleased with how they're stepping up.

BASKETBALL: Talking Points: Unrealistic pundit expectations are setting UK up for needless criticism in '17-18. John Calipari may well have a really good team next year, but way-too-early rankings that have the Cats in the top three (or in ESPN's case, No. 1) are a recipe for more of the unconvincing "underachieving" narrative.

FOOTBALL: Eddie Gran Q&A. Kentucky's offensive coordinator spoke with the media after Tuesday's practice.

RECRUITING: Stephen Herron on Alabama's offer and his trip to T-Town. 2018 defensive end from Louisville shares his reaction with Cats Illustrated.

RECRUITING: Scott County's Bryan Hudson on recent offers from Alabama, Florida.

FOOTBALL: 3-2-1 Pres. by Safe Floors and Tubs: Coach extensions, scrimmage standouts, recruiting. Hinshaw and Schlarman rewarded, some players are stepping up and in-state recruiting in 2018 and 2019.

BASKETBALL: Monk's gone: As expected, UK's star two-guard declares. One day after De'Aaron Fox declares for the draft, Malik Monk follows suit.

BASKETBALL: Maker's Mark bottle celebrates 1996 UK championship team

BASKETBALL: Basketball ref Higgins talked about fear he and his family faced after threats

BASKETBALL: In turning pro, Kentucky's Monk hopes to be an inspiration

BASEBALL: Louisville baseball extends win streak against Kentucky to six

BASKETBALL: Six reactions to Monk declaring for the NBA Draft

FOOTBALL: Coaches asking Benny Snell to slow down instead of speed up

BASKETBALL: ESPN's Chad Ford has three Wildcats going in the first round

BASKETBALL: The John Calipari 30-for-30 is going to be epic

BASKETBALL: Way-too-early bracketology: Lunardi has UK a two

BASKETBALL: Ratings boost: NCAA title viewership up 30 percent

NCAA: N.C. can host title games after HB2's repeal

House of Blue: Final coaches poll

House of Blue: Texas and Mo Bamba

House of Blue: ESPN's way-too-early top 25 has UK at No. 1

Rupp's Rafters: Does this put more pressure on Calipari to win another title?

Rupp's Rafters: What does Kentucky's basketball future look like post-Calipari?

Rupp's Rafters: You have to be in it to win it

Rupp's Rafters: Kevin Knox Sr., on Mizzou visit

Rupp's Rafters: How did Kentucky go 13 years without a Final Four?

Rupp's Rafters: Pardon the Interruption on Fox and Monk

Wildcat Lair: John Schlarman on the offensive line

Wildcat Lair: A lot of praise for Dorian Baker

Anthony Davis scored 41 points and blocked four shots against the Nuggets.

John Wall dished out 13 assists against the Hornets in another Wizards win.

Willie Cauley-Stein was the Kings' top performer (12 points, 16 rebounds) in a win over the Mavericks. Nerlens Noel had nine points and ten boards for the Mavericks in that game.

Karl-Anthony Towns was the Timberwolves' top performer in a loss to the Warriors.

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