By now you may have heard the big news, 2026 four-star guard and Newport native Tay Kinney picking up an offer from Mark Pope and the home-state Kentucky Wildcats. It’s a big day for the local talent who has exploded as a top-35 prospect nationally following a standout summer on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. He took an unofficial visit to Lexington on Wednesday with his family and left with a scholarship in hand. “It was just a regular visit. I talked to Coach Pope for like an hour and watched a little bit of film with him,” Kinney told KSR’s Zack Geoghegan. “I was with the whole coaching staff, we…