Friday, June 23 2017 8:52 PM EDT2017-06-24 00:52:09 GMT
For the first time in Lexington Legends history, the roster will feature Bat Girls, instead of the traditional Bat Boys for the upcoming homestand against the Columbia Fireflies and Tim Tebow June 26-29. Aaliyah Yates, 14 years old and Lauren Reynolds, also 14 years old, will be suiting up in Legends uniforms and performing routine “Bat Boy” duties each game set forth by the Legends Clubhouse Manager, Matt Resar. Duties include setting up the dugout with appropriate...
For the first time in Lexington Legends history, the roster will feature Bat Girls, instead of the traditional Bat Boys for the upcoming homestand against the Columbia Fireflies and Tim Tebow June 26-29. Aaliyah Yates, 14 years old and Lauren Reynolds, also 14 years old, will be suiting up in Legends uniforms and performing routine “Bat Boy” duties each game set forth by the Legends Clubhouse Manager, Matt Resar. Duties include setting up the dugout with appropriate...
Friday, June 23 2017 8:02 PM EDT2017-06-24 00:02:09 GMT
AP Photo/Wade Payne
University of Kentucky women’s basketball freshman wing KeKe McKinney, who recently finished a dazzling career at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tenn., has been named a high school athlete of the year by the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, it was announced recently. Every year the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame selects a handful of elite high school athletes to honor at its annual hall of fame dinner and induction ceremony. McKinney was one of two female athle...
University of Kentucky women’s basketball freshman wing KeKe McKinney, who recently finished a dazzling career at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tenn., has been named a high school athlete of the year by the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, it was announced recently. Every year the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame selects a handful of elite high school athletes to honor at its annual hall of fame dinner and induction ceremony. McKinney was one of two female athle...
Friday, June 23 2017 7:04 PM EDT2017-06-23 23:04:54 GMT
Four Eastern Kentucky University football players were recently chosen to the Community Trust Bank 2017 Kentucky’s Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team presented by the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame. Those four are Keith Wrzuszczak, Jeffrey Canady, Kobie Grace and Thomas Owens. The Kentucky Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team is a pre-season recognition award for football players attending a Kentucky college or university. The All-Commonwealth Team represents the be...
Four Eastern Kentucky University football players were recently chosen to the Community Trust Bank 2017 Kentucky’s Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team presented by the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame. Those four are Keith Wrzuszczak, Jeffrey Canady, Kobie Grace and Thomas Owens. The Kentucky Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team is a pre-season recognition award for football players attending a Kentucky college or university. The All-Commonwealth Team represents the be...
Friday, June 23 2017 6:46 PM EDT2017-06-23 22:46:49 GMT
UKAthletics.com-Ryan Frazier
Records were made to be broken. Or at least, that’s how the saying goes. Current Kentucky men’s golfer Tyler “Chip” McDaniel did just that when he eclipsed a 13-year-old record held by former Wildcat legend and UK Athletics Hall of Famer, J.B. Holmes during the three-round 102nd Kentucky Amateur Championship held at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. McDaniel posted a 54-hole score of 201, besting Holmes’ mark of 202 set at the Bowlin...
Records were made to be broken. Or at least, that’s how the saying goes. Current Kentucky men’s golfer Tyler “Chip” McDaniel did just that when he eclipsed a 13-year-old record held by former Wildcat legend and UK Athletics Hall of Famer, J.B. Holmes during the three-round 102nd Kentucky Amateur Championship held at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. McDaniel posted a 54-hole score of 201, besting Holmes’ mark of 202 set at the Bowlin...
Friday, June 23 2017 8:00 AM EDT2017-06-23 12:00:26 GMT
In what has become an annual tradition for the Kentucky men’s basketball program, it was more of the same as three Wildcats achieved their dreams when they heard their names called in the 2017 NBA Draft. De’Aaron Fox (No. 5, Sacramento Kings), Malik Monk (No. 11, Charlotte Hornets) and Bam Adebayo (No. 14, Miami Heat) were selected during the 2017 draft on Thursday. Fox is the 12th UK player since 2010 to go in the top seven picks. Monk and Adebayo added to UK...
In what has become an annual tradition for the Kentucky men’s basketball program, it was more of the same as three Wildcats achieved their dreams when they heard their names called in the 2017 NBA Draft. De’Aaron Fox (No. 5, Sacramento Kings), Malik Monk (No. 11, Charlotte Hornets) and Bam Adebayo (No. 14, Miami Heat) were selected during the 2017 draft on Thursday. Fox is the 12th UK player since 2010 to go in the top seven picks. Monk and Adebayo added to UK...
Friday, June 23 2017 1:00 AM EDT2017-06-23 05:00:26 GMT
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Pat Riley turned to his alma mater for Miami's latest first-round draft pick. The Heat took Kentucky's Bam Adebayo with the No. 14 pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night, adding someone who got to the rim with ease in his lone college season. Adebayo made 170 shots from the field for the Wildcats, 101 of those being dunks. "I'm ready to get started," Adebayo said. "I'm ready to get in that Heat jersey." A...
Pat Riley turned to his alma mater for Miami's latest first-round draft pick. The Heat took Kentucky's Bam Adebayo with the No. 14 pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night, adding someone who got to the rim with ease in his lone college season. Adebayo made 170 shots from the field for the Wildcats, 101 of those being dunks. "I'm ready to get started," Adebayo said. "I'm ready to get in that Heat jersey." A...
Friday, June 23 2017 12:32 AM EDT2017-06-23 04:32:04 GMT
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Malik Monk was overwhelmed at the idea of being drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, a team owned by former NBA star Michael Jordan. "Michael Jordan is the GOAT," Monk said. "... I still can't believe it. Maybe tomorrow I'll believe it." The Hornets bolstered their offense by selecting perhaps the best shooter in the NBA draft in Monk with the 11th overall pick. Monk said he plans to pick Jordan's brain when ...
Malik Monk was overwhelmed at the idea of being drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, a team owned by former NBA star Michael Jordan. "Michael Jordan is the GOAT," Monk said. "... I still can't believe it. Maybe tomorrow I'll believe it." The Hornets bolstered their offense by selecting perhaps the best shooter in the NBA draft in Monk with the 11th overall pick. Monk said he plans to pick Jordan's brain when ...
Friday, June 23 2017 12:10 AM EDT2017-06-23 04:10:48 GMT
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
The Sacramento Kings rebuilding project is undergoing a youth movement. The Kings filled a major void at point guard by drafting Kentucky's De'Aaron Fox with the fifth pick in the NBA draft and then traded their second lottery pick for two more first-round selections Thursday night in hopes of finding the pieces that will help end an 11-year playoff drought. "I feel like we can grow together," Fox said. "Of course it will take so..
The Sacramento Kings rebuilding project is undergoing a youth movement. The Kings filled a major void at point guard by drafting Kentucky's De'Aaron Fox with the fifth pick in the NBA draft and then traded their second lottery pick for two more first-round selections Thursday night in hopes of finding the pieces that will help end an 11-year playoff drought. "I feel like we can grow together," Fox said. "Of course it will take so..
Thursday, June 22 2017 9:11 PM EDT2017-06-23 01:11:37 GMT
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
Former University of Kentucky Forward, Bam Adebayo, was taken with the 14th overall pick by the Miami Heat in Thursday night's NBA Draft. At Kentucky, Adebayo averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game but that went up during the post season for the big man who averaged a double-double down the stretch. He also had 57 blocked shots and a lot of thunderous dunks. Bam goes to a Miami Heat team that finished 41-41 last season, finishing 3rd in the Southeast Division just short of makin...
Former University of Kentucky Forward, Bam Adebayo, was taken with the 14th overall pick by the Miami Heat in Thursday night's NBA Draft. At Kentucky, Adebayo averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game but that went up during the post season for the big man who averaged a double-double down the stretch. He also had 57 blocked shots and a lot of thunderous dunks. Bam goes to a Miami Heat team that finished 41-41 last season, finishing 3rd in the Southeast Division just short of makin...
Thursday, June 22 2017 8:47 PM EDT2017-06-23 00:47:43 GMT
Associated Press
Former University of Kentucky Guard, Malik Monk, was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 11th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA Draft. Monk is an athletic, three point shooter. At Kentucky, he led the Wildcats with 20 points per game and also had the most three pointers with 104, hitting 40% behind the arc. He scored 47 against North Carolina during their regular season meeting in Las Vegas. If there's one area he admits that he needs to improve it's...
Former University of Kentucky Guard, Malik Monk, was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 11th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA Draft. Monk is an athletic, three point shooter. At Kentucky, he led the Wildcats with 20 points per game and also had the most three pointers with 104, hitting 40% behind the arc. He scored 47 against North Carolina during their regular season meeting in Las Vegas. If there's one area he admits that he needs to improve it's...
Thursday, June 22 2017 8:27 PM EDT2017-06-23 00:27:04 GMT
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Former University of Kentucky Guard, De'Aaron Fox, was taken by the Sacramento Kings with the 5th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA Draft. At Kentucky, Fox was the Wildcats floor general averaging 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He shot 48% from the field and, if there's one knock on him, he only hit 17 three pointers on the season. Fox now goes to a Kings team that has former Wildcats Willie Cauley-Stein and Skal Labissiere. Last year, the Kings were just 32-50 and finished...
Former University of Kentucky Guard, De'Aaron Fox, was taken by the Sacramento Kings with the 5th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA Draft. At Kentucky, Fox was the Wildcats floor general averaging 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He shot 48% from the field and, if there's one knock on him, he only hit 17 three pointers on the season. Fox now goes to a Kings team that has former Wildcats Willie Cauley-Stein and Skal Labissiere. Last year, the Kings were just 32-50 and finished...
Thursday, June 22 2017 6:35 PM EDT2017-06-22 22:35:43 GMT
The 2017 Colonel Club Golf Classic, presented by Kentucky Bank, has been set for Thursday, July 6 at the University Club at Arlington. All are welcome to play in the annual event where all proceeds go to supporting the EKUSports student-athletes. The format of the event was changed for the 2016 Classic and will remain the same with the two session setup. Registration and breakfast, compliments of Dunkin’ Donuts, will begin at 7 a.m. at the Arlington Mule Barn for the session ...
The 2017 Colonel Club Golf Classic, presented by Kentucky Bank, has been set for Thursday, July 6 at the University Club at Arlington. All are welcome to play in the annual event where all proceeds go to supporting the EKUSports student-athletes. The format of the event was changed for the 2016 Classic and will remain the same with the two session setup. Registration and breakfast, compliments of Dunkin’ Donuts, will begin at 7 a.m. at the Arlington Mule Barn for the session ...
Thursday, June 22 2017 4:23 PM EDT2017-06-22 20:23:11 GMT
WPSD
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky (WPSD) The body of a former basketball star, Joe Ford Jr., was found in his SUV along I-24 in McCracken County. WPSD reports that Ford's wife reported him missing on Tuesday after she was unable to get ahold of him. Ford played basketball and football at Mayfield High School before playing on the Vanderbilt Commodore men's basketball team in the 1970s. This story will be updated.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky (WPSD) The body of a former basketball star, Joe Ford Jr., was found in his SUV along I-24 in McCracken County. WPSD reports that Ford's wife reported him missing on Tuesday after she was unable to get ahold of him. Ford played basketball and football at Mayfield High School before playing on the Vanderbilt Commodore men's basketball team in the 1970s. This story will be updated.
Thursday, June 22 2017 11:54 AM EDT2017-06-22 15:54:28 GMT
UK Athletics
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Kentucky men’s basketball freshmen Hamidou Diallo and PJ Washington were named to the 2017 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team competing in the FIBA World Cup in Cairo in July. UK head coach John Calipari is serving as the head coach of the team. Team USA will be looking for its third straight title at the FIBA World Cup after capturing gold at the 2013 and 2015 tournaments. The 12-man team was trimmed from 28 players who accepted ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Kentucky men’s basketball freshmen Hamidou Diallo and PJ Washington were named to the 2017 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team competing in the FIBA World Cup in Cairo in July. UK head coach John Calipari is serving as the head coach of the team. Team USA will be looking for its third straight title at the FIBA World Cup after capturing gold at the 2013 and 2015 tournaments. The 12-man team was trimmed from 28 players who accepted ...
Thursday, June 22 2017 6:00 AM EDT2017-06-22 10:00:21 GMT
Dorian Baker, right, was happy to be healthy for the Blue-White Game in April for the first time. (Vicky Graff Photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT Playing in the Blue-White Game that ends Kentucky’s spring practice normally means more to a young player trying to prove himself or a veteran looking for a chance to move up on the depth chart. Senior receiver Dorian Baker had 88 catches for 1,015 yards and six scores in three seasons at UK despite being limited in 2016 by injuries when he had just 14 catches for 208 yards and two scores. But he was like a kid on Christmas morning when he got to play in...
By LARRY VAUGHT Playing in the Blue-White Game that ends Kentucky’s spring practice normally means more to a young player trying to prove himself or a veteran looking for a chance to move up on the depth chart. Senior receiver Dorian Baker had 88 catches for 1,015 yards and six scores in three seasons at UK despite being limited in 2016 by injuries when he had just 14 catches for 208 yards and two scores. But he was like a kid on Christmas morning when he got to play in...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 9:25 PM EDT2017-06-22 01:25:57 GMT
AP Photo
“Friends of the Ville” LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL June 21, 2017 Dear Friends of the Ville I am writing to you as close supporters and Friends of the Ville members. You are special to me and I realize you have endured a lot over the last two years. When the news first came out in 2015, it sunk my emotions to the lowest point anyone could possibly imagine. I write this letter to tell you and encourage you to keep your spirits high. First and foremost, I believe that the truth...
“Friends of the Ville” LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL June 21, 2017 Dear Friends of the Ville I am writing to you as close supporters and Friends of the Ville members. You are special to me and I realize you have endured a lot over the last two years. When the news first came out in 2015, it sunk my emotions to the lowest point anyone could possibly imagine. I write this letter to tell you and encourage you to keep your spirits high. First and foremost, I believe that the truth...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 8:32 PM EDT2017-06-22 00:32:08 GMT
Keeneland
Keeneland’s 2017 Fall Meet, which covers 17 days from Oct. 6-28, will present six Grade 1 races among 17 graded stakes worth $5.325 million and will showcase many of the nation’s top contenders aiming for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships during its signature Fall Stars Weekend on the first three days of the season. Among the most prestigious race meets in the country, Keeneland’s Fall Meet offers one of the richest purse structures in North America and at...
Keeneland’s 2017 Fall Meet, which covers 17 days from Oct. 6-28, will present six Grade 1 races among 17 graded stakes worth $5.325 million and will showcase many of the nation’s top contenders aiming for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships during its signature Fall Stars Weekend on the first three days of the season. Among the most prestigious race meets in the country, Keeneland’s Fall Meet offers one of the richest purse structures in North America and at...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 7:32 PM EDT2017-06-21 23:32:10 GMT
AP Photo
Evan White was honored with the 2017 ABCA Collegiate Rawlings Gold Glove Award at first base, it was announced on Wednesday. It is White’s second consecutive trophy for his glove work. The 6-foot-3, 205 pound junior last week was drafted No. 17 overall by the Seattle Mariners. He reported to the organization this week and will officially be assigned to his first career professional team in the coming days. White was considered one of the top talents in college baseball, an...
Evan White was honored with the 2017 ABCA Collegiate Rawlings Gold Glove Award at first base, it was announced on Wednesday. It is White’s second consecutive trophy for his glove work. The 6-foot-3, 205 pound junior last week was drafted No. 17 overall by the Seattle Mariners. He reported to the organization this week and will officially be assigned to his first career professional team in the coming days. White was considered one of the top talents in college baseball, an...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 6:38 PM EDT2017-06-21 22:38:06 GMT
Amina El-Amin at the North Lexington Family YMCA
YMCA of Central Kentucky swimmer Amina El-Amin, a seventh grader from Edythe J. Hayes Middle School is one of 40 up-and-coming athletes to attend the USA Swimming’s Annual Southern Zone Diversity Select Camp and Summit to be held June 22-25 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, NC. El-Amin, an eight-year veteran of the North Lexington Family YMCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team is the first YMCA of Central Kentucky swimmer to attend this annual USA Swimming camp and th...
YMCA of Central Kentucky swimmer Amina El-Amin, a seventh grader from Edythe J. Hayes Middle School is one of 40 up-and-coming athletes to attend the USA Swimming’s Annual Southern Zone Diversity Select Camp and Summit to be held June 22-25 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, NC. El-Amin, an eight-year veteran of the North Lexington Family YMCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team is the first YMCA of Central Kentucky swimmer to attend this annual USA Swimming camp and th...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 12:00 PM EDT2017-06-21 16:00:26 GMT
ukathletics.com
Roland Walder is transferring from Kentucky. The redshirt freshman linebacker took to his Twitter account to announce his decision, saying: pic.twitter.com/8cduNeTVAc — Roland Walder (@Roland_9x) June 20, 2017 Walder was rated as a 3-star recruit coming out of high school in 2016, and held offers from Pitt and Syracuse, among others. He is the seventh player to transfer from the program since the end of the 2016 season.
Roland Walder is transferring from Kentucky. The redshirt freshman linebacker took to his Twitter account to announce his decision, saying: pic.twitter.com/8cduNeTVAc — Roland Walder (@Roland_9x) June 20, 2017 Walder was rated as a 3-star recruit coming out of high school in 2016, and held offers from Pitt and Syracuse, among others. He is the seventh player to transfer from the program since the end of the 2016 season.
Wednesday, June 21 2017 11:25 AM EDT2017-06-21 15:25:19 GMT
Kevin Knox Jr. (McDonald's All-American Photo)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- UK's Kevin Knox will be out of training for a bit after tweaking his hamstring during USA Basketball practice. Even though he was performing well, Coach Calipari, who is coaching the USA team, made the decision to send Knox back to Lexington. "He's too important to our season to push it and aggravate it more," Calipari tweeted. Cal assured fans that Knox will be fine with some rest. He's too important to our season to push it an...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- UK's Kevin Knox will be out of training for a bit after tweaking his hamstring during USA Basketball practice. Even though he was performing well, Coach Calipari, who is coaching the USA team, made the decision to send Knox back to Lexington. "He's too important to our season to push it and aggravate it more," Calipari tweeted. Cal assured fans that Knox will be fine with some rest. He's too important to our season to push it an...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 9:50 AM EDT2017-06-21 13:50:53 GMT
EKU Athletics
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University junior Tequan Claitt will go up against the top high jumpers in the country at the U.S.A Track & Field (USATF) Outdoor Championships on Sunday at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. The Lexington, Kentucky native qualified for the U.S. Championships by jumping 7’5.75” at the Hilltopper Relays in Bowling Green on April 8. That leap remains the second best by any American this year, an...
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University junior Tequan Claitt will go up against the top high jumpers in the country at the U.S.A Track & Field (USATF) Outdoor Championships on Sunday at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. The Lexington, Kentucky native qualified for the U.S. Championships by jumping 7’5.75” at the Hilltopper Relays in Bowling Green on April 8. That leap remains the second best by any American this year, an...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 8:11 AM EDT2017-06-21 12:11:39 GMT
Double win for UK. Akeem Hayes, a 3-star wide out from Florida decided he didn't want to go to Louisville and is coming to UK. This makes up for the loss of talented wide out Jacques Louis-Shocky who had said yes to UK and then changed his mind. Hayes was at UK's camp earlier this month and has been ranked as one of the top 75 athletes nationally in his class. Hayes who is 5-10 and 175 pounds had a number of offers including Oregon, Oregon State and North Ca...
Double win for UK. Akeem Hayes, a 3-star wide out from Florida decided he didn't want to go to Louisville and is coming to UK. This makes up for the loss of talented wide out Jacques Louis-Shocky who had said yes to UK and then changed his mind. Hayes was at UK's camp earlier this month and has been ranked as one of the top 75 athletes nationally in his class. Hayes who is 5-10 and 175 pounds had a number of offers including Oregon, Oregon State and North Ca...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 6:00 AM EDT2017-06-21 10:00:22 GMT
Eight-year-old Noah Fuller got to play against Sacha Killeya-Jones and other UK players at the John Calipari Father-Son Camp. (Andrew Fuller Photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT It was a simple message that Celia Fuller posted on Twitter. “@The_SKJ my son loved playing against you!” Fuller posted. SKJ is Kentucky sophomore Sacha Killeya-Jones and Fuller’s 8-year-old son, Noah, had attended John Calipari’s Father-Son Camp with his father, Andrew. Both Celia and Andrew are “huge” Kentucky fans and Noah, their oldest son, has been shooting hoops since he could walk. “We heard from family members that...
By LARRY VAUGHT It was a simple message that Celia Fuller posted on Twitter. “@The_SKJ my son loved playing against you!” Fuller posted. SKJ is Kentucky sophomore Sacha Killeya-Jones and Fuller’s 8-year-old son, Noah, had attended John Calipari’s Father-Son Camp with his father, Andrew. Both Celia and Andrew are “huge” Kentucky fans and Noah, their oldest son, has been shooting hoops since he could walk. “We heard from family members that...
Wednesday, June 21 2017 12:00 AM EDT2017-06-21 04:00:50 GMT
IRVING, Texas – Former Lady Topper Micah Jones has been named one of 14 recipients of the 2017 Jim Castañeda C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. This is the ninth year that the scholarships have been presented in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda, who served Rice University for 46 years as an educator, coach and faculty athletics representative before he passed away in November 2008. The conference annually awar...
IRVING, Texas – Former Lady Topper Micah Jones has been named one of 14 recipients of the 2017 Jim Castañeda C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. This is the ninth year that the scholarships have been presented in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda, who served Rice University for 46 years as an educator, coach and faculty athletics representative before he passed away in November 2008. The conference annually awar...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 11:12 PM EDT2017-06-21 03:12:03 GMT
Trinity Gay and her father, Tyson Gay.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sports Illustrated) -- Tyson Gay is still heartbroken over the violent loss of his 15-year-old daughter Trinity in a random shooting. He spoke to Sports Illustrated about the devastation of the loss and how he plans to honor her memory. In the early hours of Oct. 16, 2016, a shootout broke out among four men in the parking lot of a Cook Out restaurant in Lexington. Trinity and some friends were on their way to their car to avoid the incident when police say the 15-yea...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sports Illustrated) -- Tyson Gay is still heartbroken over the violent loss of his 15-year-old daughter Trinity in a random shooting. He spoke to Sports Illustrated about the devastation of the loss and how he plans to honor her memory. In the early hours of Oct. 16, 2016, a shootout broke out among four men in the parking lot of a Cook Out restaurant in Lexington. Trinity and some friends were on their way to their car to avoid the incident when police say the 15-yea...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 11:00 PM EDT2017-06-21 03:00:16 GMT
Associated Press
On the upcoming trip to Coast Rica… “Honestly, I haven’t thought about it a lot. It’s really not even on the radar screen, there’s too many things in between that. The trip is more what I would think about being more beneficial to us, what I think about is practice. We get 10 days of practice, that’s what is kind of special about these trips. But what is good, especially with a brand-new team, is the opportunity to bond those days. Also the compet...
On the upcoming trip to Coast Rica… “Honestly, I haven’t thought about it a lot. It’s really not even on the radar screen, there’s too many things in between that. The trip is more what I would think about being more beneficial to us, what I think about is practice. We get 10 days of practice, that’s what is kind of special about these trips. But what is good, especially with a brand-new team, is the opportunity to bond those days. Also the compet...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 10:00 PM EDT2017-06-21 02:00:20 GMT
USA Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (June 20, 2017) - Following four training sessions that featured 27 of the nation's top 19-and-under male basketball players June 18-20 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 18 finalists for the 2017 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team were announced. Named as finalists for the 2017 USA U19 World Cup Team were: Bol Bol (Mater Dei H.S./Santa Ana, Calif.); Jordan Brown(Woodcreek H.S./Roseville...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (June 20, 2017) - Following four training sessions that featured 27 of the nation's top 19-and-under male basketball players June 18-20 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 18 finalists for the 2017 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team were announced. Named as finalists for the 2017 USA U19 World Cup Team were: Bol Bol (Mater Dei H.S./Santa Ana, Calif.); Jordan Brown(Woodcreek H.S./Roseville...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 9:00 PM EDT2017-06-21 01:00:11 GMT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU men’s basketball head coach Rick Stansbury has once again had a busy spring, but he took some time Tuesday on the first day of summer to update the local media on the state of the program. The Hilltoppers will have double-digit newcomers next season, bringing together a diverse, talented group. As Stansbury has said many times, the key heading into his second season is bringing all of those pieces together and starting to build continuity in...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU men’s basketball head coach Rick Stansbury has once again had a busy spring, but he took some time Tuesday on the first day of summer to update the local media on the state of the program. The Hilltoppers will have double-digit newcomers next season, bringing together a diverse, talented group. As Stansbury has said many times, the key heading into his second season is bringing all of those pieces together and starting to build continuity in...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 8:00 PM EDT2017-06-21 00:00:18 GMT
Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (“CDI”) announced today it is investing approximately $60 million to construct a state-of-the-art historical racing machine (“HRM”) facility in Louisville. The 85,000-square-foot facility will be built at 4520 Poplar Level Road—Churchill Downs’ former Trackside (also known as the former Sports Spectrum) site, and conveniently located less than half a mile from the Poplar Level ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (“CDI”) announced today it is investing approximately $60 million to construct a state-of-the-art historical racing machine (“HRM”) facility in Louisville. The 85,000-square-foot facility will be built at 4520 Poplar Level Road—Churchill Downs’ former Trackside (also known as the former Sports Spectrum) site, and conveniently located less than half a mile from the Poplar Level ...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 7:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 23:00:26 GMT
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University has filled two open positions among its athletics administration team, Director of Athletics Stephen Lochmueller announced today. James Downer will serve as senior associate athletics director while longtime EKU employee Mark Howard was chosen as the associate athletics director. Downer joined Presbyterian College as associate director of athletics in August of 2012 and was promoted to senior associate athletics direc...
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University has filled two open positions among its athletics administration team, Director of Athletics Stephen Lochmueller announced today. James Downer will serve as senior associate athletics director while longtime EKU employee Mark Howard was chosen as the associate athletics director. Downer joined Presbyterian College as associate director of athletics in August of 2012 and was promoted to senior associate athletics direc...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 6:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 22:00:25 GMT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball will get a head start on the upcoming 2017-18 season by participating in a seven-day foreign tour to Costa Rica in August. The Hilltoppers will tentatively play three games against pro, club or international college teams to be announced in Costa Rica while on the overseas trip, which takes place Aug. 7-14. Per NCAA rules, programs are allowed to take a foreign tour once every four years, although this is the first such trip ...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball will get a head start on the upcoming 2017-18 season by participating in a seven-day foreign tour to Costa Rica in August. The Hilltoppers will tentatively play three games against pro, club or international college teams to be announced in Costa Rica while on the overseas trip, which takes place Aug. 7-14. Per NCAA rules, programs are allowed to take a foreign tour once every four years, although this is the first such trip ...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 4:09 PM EDT2017-06-20 20:09:43 GMT
UK Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior linebacker Jordan Jones has been named at third-team defense All-American by Athlon Sports it was announced today. The All-America teams are based on how players will perform in 2017. Career statistics and previous awards matter in player evaluation, but choosing players for the 2017 All-America team and all-conference teams are largely based on predicting and projecting the upcoming year. Jones, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, led...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior linebacker Jordan Jones has been named at third-team defense All-American by Athlon Sports it was announced today. The All-America teams are based on how players will perform in 2017. Career statistics and previous awards matter in player evaluation, but choosing players for the 2017 All-America team and all-conference teams are largely based on predicting and projecting the upcoming year. Jones, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, led...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 1:13 PM EDT2017-06-20 17:13:29 GMT
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The finalists for the USA Basketball U-19 team have been named, with three Kentucky Wildcats making the list. Hamidou Diallo, Kevin Knox and P.J. Washington all made the first cut for the U-19 team being coached by John Calipari. USA basketball congratulated the players in a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon. Congrats to #USABMU19 World Cup Team finalists @bolmanutebol @JIBrown21 @Diallo1Hamidou @Cboogie_3. pic.twitter.com/wfJyW9UKeS — USA Basketball (@usab...
The finalists for the USA Basketball U-19 team have been named, with three Kentucky Wildcats making the list. Hamidou Diallo, Kevin Knox and P.J. Washington all made the first cut for the U-19 team being coached by John Calipari. USA basketball congratulated the players in a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon. Congrats to #USABMU19 World Cup Team finalists @bolmanutebol @JIBrown21 @Diallo1Hamidou @Cboogie_3. pic.twitter.com/wfJyW9UKeS — USA Basketball (@usab...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 10:38 AM EDT2017-06-20 14:38:24 GMT
Brandon Kolditz, UK Creative Services
Kentucky’s Tristan Pompey has been selected to the roster for the eighth annual College Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Neb. on Saturday, July 1, Intersport announced today. Pompey is one of six men’s college baseball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET. He was invited to take part in the College Home Run Derby after being recognized as one of the top power hitters in college baseball. ...
Kentucky’s Tristan Pompey has been selected to the roster for the eighth annual College Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Neb. on Saturday, July 1, Intersport announced today. Pompey is one of six men’s college baseball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET. He was invited to take part in the College Home Run Derby after being recognized as one of the top power hitters in college baseball. ...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 8:56 AM EDT2017-06-20 12:56:25 GMT
Sports Illustrated
(Sports Illustrated)-- Imagine if every day in America, 171 people died from the Ebola virus. Or if every month, there were eight crashes involving 747 airplanes. What would be the reaction if we were struck by nearly 21 terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 every single year? Those scenarios may seem impossible to imagine, yet this country is facing a crisis of similar proportions. According to a study published on June 5 by The New York Times, some 62,000 Ameri...
(Sports Illustrated)-- Imagine if every day in America, 171 people died from the Ebola virus. Or if every month, there were eight crashes involving 747 airplanes. What would be the reaction if we were struck by nearly 21 terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 every single year? Those scenarios may seem impossible to imagine, yet this country is facing a crisis of similar proportions. According to a study published on June 5 by The New York Times, some 62,000 Ameri...
Tuesday, June 20 2017 6:00 AM EDT2017-06-20 10:00:21 GMT
Quade Green turned down an invitation to play on the USA under 19 team. (USA Basketball Photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT Quade Green had a key role for the gold medal-winning USA Basketball Under 18 National Team in 2016 and had indicated he was anxious to play on the under 19 team this summer being coached by John Calipari. However, when Kentucky teammates Kevin Knox Jr., Hamidou Diallo and PJ Washington report to Colorado Springs to try out for the team, Green won’t be there. USA Basketball officials confirmed he was invited but cited a “conflict” that kept hi...
By LARRY VAUGHT Quade Green had a key role for the gold medal-winning USA Basketball Under 18 National Team in 2016 and had indicated he was anxious to play on the under 19 team this summer being coached by John Calipari. However, when Kentucky teammates Kevin Knox Jr., Hamidou Diallo and PJ Washington report to Colorado Springs to try out for the team, Green won’t be there. USA Basketball officials confirmed he was invited but cited a “conflict” that kept hi...
Monday, June 19 2017 11:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 03:00:14 GMT
Relief pitcher Grant Gavin of the Lexington Legends has been added to the Southern Division roster for the South Atlantic League All-Star game, which will be played Tuesday night in Columbia, South Carolina. League president Eric Krupa made the announcement Sunday. Gavin, 21, a right-hander from Parkville, Missouri, has a 1-2 record with an earned run average of 1.38 in 19 appearances. He has six saves. In 32 and two-thirds innings pitched, he has struck out 4...
Relief pitcher Grant Gavin of the Lexington Legends has been added to the Southern Division roster for the South Atlantic League All-Star game, which will be played Tuesday night in Columbia, South Carolina. League president Eric Krupa made the announcement Sunday. Gavin, 21, a right-hander from Parkville, Missouri, has a 1-2 record with an earned run average of 1.38 in 19 appearances. He has six saves. In 32 and two-thirds innings pitched, he has struck out 4...
Monday, June 19 2017 10:30 PM EDT2017-06-20 02:30:13 GMT
UK Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – 28 Kentucky Wildcats earned All-America honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) during the 2017 season indoors and outdoors. 19 Wildcats earned All-America status during the recently completed outdoor season. UK had 10 first team honorees (from five entries – UK had five Wildcats from the 4x100-meter relay rounds and final earn the status) and nine pick up second team status outdoors. First team honors...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – 28 Kentucky Wildcats earned All-America honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) during the 2017 season indoors and outdoors. 19 Wildcats earned All-America status during the recently completed outdoor season. UK had 10 first team honorees (from five entries – UK had five Wildcats from the 4x100-meter relay rounds and final earn the status) and nine pick up second team status outdoors. First team honors...
Monday, June 19 2017 10:06 PM EDT2017-06-20 02:06:02 GMT
Romeo Langford doesn't let being a UK, Indiana and Louisville recruiting target change the way he plays. (USA Basketball Photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT New Albany standout Romeo Langford is anxious to show that leaving him off the 2016 USA under 17 team was a big mistake. Langford is in Colorado Springs and hopes to be one of 16 players to make Tuesday’s cut. The list will be trimmed to 12 later in the week for the team that will travel to Egypt in July to play for the gold medal at the World Championships. Langford, the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2018 ESPN 100, says he’s a better player than he was ...
By LARRY VAUGHT New Albany standout Romeo Langford is anxious to show that leaving him off the 2016 USA under 17 team was a big mistake. Langford is in Colorado Springs and hopes to be one of 16 players to make Tuesday’s cut. The list will be trimmed to 12 later in the week for the team that will travel to Egypt in July to play for the gold medal at the World Championships. Langford, the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2018 ESPN 100, says he’s a better player than he was ...
Monday, June 19 2017 10:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 02:00:19 GMT
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Count John Wall as someone who believes in De'Aaron Fox. In a recent conversation with CSN Mid Atlantic, Wall said that he believes the former UK guard will end up being the best point guard in the 2017 draft class. Said Wall, "A lot of people say it’s bias because he’s from Kentucky, but I think De’Aaron Fox might end up being the best point guard out of that class," he said. "He reminds me of myself a lot, just a lefty." For more on W...
Count John Wall as someone who believes in De'Aaron Fox. In a recent conversation with CSN Mid Atlantic, Wall said that he believes the former UK guard will end up being the best point guard in the 2017 draft class. Said Wall, "A lot of people say it’s bias because he’s from Kentucky, but I think De’Aaron Fox might end up being the best point guard out of that class," he said. "He reminds me of myself a lot, just a lefty." For more on W...
Monday, June 19 2017 9:30 PM EDT2017-06-20 01:30:11 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds have placed Bronson Arroyo on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder, one day after the 40-year-old right-hander said there is a possibility his career might be over. Cincinnati also put shortstop Zack Cozart on the 10-day DL Monday due to a strained right quadriceps. Arroyo gave up five runs and seven hits in just three innings Sunday as the Reds lost 8-7 to the Los Angeles Dodger...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds have placed Bronson Arroyo on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder, one day after the 40-year-old right-hander said there is a possibility his career might be over. Cincinnati also put shortstop Zack Cozart on the 10-day DL Monday due to a strained right quadriceps. Arroyo gave up five runs and seven hits in just three innings Sunday as the Reds lost 8-7 to the Los Angeles Dodger...
Monday, June 19 2017 9:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 01:00:13 GMT
Associated Press
Kentucky football self-reported a minor NCAA violation regarding free tickets for one of the stars of the Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U.” Brittany Wagner, who was featured in the series as an advisor at East Mississippi Community College, received two tickets to the Wildcats’ 2016 season opener against Southern Mississippi. Wagner's job at a junior college meant that any tickets had to come through the recruit pass list. Kentucky responded by...
Kentucky football self-reported a minor NCAA violation regarding free tickets for one of the stars of the Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U.” Brittany Wagner, who was featured in the series as an advisor at East Mississippi Community College, received two tickets to the Wildcats’ 2016 season opener against Southern Mississippi. Wagner's job at a junior college meant that any tickets had to come through the recruit pass list. Kentucky responded by...
Monday, June 19 2017 8:30 PM EDT2017-06-20 00:30:14 GMT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU men’s basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Monday the hiring of former BIG EAST Player of the Year and NBA pro Ben Hansbrough as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. Hansbrough has spent the last two seasons as part of WKU’s support staff. He spent the 2016-17 season as a graduate assistant manager, while he served as Coordinator of Player Development in 2015-16, assisting with academics, mentoring and film study, among...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU men’s basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Monday the hiring of former BIG EAST Player of the Year and NBA pro Ben Hansbrough as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. Hansbrough has spent the last two seasons as part of WKU’s support staff. He spent the 2016-17 season as a graduate assistant manager, while he served as Coordinator of Player Development in 2015-16, assisting with academics, mentoring and film study, among...
Monday, June 19 2017 8:00 PM EDT2017-06-20 00:00:20 GMT
UK Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky men’s soccer program has unveiled its schedule for the fall 2017 season. The Wildcats go into the season looking to build on three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and four in Head Coach Johan Cedergren’s previous five seasons at UK. The 2017 list of opponents includes six opponents that made the NCAA Tournament in 2016. In terms of the NCAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI), UK’s 2017 schedule includes seven teams that ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky men’s soccer program has unveiled its schedule for the fall 2017 season. The Wildcats go into the season looking to build on three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and four in Head Coach Johan Cedergren’s previous five seasons at UK. The 2017 list of opponents includes six opponents that made the NCAA Tournament in 2016. In terms of the NCAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI), UK’s 2017 schedule includes seven teams that ...
Monday, June 19 2017 7:00 PM EDT2017-06-19 23:00:29 GMT
WARREN, N.J. – Former Eastern Kentucky University women’s basketball player Alexus Cooper has signed to play professionally in Romania. Cooper will be playing for CS B Teleorman Alexandria. “It’s truly a blessing to have signed my first professional contract,” Cooper said in a release issued by her agency, InterperformancesUSA (IPZ). “IPZ has made the process enjoyable. I am eager to begin my professional career in Roma...
WARREN, N.J. – Former Eastern Kentucky University women’s basketball player Alexus Cooper has signed to play professionally in Romania. Cooper will be playing for CS B Teleorman Alexandria. “It’s truly a blessing to have signed my first professional contract,” Cooper said in a release issued by her agency, InterperformancesUSA (IPZ). “IPZ has made the process enjoyable. I am eager to begin my professional career in Roma...
Monday, June 19 2017 6:00 PM EDT2017-06-19 22:00:20 GMT
UK Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky incoming freshman Eva Mitchell has been named the 2017 Gatorade High School Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year in the state of Kentucky, it was announced on Monday morning by the organization. Mitchell becomes the second West Jessamine player to win the award – joining 2014 UK alumna Arin Gilliland – who went on to be an All-SEC performer at Kentucky, and got a 2016 call up to the United States Women’s National Team. “I am ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky incoming freshman Eva Mitchell has been named the 2017 Gatorade High School Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year in the state of Kentucky, it was announced on Monday morning by the organization. Mitchell becomes the second West Jessamine player to win the award – joining 2014 UK alumna Arin Gilliland – who went on to be an All-SEC performer at Kentucky, and got a 2016 call up to the United States Women’s National Team. “I am ...
Monday, June 19 2017 4:24 PM EDT2017-06-19 20:24:52 GMT
The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team played the second toughest schedule in the nation last season and head coach Matthew Mitchell has not strayed from wanting to play the best teams in the country as a challenging 2017-18 non-conference slate awaits the Wildcats. Of its 14 scheduled non-conference games, seven will come against teams that finished last season inside the top 100 of the NCAA RPI, including four that finished inside the top 50. The schedule is hig...
The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team played the second toughest schedule in the nation last season and head coach Matthew Mitchell has not strayed from wanting to play the best teams in the country as a challenging 2017-18 non-conference slate awaits the Wildcats. Of its 14 scheduled non-conference games, seven will come against teams that finished last season inside the top 100 of the NCAA RPI, including four that finished inside the top 50. The schedule is hig...
Monday, June 19 2017 3:26 PM EDT2017-06-19 19:26:25 GMT
EKU Athletics
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University senior Ben Fisher was chosen as an All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday. The first baseman was a third team selection. In addition, Fisher was chosen second team All-South Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings on Wednesday. The South Region, one of the most talent-laden in the nation, includes teams from the Southeastern Confer...
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University senior Ben Fisher was chosen as an All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday. The first baseman was a third team selection. In addition, Fisher was chosen second team All-South Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings on Wednesday. The South Region, one of the most talent-laden in the nation, includes teams from the Southeastern Confer...
Monday, June 19 2017 1:14 PM EDT2017-06-19 17:14:07 GMT
ukathletics.com
After finishing 2017 with its fifth Super Regional appearance in the last seven years, the University of Kentucky softball team finished the season No. 17 in both the NFCA Coaches’ Poll and the USA Softball/ESPN poll. The Wildcats reached as high as No. 16 in both polls this season, with that coming on the March 28 release after Kentucky took two out of three games from Southeastern Conference opponent, Arkansas. Kentucky finished the season 39-19 overall, and an eve...
After finishing 2017 with its fifth Super Regional appearance in the last seven years, the University of Kentucky softball team finished the season No. 17 in both the NFCA Coaches’ Poll and the USA Softball/ESPN poll. The Wildcats reached as high as No. 16 in both polls this season, with that coming on the March 28 release after Kentucky took two out of three games from Southeastern Conference opponent, Arkansas. Kentucky finished the season 39-19 overall, and an eve...
Monday, June 19 2017 11:06 AM EDT2017-06-19 15:06:24 GMT
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An eventful Sunday for USA Basketball began in the early afternoon at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as 27 of the country’s top 19-and-under men’s basketball athletes arrived for the first day of the 2017 USA U19 World Cup Team training camp. University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari, who is serving as the head coach of the USA U19 team, is assisted by University of Colorado coach Tad Boyle and Wake Forest Uni...
An eventful Sunday for USA Basketball began in the early afternoon at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as 27 of the country’s top 19-and-under men’s basketball athletes arrived for the first day of the 2017 USA U19 World Cup Team training camp. University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari, who is serving as the head coach of the USA U19 team, is assisted by University of Colorado coach Tad Boyle and Wake Forest Uni...
Monday, March 6 2017 9:46 AM EST2017-03-06 14:46:59 GMT
(Keith Taylor Photo)
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky’s freshman backcourt tandem of Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox was named All-America by USA Today on Monday. Monk earned second-team distinction, while Fox was tabbed to the third team. Monk was joined on the second team by Josh Jackson (Kansas), Justin Jackson (North Carolina), Luke Kennard (Duke) and Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga). Third-team honorees along with Fox included Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Lauri Markkanen (Arizona), Monte Morris (Iowa...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky’s freshman backcourt tandem of Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox was named All-America by USA Today on Monday. Monk earned second-team distinction, while Fox was tabbed to the third team. Monk was joined on the second team by Josh Jackson (Kansas), Justin Jackson (North Carolina), Luke Kennard (Duke) and Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga). Third-team honorees along with Fox included Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Lauri Markkanen (Arizona), Monte Morris (Iowa...
Saturday, June 24 2017 7:26 AM EDT2017-06-24 11:26:59 GMT
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A video of a young Mormon girl revealing to her congregation that she is lesbian and still loved by God — before her microphone is turned off by local church leaders — is sparking a new round of discussions about how the religion handles LGBT issues. Savannah, 13, spoke on May 7 in Eagle Mountain, Utah, about her belief that she is the child of heavenly parents who didn’t make any mistakes when she was created. Her comments came during a ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A video of a young Mormon girl revealing to her congregation that she is lesbian and still loved by God — before her microphone is turned off by local church leaders — is sparking a new round of discussions about how the religion handles LGBT issues. Savannah, 13, spoke on May 7 in Eagle Mountain, Utah, about her belief that she is the child of heavenly parents who didn’t make any mistakes when she was created. Her comments came during a ...
Friday, June 23 2017 11:28 PM EDT2017-06-24 03:28:13 GMT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) - The torrential rain flooded a lot of streets in Lexington and even stranded a police officer. As rain pummeled the area, Town Branch Creek that runs through Lexington flooded. Around 8:00p.m. that water covered Manchester Street northwest of downtown, and a Lexington police officer got stuck in the floodwater. The road had to be shut down while crews worked to rescue the officer in his patrol car. It took a little while for the water to recede, but that di...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) - The torrential rain flooded a lot of streets in Lexington and even stranded a police officer. As rain pummeled the area, Town Branch Creek that runs through Lexington flooded. Around 8:00p.m. that water covered Manchester Street northwest of downtown, and a Lexington police officer got stuck in the floodwater. The road had to be shut down while crews worked to rescue the officer in his patrol car. It took a little while for the water to recede, but that di...
Friday, June 23 2017 4:21 PM EDT2017-06-23 20:21:42 GMT
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) -- A former Jessamine County Detention Center employee has been charged with rape and sodomy after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with an inmate. Ex-deputy jailer Jamie Sisson was indicted Friday on charges of third-degree sodomy and third-degree rape. Jessamine County Jailer Jon Sallee announced that the charges were brought forth to the Grand Jury after a lengthy investigation by the Jessamine County Detention Center’s Internal ...
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) -- A former Jessamine County Detention Center employee has been charged with rape and sodomy after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with an inmate. Ex-deputy jailer Jamie Sisson was indicted Friday on charges of third-degree sodomy and third-degree rape. Jessamine County Jailer Jon Sallee announced that the charges were brought forth to the Grand Jury after a lengthy investigation by the Jessamine County Detention Center’s Internal ...
Friday, June 23 2017 9:03 AM EDT2017-06-23 13:03:40 GMT
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POLK COUNTY, Ga. (NBC News)-- Six convicts are getting their sentences shortened after saving a guard who collapsed on duty last Monday. The deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, collapsed during a work detail at a local cemetery with six inmates who he'd grown to know well from working alongside for seven hours a day, five days a week, reported NBC Atlanta affiliate WXIA. "I started coughing spells, and every time I got those, I'd get hotter," the deputy ...
POLK COUNTY, Ga. (NBC News)-- Six convicts are getting their sentences shortened after saving a guard who collapsed on duty last Monday. The deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, collapsed during a work detail at a local cemetery with six inmates who he'd grown to know well from working alongside for seven hours a day, five days a week, reported NBC Atlanta affiliate WXIA. "I started coughing spells, and every time I got those, I'd get hotter," the deputy ...
