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May 15, 2012 10:21 AM
Lexington police have released a few more details on the sexual abuse charges filed against a former UK basketball player.
According to court documents, Michael James Porter, 25, had sexual contact with a minor on several occasions when the victim was 14 and 15-years-old. The police reports indicate Porter...
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April 25, 2012 9:50 AM
While University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari will have to rebuild his national championship team from the ground up, he will do it with his coaching staff intact.
ESPN reports Calipari said Tuesday that director of basketball operations Rod Strickland will remain with the Wildcats next year. There...
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April 18, 2012 9:03 AM
Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul jointly introduced S.Res. 422, a resolution commending the University Kentucky Wildcats on their 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship victory.
The U.S. Senate passed the resolution, which reads:
RESOLUTION
Commending and congratulating the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for winning...
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April 6, 2012 5:55 AM
Nikco Sports Memorabilia is offering a limited edition basketball commemorating UK's eighth NCAA National Title.
The company only produced 5,000 of the balls and only about 2,000 remain.
The basketballs cost $99 each, and part of the proceeds go to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kentucky, Ohio and...
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April 3, 2012 11:20 AM
Here are some more tidbits from Monday night's 67-59 NCAA championship game victory over Kansas.
-- UK's record now stands at 111-46 in NCAA Tournament games.
-- Kentucky's 111 tournament wins ranks them first in the nation.
-- The Wildcats have a 19-7 in record in Final...
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March 15, 2012 9:52 AM
(AP) - Actress/Kentucky alum Ashley Judd can play tough. In "Twisted," she plays a San Francisco cop whose father was a serial killer and whose former lovers - as one movie promo put it - "start dying around her at a furious pace." In her new ABC show, "Missing," Judd...
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February 13, 2012 6:17 PM
The days can be boring. Shoot, lift, ice the knee and watch practice.
A really good shooter before he ripped his knee, Jon Hood tries to make 500 to 1000 shots a day. Sitting out the season can drive you crazy.
"It's a little much at times," says...
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November 18, 2011 7:30 AM
(AP) - North Carolina remains the runaway No. 1 choice in The Associated Press' first regular-season college basketball poll. The Tar Heels beat Michigan State in the Carrier Classic and received 62 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel. Kentucky, Ohio State, Connecticut, Syracuse and Duke held places two...
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November 8, 2011 11:24 AM
For the second straight season, the 12 SEC women's basketball coaches picked the University of Kentucky to finish second in the conference.
The Wildcats finished 25-9 overall last year, 11-5 in SEC play, and advanced to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time since the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons....
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October 31, 2011 10:01 AM
Coach Cal apparently added some size to his 2012 recruiting class.
According to Rivals.com, Willie Cauley, a 7-foot center from Kansas, has verbally committed to play at UK.
Rivals ranks Cauley the No. 39 player in the country.
Scout.com says Cauley's strength is currently on the defensive...
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September 29, 2011 6:17 AM
Thursday morning begins day two of the True Blue camp out in front of Memorial Coliseum.
Scores of University of Kentucky basketball fans set up tents, barbecues and corn hole games Wednesday, as they began the three day wait for Big Blue Madness tickets. Quiet settled over the sprawling...
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September 28, 2011 5:22 AM
UK will distribute tickets for Big Blue Madness this Saturday.
Fans can officially line up beginning at 7 a.m.Wednesday. But Tuesday night, about 50 True Blue Fans were already camping out in front of Memorial Coliseum, lining up for the opportunity to begin lining up.
"Well any time...
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September 26, 2011 8:00 AM
The University of Kentucky will hold a lottery for 1,100 Big Blue Madness student tickets Monday evening.
The lottery will begin at 9 p.m.at the Memorial Coliseum ticket office. Doors open at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the general public be distributed beginning Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7 a.m....
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August 16, 2011 8:53 AM
UK senior Darius Miller scored eight points and pulled down five rebounds, as Team USA rolled over South Korea 112-68 in World University Games pool-play game Monday.
Alabama's JaMychal Green led the U.S. team, scoring 17 points.
Team USA improved to 3-0 with the victory. The Americans knocked...
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August 4, 2011 8:46 AM
Former UK guard Joe Crawford inked a one-year deal to play basketball in Israel.
Eurobasket.com reports Crawford will play for Maccab Rishon Le-Zion.
The Los Angeles Lakers drafted the former Cat with the 58th pick in 2008. Crawford ranks 19th on the all-time scoring list at UK with...
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July 26, 2011 5:54 AM
He called a friend's murder a wakeup call, only to suffer the same fate some five years later.
Former UK basketball player Desmond Allison, 31, was murdered outside a Columbus, Ohio apartment complex Monday afternoon. Police say he was shot in the chest, possibly during an argument over a...
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June 29, 2011 9:30 AM
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Former NBA star Antoine Walker has pleaded guilty to passing bad checks in the form of unpaid gambling debts in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sun reports the former all-star shooter who now plays for the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede will be put on probation...
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June 27, 2011 8:14 AM
University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari signed an eight-year contract worth a total of $36.5 million, plus the opportunity for performance-based incentives, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart announced Monday. The new contract represents a 2-year extension.
"What John Calipari has done on and off the court...
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June 24, 2011 10:25 AM
On Thursday, NBA teams selected four UK players in the 2011 edition of the league's draft.
Enes Kanter went to the Utah Jazz at number three. The Detroit Pistons took Brandon Knight with the No. 8 pick. Josh Harrellson went to New Orleans with the 45th pick. The Hornets...
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June 24, 2011 6:41 AM
Former Cats went 4-for-4 in the NBA draft Thursday night.
Enes Kanter never suited up for a UK game after the NCAA ruled him ineligible, but the Big Blue Nation embraced the big man as one of its own. Kanter was selected third by the Utah Jazz.
The...
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April 20, 2011 10:27 AM
(AP) - Kentucky freshmen Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight and junior DeAndre Liggins are heading to the NBA. Maybe.
The school announced Wednesday all three players have declared for the NBA draft but will not sign with an agent, clearing the way for them to return to school next fall...
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April 7, 2011 8:30 AM
Future Kentucky Wildcat Kyle Wiltjer was named Oregon 6A player of the year.
The 6-foot-10 forward added the honor to an impressive resume that includes three Oregon state 6A basketball championships.
Wiltjer averaged 19.1 points and 7.6 rebounds during his senior season at Jesuit. He shot a blistering...
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March 30, 2011 8:33 AM
Randall Cobb predicts a UK win over UConn.
Cobb related a detailed prognostication to the Sporting News , saying the Huskies will hit a big shot late, but not late enough.
"We're going to have it with a few seconds left," Cobb says. "Brandon Knight's going to make...
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March 28, 2011 5:22 AM
The University of Kentucky basketball team arrived back in the Bluegrass around 11:30 p.m. Despite the late hour and cold temperatures, True Blue fans showed up in droves at Blue Grass Airport to welcome the Cats home.
A huge crowd gathered outside the airport fences, many carrying signs congratulating...
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March 25, 2011 6:52 AM
It's Game Day!
The University of Kentucky will take on top-seed Ohio State in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night.
The Cats will face a tall task - literally. The Buckeye arsenal includes one of the top big men in the nation. Jared Sullinger...
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March 22, 2011 8:23 AM
Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie says he thinks things went great during his time at UK.
Dallas radio station 1310 The Ticket interviewed the newly hired Texas Tech coach. Gillispie disputed the host's assertion that his tenure as the Wildcat skipper was less than stellar.
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March 18, 2011 8:43 AM
West Virginia (21-11) earned an at-large bid into the tournament as the East five seed. The squad finished tied for sixth in the Big East and fell 87-66 to Marquette in the Big East tourney.
The Mountaineers knocked off Clemson 84-76 on in their NCAA tourney opener on Thursday...
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March 17, 2011 5:55 PM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Brandon Knight missed his first seven shots and even found himself on the bench in the final minute against Princeton.
His confidence could have been shaken. His ego could have been bruised. His head could have been a mess.
Yeah, right. One of the...
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March 17, 2011 11:43 AM
Kentucky will play Penn State in the first round of the 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame's Tip-Off Tournament next season.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the field of teams and game schedule for the tourney on Thursday.
The Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off will be...
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March 16, 2011 4:50 PM
TAMPA (AP) - Kentucky coach John Calipari sums up his team, maybe even his program, in one sentence.
He says: "You can't count on freshmen."
Princeton can only hope that's the case in the NCAA tournament.
The No. 13 seed Tigers play the fourth-seeded Wildcats in the...
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March 14, 2011 8:27 AM
University of Kentucky basketball fans descended on Atlanta for the SEC Tournament in droves, turning the Georgia Dome into a sea of blue.
The Wildcats have certainly had their share of problems on the road this season, but with all of the Cat fans cheering onthe Big Blue in...
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March 8, 2011 12:08 PM
UK freshman Terrence Jones was named the SEC Freshman of the Year according to league coaches, as announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Jones, a 6-8 forward from Portland, Ore., averaged 17.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in the regular season. He led the league in double-doubles...
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March 4, 2011 6:00 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A'dia Mathies scored on a three-point play with 38.8 seconds left, and No. 16 Kentucky edged LSU 60-58 Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Wildcats (23-7) will play Vanderbilt or Mississippi State on Saturday.
LSU (19-13) will have to wait and...
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March 3, 2011 9:40 AM
The emotions were sky high. All kinds of thoughts go through your head. For Senior Day, Terrence Jones was thinking about Josh and what he's been through.
"Just thinking about really me last year, that was just me," says a smiling Jones.
"He's done with college playing at...
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March 1, 2011 8:22 AM
A future Wildcat had a big game in an Illinois high school basketball regional contest Monday night.
Anthony Davis scored 33 points, leading Perspectives-MSA to a 77-50 victory over Noble Street in the opening round of Class 3A King Regional.
The future Cat also yanked down eight rebounds,...
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February 28, 2011 2:53 PM
(AP) - Kentucky center Josh Harrellson has only been with the Wildcats three seasons. It just seems longer.
Harrellson, who will play his final home game on Tuesday when Kentucky hosts Vanderbilt, has endured one of the most bumpy periods in the program's history.
He was constantly criticized...
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February 28, 2011 1:21 PM
UK freshman Terrence Jones was named among 10 finalists for the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Award, announced by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Jones currently leads the team in rebounding with 9.1 boards per game, blocked shots with 55 and double-doubles with 10. His...
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February 22, 2011 9:49 AM
Despite the lopsided 90-59 win over South Carolina on Saturday, Coach Cal didn't clear his bench until the final minute of the game.
The UK coach explained the move during a coaches' teleconference Monday, saying he didn't want to risk having the Gamecocks cut into the lead and then...
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February 17, 2011 9:59 AM
If the Cats start playing down the stretch in games much better, you know what Cal is going to say that his young Cats are growing up.
But, suppose Kentucky goes on a run and wins the rest of the games going into the SEC Tournament. Many people will...
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February 16, 2011 2:36 PM
The verdict is in: the overhead camera experiment at Rupp Arena was a dud.
After numerous complaints about the use of the camera by ESPN during UK's 75-69 win over Mississippi State Tuesday night, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said Wednesday that the camera, which was mounted on one...
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February 14, 2011 2:35 PM
Kentucky's loss to Vanderbilt Saturday almost cost them a spot in the latest AP Men's college basketball poll, as the Cats dropped to 22nd in the latest rankings, released Monday.
Vandy's John Jenkins scored a career-high 32 points, hitting six 3-pointers, to spark the Commodores to an 81-77 victory...
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February 11, 2011 4:45 PM
(AP) - There is no magic in the rafters at Rupp Arena, no secret elixir that makes Kentucky invincible at home. Yet the Wildcats are unbeatable there under coach John Calipari, including an 11-0 mark this year.
That aura of invincibility, however, fades once the bus pulls out of...
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February 9, 2011 1:12 PM
(AP) - Kentucky coach John Calipari jotted down a simple message on the whiteboard in locker room before the 18th-ranked Wildcats faced rival Tennessee on Tuesday night.
"I put on the board: Refuse to lose," Calipari said. "It's that time of the year. Refuse to lose. Figure out a...
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February 9, 2011 8:07 AM
A familiar face mingled among Wildcat players in the locker room before and after the Tennessee game Tuesday night.
Washington Wizard's guard John Wall came to town for the game. UK coach John Calipari says the former Wildcat and first round NBA draft pick spoke to the team before...
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