Locke suffers fractured arm
Posted: 4:49 PM UK tailback Derrick Locke will sport a new look for the next month: a splint on his left arm.
Posted: 4:49 PM UK tailback Derrick Locke will sport a new look for the next month: a splint on his left arm.
Posted: 4:15 PM The Memphis Grizzlies hold the 12th pick in this month's NBA Draft, and given their unhappiness with returning point guard Mike Conley, are now considering taking former Wildcat Eric Bledsoe with their first round pick.
Posted: 11:41 AM Former Wildcat Eric Bledsoe knows the score -- his teammate at Kentucky, will be the top pick in this month's NBA Draft. Still, that doesn't faze Bledsoe, who says he's pushing hard to be the second point guard selected.
Posted: 2:58 PM NBA teams are fond of selecting players on potential and former WIldcat Daniel Orton is one such player.
Posted: 12:46 PM It only seems as though now matter where you go -- surfing the Internet, shopping at the mall or at the barber shop -- everyone has an opinion about UK coach John Calipari.
Posted: 12:27 PM John Wall could make as much as $4.2 million is his first season in the NBA. Last week, Wall took his mother house hunting.
Posted: 8:03 PM Links to Eric Bledsoe's timeline...
Posted: 5:48 PM The University of Kentucky has issued a statement following the news that the NCAA is looking into former Wildcat guard Eric Bledsoe's high school academic standings and recruitment.
Updated: 9:45 PM According to a published report, the NCAA is looking into former UK guard Eric Bledsoe and how he may have improved his academic standing in high school.
Updated: 7:22 PM Former Wildcat Antoine Walker has filed Chapter 7 papers in a Florida bankruptcy court.
Updated: 6:56 PM Terrence Jones changes his commitment and is headed to the Bluegrass. Oregon assistant Kenny Payne is leaving to join John Calipari's staff. Why?
Posted: 11:30 AM UConn has been notified by the NCAA of eight violations involving its men's basketball program.
Posted: 3:40 PM DeMarcus Cousins is regarded as an enigma for NBA teams -- he's got all the ability in the world, but teams are leery of taking him based upon his uncontrollable outburts. One writer thinks the Nets, who have the third pick, should stay away from Cousins.
Updated: 1:30 PM UK signee Brandon Knight is preparing for the next phase of his life: that as a Kentucky Wildcat.
Posted: 1:10 PM Jim Brown, named the greatest player ever to play in the National Football League by Sporting News, is coming to Lexington in June.
Posted: 12:43 PM Brandon Knight has been named to SLAM Online's All-American team.
Posted: 10:36 AM Oregon coach Dana Altman confirms that assistant Kenny Payne is heading to Kentucky.
Posted: 6:10 PM Jimmy Williams has handed former UK coach Tubby Smith one of the most difficult losses of his career. Williams, a former Oklahoma State assistant coach, sued Smith and the University of Minnesota, after resigning his job at OSU to pursue a position on Smith's staff, only to be told the job wasn't his.
Posted: 4:53 PM Washington coach Flip Saunders says John Wall could revolutionize the point guard position.
Posted: 2:42 PM ESPN Insider and NBA draft expert Chad Ford has former UK center DeMarcus Cousins going to Golden State with the sixth pick in next month's NBA draft.
Updated: 4:55 PM John Wall wants to play in Washington. He'd have the chance to lead an NBA franchise in need of direction, plus, Wall could play for the nation's First Fan.
Updated: 1:30 PM On Friday morning, the day after LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers were bounced out of the NBA Playoffs, UK coach John Calipari posted this on his Twitter and facebook pages: "I've said many times that I've got the best job in the country. Still the speculation runs wild and I can't stop that... I want to address this with the Big Blue Nation one last time, I will be coaching at Kentucky next year. Now let's finish what we started!" For the first time, since rumors and speculation grew to Chicken Little proportions, Calipari tells the Big Blue Nation publicly that he "will be coaching at Kentucky next season."
Updated: 10:26 PM Like an epic heavyweight championship fight, the rivalry between John Calipari and Rick Pitino is proving to be good theater. After a year of sharing the spotlight -- Calipari for signing the nation's best recruiting class and then winning an SEC championship with them; Pitino for his Summer of Love tour -- fans of these basketball crazy schools are left wondering: what's next? Let the turf battles begin.
Posted: 10:32 PM In a Tuesday post on this blog, I told you that as many as eight Wildcats will be leaving the UK basketball program, most of whom will pursue their dreams of playing in the NBA. Check that number: it's now at nine.
Updated: 8:08 PM UK coach John Calipari is looking for a few good men. Five to six, to be exact. That's how many players Cal says he expects to sign for the upcoming season. Calipari made the comments on his call-in show this week on the Big Blue Radio Network. Five to six players you might ask?
Updated: 9:38 AM - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.
10 mins ago - The Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedule for the Memorial Day holiday.
Posted: 7:35 AM - Many Kentuckians are looking for ways to help those storm victims and their families.
Posted: 7:11 AM - More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week.
Posted: 7:09 AM - President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.
Posted: 6:46 AM - Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. is turning his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts - alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Posted: 6:43 AM - Almost a month to the day after it closed, the Dorena-Hickman Ferry in western Kentucky expects to resume service Tuesday.
Updated: 6:42 AM - Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldier are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee from Afghanistan.
Posted: 6:40 AM - Two former officials of defunct cattle broker Eastern Livestock are set to be sentenced for their roles in a $32 million check-kiting scheme.
Posted: 6:38 AM - The Dalai Lama is spreading his message of non-violence and compassion to a group of Kentucky students.