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  • Officials: Homes Destroyed By Ala. Tornado

    March 2, 2012 11:17 AM

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Emergency management officials in northern Alabama say houses have been destroyed by what they describe as a tornado. There was no immediate word on any injuries Friday. But the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Office says ambulances are responding to neighborhoods near Huntsville. Thousands of Alabama schoolchildren... more »
  • Bama Defense Dominates As Tide Rolls To BCS Championship

    January 10, 2012 5:10 AM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Alabama defense took no chances in the rematch. When Jordan Jefferson dropped back to pass, he was swept under by a tide of crimson. When the LSU quarterback took off running, he must've felt like Alabama had a few extra players on the field. Courtney... more »
  • Trevor Lacey Picks Alabama

    May 18, 2011 3:23 PM

    Alabama Mr. Basketball has decided to stay home. Trevor Lacey announced Wednesday that he will play for Anthony Grant at Alabama. Adding Lacey gives Grant one of the top ten recruiting classes in the country. Lacey played in the Derby Festival Classic in Louisville and had Kentucky on... more »
  • Rain, Chill Add To Misery Of Tornado Victims

    May 4, 2011 8:54 AM

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rain added to the misery of those in several Southern states trying to salvage what they could from homes badly damaged by deadly twisters, leaving them shivering in unseasonable temperatures in the low 50s. Becky Curtis sat in the bathroom, one of the only dry spots... more »
  • Amid The Rubble, Survivors Find Sentimental Items

    May 4, 2011 7:57 AM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - When Lois Sayer's three daughters returned to their tornado-wrecked childhood home, they mourned the loss of their 88-year-old mother and discovered a few of the irreplaceable keepsakes that will tell the story of their parents' lives. Across the twister-ravaged South, residents and family members continued picking... more »
  • No Class, No Football? Twister Ravages 'Bama

    May 2, 2011 6:49 AM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Most everyone in this college town has at least one crimson-colored University of Alabama shirt tucked in a dresser drawer. Students live both in dormitories and neighborhoods beside retirees, and "Roll Tide" is painted in fading red across the top of the city's biggest water tank.... more »
  • Survivors Pick Up Pieces From Devastating Twisters

    April 29, 2011 5:09 AM

    CONCORD, Ala. (AP) - It was bad enough that a tornado obliterated Derrick Keef's house. Worse still was the heartbreaking scavenger hunt for his most priceless possessions strewn across the devastated neighborhood. His guns were in the ruins of a neighbor's home. A Christmas heirloom shared space in a ditch... more »
  • UK's Softball Series With Alabama Cancelled Due To Devastation

    April 28, 2011 6:05 PM

    Following the recent devastation in the Tuscaloosa, Ala., area due to severe weather, the Kentucky softball team will not travel to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide for the scheduled three game series this weekend. No damage was done to Alabama's Rhodes Stadium during the storms, however, with... more »
  • South Storm Death Climbs To 193; 128 In Ala.

    April 28, 2011 8:57 AM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 193 Thursday after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost. Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 128 deaths, up from at least... more »
  • Violent Storms Smack The South, Kill At Least 85 Play Video

    April 28, 2011 5:15 AM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Fierce storms obliterated large swaths of land from Mississippi to Georgia, wiping out homes and businesses, causing a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and even forcing the evacuation of a National Weather Service office. The death toll was staggering - at least 85 people... more »
  • Facts and Stats: Cats One Win Away From SEC Tourney Title No. 27

    March 12, 2011 4:09 PM

    Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes Kentucky vs. Alabama March 12, 2011 SEC Tournament Semifinals Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Ga. -- Kentucky won its fifth-straight SEC Tournament game and improves to 24-8 on the season. Alabama falls to 21-11. --The Wildcats are 101-36 all-time against the Crimson Tide and 13-2 against Alabama... more »
  • Alabama Fan Poisons Iconic Auburn Trees

    February 17, 2011 9:26 PM

    AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The man allegedly responsible for poisoning the live oaks at Toomer's Corner where Auburn fans have long celebrated big wins has been arrested and charged. Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said Harvey Almorn Updyke Jr., 62 of Dadeville, was arrested at the police station at 1:26... more »
  • New Information In Murder Of Two Children Play Video

    February 15, 2011 5:33 AM

    New information came out during testimony in the case of a woman arrested in Louisville following the deaths of two children. Chase DeBlase, 3, and Natalie Deblase, 4, went missing last November. Their skeletal remains were discovered about a month later in Mississippi and Alabama. During a hearing... more »
  • Alabama Had 'Inappropriate' Web Cam On Signing Day

    February 3, 2011 6:17 PM

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama Web cam broadcasting the posting of faxed national letters of intent on signing day has drawn a complaint from another Southeastern Conference school after a provocative photo of a female student circulated on the Internet. SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said league Commissioner Mike Slive... more »
  • UK Women Stay Hot, Beat Alabama 82-69

    January 30, 2011 5:59 PM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Victoria Dunlap had 25 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 17 Kentucky to an 82-69 win over Alabama on Sunday. Keyla Snowed added 13 points and A'dia Mathies had 12 for the Wildcats (17-4, 7-2 Southeastern Conference). Tierney Jenkins had 27 points and 11 rebounds... more »
  • UK Women Take Their SEC Winning Streak To Alabama

    January 29, 2011 7:25 PM

    The No. 17/18 Kentucky women's basketball team looks to continue its winning ways when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a Sunday afternoon matchup with Alabama. Game time in Coleman Coliseum is set for 3 p.m. EST and it will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Radio Network... more »
  • Report: Tee Martin A Finalist For Alabama Assistant Job

    January 25, 2011 9:55 PM

    Tee Martin has provided a boost for Kentucky, which has always sounded a little strange since he led Tennessee to a national championship. The UK wide receivers coach, according to multiple reports, is a finalist for the same position at Alabama. Reports say Nick Saban is looking at... more »
  • Man Charged In Alabama Accident That Killed Ky. Girl

    December 24, 2010 6:10 AM

    Police in Alabama have charged a man in a drunk driving accident that killed an 8-year-old Louisville girl. Haley Ryan and her parents were traveling in Alabama for Christmas. Police say they had exited Interstate 65 and were on U.S.-31 when another vehicle struck theirs. Haley died, and her... more »
  • Stepmother Of Slain Children Headed Back To Alabama

    December 10, 2010 8:42 AM

    LOUISVILLE (AP) - A woman suspected in the slayings of two children who authorities say were buried in the woods was on her way back to Alabama on Friday from a Kentucky jail to face possible charges alongside her common-law husband. Heather Leavell-Keaton was picked up from a Louisville... more »
  • Alabama Announcer Fired For Playing Songs Aimed At Cam Newton

    November 29, 2010 10:20 PM

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The University of Alabama has fired an employee who played songs aimed at Auburn quarterback Cam Newton before the Iron Bowl. University spokeswoman Debbie Lane said Monday that the part-time staffer was fired for the unauthorized songs. "Take the Money and Run" and "Son of a... more »
  • Police: Dutchman Confesses To Killing Lima Woman Play Video

    June 8, 2010 6:34 AM

    LIMA, Peru (AP) - Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room last week, a police spokesman said. Peru's chief police spokesman, Col. Abel Gamarra, told... more »
  • Father Of Kenton County Girl Hurt In Alabama Wreck Talks About Her Recovery Play Video

    May 19, 2010 1:21 PM

    We're hearing more about an SUV crash that took the life of a Kentucky teenage girl last month on a road in Alabama. Now, a Kenton County man who is the father of one of the injured girls still in the hospital is publicly thanking people. Eight female students at... more »
  • Grief Counselors In Place At Kentucky School

    April 19, 2010 9:07 AM

    PARK HILLS (AP) - Grief counselors are at a northern Kentucky academy after a crash last week killed one student and injured seven others while on spring break. The rollover crash near Athens, Ala., on Friday killed 17-year-old Maria Schaffstein of Park Hills. The Kentucky Enquirer reported 17-year-old Jessica Russo... more »
  • Bat Cats Battle Back To Beat Bama 7-6

    April 9, 2010 10:57 PM

    Trailing by one run entering the bottom of the eighth inning, the Kentucky baseball team posted four runs in the frame and closer Matt Little picked up his fifth save of the season to seal the victory for the Wildcats, notching a 7-6 win over No. 24 Alabama in the... more »
  • Truck Co. Had No Deadly Wrecks Before Ky. Crash

    March 27, 2010 1:01 PM

    MARROWBONE, Ky. (AP) - Federal records indicate an Alabama-based trucking company had recorded no deadly wrecks and just one with injuries in the two years before one of its rigs was involved in a fatal crash in Kentucky. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records posted online say the Fayette,... more »
  • Game Day In Nashville, Cats vs. Tide

    March 12, 2010 11:16 AM

    Alabama is not afraid of Kentucky. The Tide have won three straight games, including Thursday's comeback from 18 down against South Carolina. They say they are a different team than when they lost to the Cats at Rupp by 11 points in February. Coach Cal said he didn't... more »
  • Alabama Beats South Carolina, Will Face Cats Friday

    March 11, 2010 4:09 PM

    It was quite a comeback. Alabama trailed South Carolina by a whopping 18 points with just under 12 minutes to go in the opening game of the SEC Tournament. But the Tide wouldn't roll away. They continued to chip away at the lead. Led by Mikhail Torrance's 17 points,... more »
  • Alabama First Up For UK After Tide Storms Back To Beat South Carolina

    March 11, 2010 3:15 PM

    Top-seeded UK's first SEC tournament game Friday will be against Alabama, which came back from an 18-point second-half deficit to beat South Carolina 68-63 in the first round of the tournament Thursday afternoon in Nashville. UK will play the Crimson Tide in the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. EST Friday.... more »
  • 3 Dead In Shooting At University Of Alabama-Huntsville

    February 12, 2010 6:59 PM

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Three people were killed and several more injured in a shooting Friday in a science building at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus, university officials said. A woman was in custody, but university spokesman Ray Garner said he could not identify her or the victims. Local... more »
  • Wall Leads UK Past Alabama 66-55

    February 9, 2010 11:19 PM

    It was an historic night of scoring and rebounding for John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, but most of the discussion after the game was about what Kentucky's two freshman phenoms did wrong in yet another easy victory for the third-ranked Wildcats. Wall had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his... more »
  • Calipari Likes Wall To Run Team, Not Play To Hype

    February 8, 2010 11:16 PM

    Kentucky doesn't need John Wall to win games. The No. 3 Wildcats are just as deadly without their star point guard playing to his potential. In his worst appearance of the season, Wall scored six points in Kentucky's 81-55 romp against LSU on Saturday. Despite a poor night for the... more »
  • Balanced Scoring Leads Kentucky Past Alabama, 88-63

    January 17, 2010 6:17 PM

    Five players scored in double-figures Sunday to lead the Kentucky women's basketball team to a resounding 88-63 win over Alabama in front 6,040 fan in Memorial Coliseum, the second-largest crowd to see the Wildcats this season. The 25-point win marked UK's largest margin of victory against a Southeastern Conference team... more »
  • Alabama Wins BCS Championship

    January 8, 2010 8:15 AM

    PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The houndstooth hat is a memory - the Snake, Joe Willie and Bart Starr replaced by guys named Julio, Javier and Mount Cody. Alabama football, though, is alive and well, thanks to a defense that would have made the Bear smile. That defense knocked Texas quarterback... more »
  • Bama Says Vols Can't Wear Orange Jerseys

    October 19, 2009 9:14 PM

    Alabama denied a request by Tennessee to wear its home orange jerseys on the road against the Tide, Volunteers coach Lane Kiffin said Monday evening. Under a new NCAA rule for 2009, both teams may wear their colored home jerseys if the home team and the home team's conference agree.... more »
  • Big Weekend For SEC Football

    October 7, 2009 8:52 PM

    Regardless of who plays quarterback for top-ranked Florida on Saturday night at No. 4 LSU, coach Urban Meyer would like to see more from his passing game. The Gators (4-0, 2-0) rank 58th in the country in passing, averaging nearly 219 yards a game. They rate even worse against teams... more »
  • Turnovers Kill Cats, Bama Wins 38-20

    October 3, 2009 5:07 PM

    A pair of touchdowns in the final 40 seconds of the first half propelled Alabama to a 38-20 win over Kentucky Saturday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium. A touchdown pass from Greg McElroy to Colin Peak capped a 97 yard drive for Alabama and made it appear that the Tide... more »
  • Bama Wins 38-20 Play Video

    October 3, 2009 12:26 PM

    14:03 To go in the first quarter and UK already trails 7-0. Javier Arenas takes the kickoff 60 yards. It takes 3 plays and only :57 seconds to get in the end zone. Mark Ingram goes 11 yards around the right side and UK trails 7-0. ... more »
  • Gonzalez Believes UK Is Ready To Punch Alabama Play Video

    October 2, 2009 3:06 PM

    If you are going to get in a bar room fight, pick Jorge Gonzalez. The 6-foot-3 inch 300 pound senior will stand there and protect you. "I'm not going to back down at all, you won't see that from me," says UK's starting center. Any way you slice it up,... more »