Updated: 4:14 PM Members of a Kentucky panel that oversees drug rules for horse racing got into a lively discussion Tuesday about whether the timing is right to tighten the reins on steroid use among four-legged athletes.
Updated: 5:22 PM After throwing his first career complete-game shutout in a post-season berth clinching win over Ole Miss, sophomore southpaw James Paxton has been named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.
Updated: 4:47 PM Big Brown has arrived at Belmont Park to begin preparations for the Belmont Stakes as he tries to become the first thoroughbred in 30 years to complete the Triple Crown.
Updated: 9:49 PM At the Adidas Track Classic Sunday in Carson, California, Lexington native Tyson Gay swept the 100 and 200 meters. Gay won his first 100 of the season in 10.05 seconds and the 200 in 20.08, both into slight headwinds. He edged training partner Darvis Patton in the 100 by .01 seconds, then eased up in a one-sided victory in the 200.
Posted: 5:31 PM Former UK golfer Mark Blakefield overcame a two-shot deficit heading into the final round and carded a 69 on Sunday to win the NGA Hooters Tour ADI Classic at Georgetown's Cherry Blossom Golf and Country Club. The win, Blakefield's first as a pro, was worth $33, 566.
Posted: 8:39 PM BALTIMORE (AP) - Big Brown's owner took care of some important business even before he got to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday for the Preakness.
Posted: 8:27 PM The UK Wildcats will open the SEC Baseball Tournament as the 4th overall seed and will play #5 Alabama on Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m.
Posted: 7:15 PM BALTIMORE (AP) - Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years.
Updated: 7:11 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Cody Overbeck’s bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the top of the 11th inning provided the difference in a 5-5 game, giving the Ole Miss Rebels a series salvaging and Southeastern Conference Tournament-clinching 7-5 win over the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats, on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Posted: 10:24 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Kentucky Miss Basketball Rebecca Gray joins the Kentucky women’s basketball team head coach Matthew Mitchell has announced. Gray, a native of Georgetown, Ky., returns to her home state after playing one season on a North Carolina squad that won its fourth-straight Atlantic Coast Conference title this past season.
Posted: 10:17 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Sophomore James Paxton hurled his first career complete-game shutout, leading the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats to a series-clinching and Southeastern Conference Tournament berth-clinching 9-0 win, on Friday evening at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Posted: 11:05 AM 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.
Posted: 10:17 PM Former Wildcat Kio Sanford talks with Rob Bromley about his battle with cancer.
Posted: 6:09 PM 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.
Updated: 5:51 PM New details are out about the death of Eight Belles, the filly who died after crossing the finish line in the Kentucky Derby.
Posted: 7:05 PM 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.
Posted: 4:58 PM 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.
Posted: 4:52 PM 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.
Posted: 4:50 PM 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.
Posted: 4:47 PM 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.
Updated: 11:31 PM 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.
Posted: 6:32 PM 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.
Posted: 6:31 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - One of the top stallions in thoroughbred racing history is being retired after 21 years.
Posted: 12:01 PM BALTIMORE (AP) - Looks like Big Brown won't be the lone Kentucky Derby horse in the Preakness after all.
Updated: 9:56 AM 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.
