Cowgill, Carroll named semifinalists for national Player of the Year award
Last Updated: 11:05 AM 05/16/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky sluggers Sawyer Carroll and Collin Cowgill have been named semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy, given to the top player in college baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced on Thursday. (Full Story) |
Kio Sanford Faces His Toughest Foe
Last Updated: 10:17 PM 05/15/08 -
Former Wildcat Kio Sanford talks with Rob Bromley about his battle with cancer. (Full Story) |
Rondo the "X-Factor" as Celtics Beat Cavs
Last Updated: 6:09 PM 05/15/08 -
BOSTON (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers were willing to give up a
big 3 by Rajon Rondo to avoid being beaten by the Big Three.
And it cost them.
(Full Story) |
Test Results Back On Eight Belles
Last Updated: 5:51 PM 05/15/08 -
New details are out about the death of Eight Belles, the filly who died after crossing the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. (Full Story) |
Big Brown installed as Preakness favorite
Last Updated: 7:05 PM 05/14/08 -
BALTIMORE (AP) - Running on the outside has been very good to
Big Brown. Now the Kentucky Derby winner gets to try things from
the middle. (Full Story) |
UK hosts Ole Miss in crucial season finale
Last Updated: 4:58 PM 05/14/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The two top pitching teams in the Southeastern Conference square off in the season-finale - a three-game set ripe with post-season implications - as the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats host the Ole Miss Rebels in a three-game set, beginning on Thursday at Cliff Hagan Stadium. (Full Story) |
Wilkes picks up national honor
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 05/14/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Senior second baseman Ryan Wilkes, who batted 10-for-21 with three home runs and 12 RBI during No. 20 Kentucky’s 4-0 week, has been named to the College Baseball Foundation “National All-Star Lineup”, the organization announced Wednesday. (Full Story) |
UK Hoops coach to throw out first pitch
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 05/14/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky head women’s basketball coach Matthew Mitchell will be on hand Friday, May 16 to throw out the first pitch when the 20th-ranked UK baseball team takes on the Ole Miss Rebels. First pitch at Cliff Hagan Stadium is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET. (Full Story) |
Expect the unexpected at Saturday's Preakness
Last Updated: 4:47 PM 05/14/08 -
BALTIMORE (AP) - Strange things always seem to happen at the
Preakness. A drunken fan runs onto the track and punches at
speeding horses. Barbaro breaks down in 2006. A race day power
outage costs Pimlico millions of dollars. (Full Story) |
Reds, Volquez Mow Down Marlins
Last Updated: 11:31 PM 05/13/08 -
CINCINNATI (AP) - Edinson Volquez pitched six effective innings,
Joey Votto homered, and the Cincinnati Reds earned a costly 5-3
victory over the Florida Marlins tonight.
(Full Story) |
NCAA promises to investigate Mayo
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 05/13/08 -
HOUSTON (AP) - Saying the NCAA has "new information,"
president Myles Brand promised to investigate former Southern
California basketball star O.J. Mayo, who allegedly received
thousands of dollars in gifts from money given to an event promoter
by a sports agency. (Full Story) |
Storm Cat retired after 21 years
Last Updated: 6:31 PM 05/13/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - One of the top stallions in thoroughbred
racing history is being retired after 21 years. (Full Story) |
Gayego added to Preakness field
Last Updated: 12:01 PM 05/13/08 -
BALTIMORE (AP) - Looks like Big Brown won't be the lone Kentucky
Derby horse in the Preakness after all. (Full Story) |
Cats Knock Off Murray State In Extra-Innings
Last Updated: 9:56 AM 05/13/08 -
PADUCAH, Ky. – Keenan Wiley tied the game in the top of the ninth inning with a two out, two-run double and Chris Wade singled home the game-winning run in the top of the 10th, as the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats used three unanswered runs in the final two innings to come-from-behind for a 4-3 win over Murray State, in front of a school-record 1,651 fans at Brooks Stadium. (Full Story) |
Agency Representing Mayo Denies Illegal Activity
Last Updated: 6:12 PM 05/12/08 -
The sports agency representing O.J. Mayo
denied any illegal activity involving the Southern California star
on Monday, a day after ESPN reported Bill Duffy Associates gave
cash to an event promoter who provided gifts. (Full Story) |
O.J. Mayo Accused Of Getting Cash And Benefits From Promoter
Last Updated: 8:04 PM 05/11/08 -
A former associate of USC freshman guard O.J.
Mayo claims the basketball star received thousands of dollars in
cash and other gifts from an event promoter over the past four
years that would violate NCAA rules, ESPN reported Sunday. (Full Story) |
Cats Clobber Vols 20-5, Sweep Series In Knoxville
Last Updated: 7:10 PM 05/11/08 -
Behind 20 runs – including 13 runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings – the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats notched its first series sweep over the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville in 20 years, handing UT a 20-5 loss on a windy Sunday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
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Cats get defensive in win at Tennessee
Last Updated: 9:01 PM 05/10/08 -
KNOXVILLE -- Senior Aaron Lovett came on in relief of starter James Paxton in the third inning and worked 6.2 innings allowing just two runs, as the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats secured a crucial road series with the Tennessee Volunteers with a 5-2 win on Saturday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
(Full Story) |
Riddle Breaks Single-Season HR Record
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 05/10/08 -
Earlier this week, Rowan County's Amber Riddle broke the home run record for girls softball with the 31st of her career against Mason County. Saturday morning, Riddle claimed the single-season mark with homers 13 and 14 versus Trimble County.
(Full Story) |
Woodson hurt in Giants rookie minicamp
Last Updated: 2:41 PM 05/10/08 -
Former Kentucky quarterback Andre' Woodson's NFL career is off to a rough start. (Full Story) |
UK's Nutter Field House undergoing renovation
Last Updated: 2:14 PM 05/10/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky will replace
the artificial turf inside the Nutter Field House with FieldTurf,
the latest upgrade to the school's football facilities. (Full Story) |
Gillispie expects Jasper will transfer
Last Updated: 12:15 PM 05/10/08 -
UK coach Billy Gillispie says he expects sophomore guard Derrick Jasper will seek his release and transfer to another school. The coach made the comments during a morning news conference at Memorial Coliseum.
(Full Story) |
Cats weather Vols, win 5-3
Last Updated: 8:37 AM 05/10/08 -
KNOXVILLE -- Collin Cowgill and Sawyer Carroll each homered and Cowgill finished 3-for-4 with three-RBI, as the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats utilized three runs in the top of the eighth inning to break open a 2-2 game, handing the Tennessee Volunteers a 5-3 loss in the series-opener, in front of 1,918 fans at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
(Full Story) |
Perry takes 1-shot lead at Sawgrass
Last Updated: 8:29 PM 05/09/08 -
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Hot blasts of wind on a
diabolical course made The Players Championship tough enough to
turn someone's hair gray. Not that the leaders needed any help with
that Friday.
Kenny Perry, who first showed up at Sawgrass 20 years ago, kept
his wits and his patience in 35 mph gusts and made only one bogey
in a solid round of 2-under 70 that gave him a one-shot lead going
into the weekend. (Full Story) |
Williams will seek transfer
Last Updated: 5:31 PM 05/09/08 -
Earlier this year, UK coach Billy Gillispie said freshman big man Morakinyo Williams likely would be transferring to another school. Now it seems apparant that Williams is on his way out. (Full Story) |
Body of Eight Belles now at UK lab for further testing
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 05/09/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - It will be at least two more weeks before
additional information is known about what caused the filly Eight
Belles to break down in the Kentucky Derby. (Full Story) |
UPS strikes deal with Big Brown's owners and jockey
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 05/09/08 -
ATLANTA (AP) - UPS believes Big Brown is the complete package.
The shipping giant is trying to capitalize on Kentucky Derby
winner Big Brown, whose minority owner named the horse in the
company's honor. (Full Story) |
VIDEO: Rob Bromley Interviews UK Basketball Signee Josh Harrellson
Last Updated: 1:31 PM 05/09/08 -
Our Rob Bromley got the chance to sit down with UK basketball signee Josh Harrellson. Follow this link to watch the videos. (Full Story) |
Jockey Club reviewing industry safety
Last Updated: 1:12 PM 05/08/08 -
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The death of Kentucky Derby runner-up
Eight Belles has the thoroughbred industry taking a closer look at
equine safety. (Full Story) |
Two-Minute Warning With Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond is a busy man these days. The former Lafayette product and UK grad has become the face of NBC’s thoroughbred racing coverage, but around Central Kentucky, Wildcat fans know Hammond as a fixture on Raycom Sports’ SEC basketball broadcasts. (Full Story) |
Cats hit road for huge series at Tennessee
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 05/08/08 -
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- In a tie for the eighth and final spot in the Southeastern Conference Tournament with Tennessee, the No. 22 Kentucky baseball team hits the road for its final road series of the season, a pivotal three-game set with the Volunteers, beginning on Friday at 7 p.m. ET at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
(Full Story) |
Hood commits to Cats
Last Updated: 10:00 AM 05/08/08 -
Madisonville's Jon Hood became the fifth player in the last two weeks to commit to play basketball at Kentucky. Hood, a 6-foot-6 junior, had offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee and Mississippi.
(Full Story) |
Gray leaves UNC, wants to play at UK
Last Updated: 9:18 AM 05/08/08 -
Former Scott Co. star and Ms. Basketball Rebecca Gray has been given her release from North Carolina and plans to meet with UK coach Matthew Mitchell next week about transferring to the school. (Full Story) |
Rowan County Girl Breaks Home Run Record
Last Updated: 8:43 PM 05/07/08 -
Rowan County Junior Amber Riddle broke the Kentucky High School record for home runs in a career with her 31st earlier this week. We caught up with her and her coach to talk about the accomplishment. (Full Story) |
AUDIO- Woodson Thought He Would Go In 2nd Round
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 05/07/08 -
Former UK Quarterback Andre' Woodson spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about being drafted in the 6th round of the NFL Draft. Woodson was told up until the draft he would be a 2nd round selection. Listen to what he had to say as part of our podcast, Wildcat Nation. (Full Story) |
Big Brown back on Churchill Downs track today
Last Updated: 5:21 PM 05/07/08 -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown
returned to the track at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, four days
after his 4¾-length win in the Run for the Roses. (Full Story) |
VIDEO - Josh Harrellson Interview
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 05/07/08 -
WKYT traveled to Illinois to talk with future Kentucky Wildcat Josh Harrellson about coming to Lexington. On Thursday, we will run longer versions of this interview, but here's a preview of what he had to say. (Full Story) |
VIDEO - Woodson vs Lorenzen In NYC
Last Updated: 9:15 PM 05/06/08 -
Andre Woodson spoke publicly for the first time on Wednesday about his disappointing NFL Draft. He will have to battle it out with another former UK quarterback, Jared Lorenzen to win a roster spot from the New York Giants (Full Story) |
Jones Defends Eight Belles' Jockey
Last Updated: 10:43 PM 05/06/08 -
The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles from crashing into the rail. (Full Story) |
2 Out, 9th Inning HR Gives LSU Sweep Of Cats
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 05/04/08 -
Matt Clark’s two-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth erased a 8-7 Kentucky lead, as the streaking LSU Tigers ran its win streak up to nine games with a 9-8 win over the 16th-ranked Wildcats, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium. (Full Story) |
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