Welcome to another weekly update on all things Blue Chips!
Last week UK unveiled the official details about this years Bahamas tour, in which our 2022-23 team will compete against professional and international college teams. The NCAA allows schools to take a tour of this nature every four years. This time around, Kentucky will be at Baha Mar in Nassau from August 9 thru August 15. The Cats will play four games against four different opponents – the Dominican U22 National Team, a professional team TBD from Mexico’s Monterrey League, Carleton University from Ottawa, and the Bahamas National team.
The most intriguing opponent for Kentucky will be Carleton University. Since 2003, the Ravens have won 16 National Championships in Canada, and are notorious for taking down D1 Colleges in exhibition games. Notable schools that Carleton has beaten in recent years: Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Baylor, Wichita State, Alabama, Providence, Memphis, and many more. This will be the third time Kentucky has participated in the Bahamas tour, and it’s clear this early season experience pays dividends – the 2014-15 team ended up making the Final Four and going 38-1 on the year, and the 2018-19 went 30-7 and made the Elite 8. Although they may not have gone to the Bahamas, the 2010-11 team took an international tour to Canada and made the Final Four at the end of the year. All games will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
The newcomers for this year’s team arrived on campus over the weekend and moved into the Wildcat Lodge. UK posted a welcome video for freshmen Cason Wallace, Chris Livingston, and Adou Thiero – as well as for transfer Antonio Reeves. The new guys got acquainted with the returners from this past year’s team with a pool party at Coach Cal’s house.
Oscar Tshiebwe is back from his trip home to the Congo! After two weeks abroad, Tshiebwe has returned and is back in the lab with the rest of the team – Coach Cal recently posted an Instagram Picture of all the guys getting their summer conditioning in at the newly remodeled Joe Craft Center. The 2022-23 Revenge Tour is officially underway!
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From Around the Web
English Premier League files trademarks for crypto and NFTs – all you need to know
The first trademark application for crypto and NFTs was for its name and unique logo that features a lion donning a crown. The second was for its ‘loving cup trophy’ that sports a crown and golden lions on each handle.
The applications also include licenses for digital tokens and collectables, digital art, digital asset trading, exchange services, virtual apparel, and a marketplace to host these digital assets online.
Ben Joyce, Tennessee flamethrower, announces NFT commemorating special pitch
Joyce on Tuesday announced a non-fungible token, or NFT, to commemorate his 105.5 mph pitch. Joyce threw it about a month ago on a Sunday against Auburn. It’s a pitch that will go down in baseball history — college and pros, as the second-fastest pitch in the history of baseball.
These rare and first-ever Signed NFT’s minted by Ben Joyce commemorate the fastest NCAA pitch ever recorded at 105.5 MPH. The design mixes 2-d and 3-d art in a captivating design.
Holographic NFT reward at LimeLight’s Hackney Half Marathon
UK-based event organizer LimeLight Sports Club has rolled out a new partnership with tech specialist xG Studios, launching ‘the first-ever half marathon NFT reward’.
The Hackney Half Marathon NFT Finisher offering is the first Genesis xG ‘Finish LE’ reward. It was released in partnership with LimeLight Sports Club and marks the start of a digital collectable experience for all LimeLight Sports Club members.
Each NFT is personalized with the runner’s finish time whilst the male and female runners placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd received the ‘perpetual loop’ version of the NFT– featuring either a gold, silver or bronze thread running through it.
https://endurance.biz/2022/industry-news/holographic-nft-reward-at-limelights-hackney-half-marathon/
