Oregon's basketball court sure to turn heads
Updated: 12:10 PM The University of Louisville may have the biggest, newest arena in the country, but the Yum! Center probably doesn't have a basketball court that equals the one at Oregon.
Updated: 12:10 PM The University of Louisville may have the biggest, newest arena in the country, but the Yum! Center probably doesn't have a basketball court that equals the one at Oregon.
Posted: 5:39 PM Former Wildcat Patrick Patterson is one of handful of NBA players wearing PEAK brand shoes.
Updated: 3:00 PM Sam Holbrook is used to pressure. As a major league umpire, Holbrook faces it daily, whether calling balls and strikes, or ruling on a bang-bang play at first.
Posted: 9:28 AM Former Wildcat big man Daniel Orton has spent more time in the Orlando Magic weight room lately than on the basketball court, according to a recent story in the Orlando Sentinel.
Posted: 9:09 AM Nike made an offer to former Wildcat John Wall to be a company pitch man. Instead, he signed with Reebok. Are these the shoes Nike was hoping to market in his name?
Posted: 2:55 PM Men's Health magazine has jumped onto the John Wall bandwagon. The publication has a two-page feature on the former UK point guard, who was the top overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.
Posted: 5:25 PM Boyle Co. linebacker Lamar Dawson has been named to the 90-man roster of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Posted: 5:00 PM Former Wildcat Patrick Patterson has a web page...
Posted: 4:51 PM Ex-Wildcat John Wall is the odds-on favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award. That's according to NBA.com.
Posted: 10:16 PM This Friday, Secretariat, the movie, is released nationwide, introducing a new generation of kids to thoroughbred racing.
Posted: 4:25 PM Former Wildcat John Wall, along with Eric Bledsoe, Patrick Patterson and DeMarcus Cousins, make their preseason NBA debuts Tuesday night.
Posted: 4:16 PM Enes Kanter's father tells the Sporting News that a professional team in Turkey is trying to make an example out of his son.
Updated: 3:45 PM Arguably one of the most misunderstood basketball Wildcats in recent memory has to be DeAndre Liggins. A highly-rated wing player coming out of Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, Liggins was that one recruit with incredible length and agility that drew comparisons to greats like Scotty Pippen. With offers from Kansas, Illinois and John Calipari, then the coach at Memphis, Liggins was a recruiting coup for Kentucky, when he signed with then-coach Billy Gillispie. But his career in Lexington has had more peaks and valleys than a roller coaster.
Posted: 10:31 AM Our favorite professional golfer (apologies to ex-Wildcat J.B. Holmes, who checks in at No. 2), Josh Teater, is still alive in the PGA Tour FedExCup playoffs, thanks to his finish at The Barclays this past weekend, where he finished tied for 36th.
Posted: 12:44 PM On Tuesday, the Sacremento Kings will unveil a banner featuring the likeness of ex-Wildcat DeMarcus Cousins.
Updated: 2:04 PM Mike Freeman, national columnist for CBSSports.com, has put together his list of the 50 biggest jerks in sports. Checking in at No. 35... one John Calipari.
Posted: 1:02 PM Former West Jessamine star Jarrod Polson finally has his scholarship. After walking-on at Kentucky, the freshman guard has done everything asked of him, prompting coach John Calipari to give Polson an available scholarship for the 2010-11 season.
Posted: 1:22 PM Former Wildcat John Wall has signed another endorsement deal. This time, it's with a trading card and memorabilia company.
Posted: 3:54 PM John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are in New York for an NBA rookie photo shoot.
Posted: 2:14 PM With a trip to Canada looming at the end of the week, coach John Calipari put his Wildcats through another practice on Tuesday, the first of two on the day.
Posted: 11:50 AM It only seemed like controversy dogged DeMarcus Cousins leading up to the NBA Draft in June. Now, Cousins is becoming embroiled in another "controversy."
Updated: 7:28 PM Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones still draws a crowd, even at age 84. Entertaining a large group of well-wishers recently, during a surprise birthday party, Jones was amazed by the turnout. Among the guests, former UK coach Joe B. Hall, himself a spry 81. "He's one of the best that's ever been to the University of Kentucky," Hall said.
Posted: 5:43 PM John Wall's NBA Summer League numbers were outstanding and, combined with his intangibles, prove he's worthy of all the hype.
Updated: 12:00 PM For years, the Southeastern Conference has been perceived nationally as a renegade league, primarily because of football. But every school in the SEC has been hit with at least one major infraction, in at least one sport. The league is the second-most penalized in NCAA history.
Posted: 11:33 AM At least one web site thinks DeMarcus Cousins is one of the best, if not THE best centers in the NBA.
11 mins ago - A boil water advisory is in affect for Parksville in Boyle County.
24 mins ago - President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.
Posted: 7:00 AM - Starting off the day with pockets of dense fog across the state, greatly reducing visibilities. Most of this should burn off by around 9am. Other than that, a line of storms and showers is moving northeast toward Ashland, but most of the commonwealth remains dry.
Updated: 05/19/2013 - Trooper Paul Blanton confirmed a man has died, after shots were fired in Owsley County Saturday night.
Updated: 05/18/2013 - A domestic dispute in at a gas station led officials to a couple's arrest for criminal abuse.
Updated: 05/18/2013 - A Kentucky college student has died as a result of a car crash.
Updated: 05/18/2013 - We're continuing to track the investigation into what caused a fire that destroyed a southern Kentucky business.
Updated: 05/18/2013 - More than 3,000 people came out to the Central Kentucky Heart Walk and helped raise more than $300,000.
Posted: 05/18/2013 - Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.
Updated: 05/18/2013 - An investigation is underway to determine what happened Friday night that resulted in a 16-year-old losing his life.