Posted: 6:03 PM RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University football team opens its 2012 home schedule with a pair of games under the lights at Roy Kidd Stadium. EKU’s home opener is slated for Sept. 8 against Morehead State at 6 p.m.

Posted: 6:01 PM MOREHEAD, Ky. – Season tickets for Morehead State’s 2012 home football, volleyball and soccer seasons will go on sale July 1. Fans purchasing season tickets will see a significant savings and guarantee their seats for every Eagle athletic home event this Fall.

Posted: 12:09 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Six former Wildcats made history tonight as all six players were selected in the NBA Draft, led by Anthony Davis, the second Wildcat selected as the first overall pick in the last three years.

Posted: 12:02 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Hornets have selected Kentucky's Darius Miller with the 46th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA draft, making him the sixth Wildcats player drafted.

Updated: 11:21 PM The Milwaukee Bucks have taken Kentucky guard Doron Lamb in the second round of the NBA draft.

Updated: 10:42 PM DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bulls selected Marquis Teague with the 29th pick in the draft on Thursday, giving them a point guard possibly to help fill in for the injured Derrick Rose.

Posted: 9:24 PM HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Rockets have taken Kentucky forward Terrence Jones with the 18th pick in the draft, their third and final selection of the first round.

Updated: 9:36 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats have selected Kentucky small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with the second overall pick in the NBA draft, marking the first time two players from the same school have gone first and second overall.

Updated: 9:37 PM NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Orleans Hornets have selected Kentucky forward Anthony Davis with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.

Updated: 2:59 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky basketball player Anthony Davis has been named the 2011-2012 Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year per a vote by the league's athletics directors, Commissioner Mike Slive announced Thursday.

Updated: 9:26 PM After nine years as the host of ESPN's Cold Pizza and First Take, former WYMT sports reporter Jay Crawford will be leaving the program and will be the new anchor of SportsCenter.

Posted: 4:35 PM BARBOURVILLE, Ky. -- Union College Interim Director of Athletics Tim Curry recently announced that Ashton Strode has been tabbed to take over the Lady Bulldog softball program. Strode is the ninth coach in the history of the UC program.

Posted: 3:56 PM Entering his 30th season as head coach of the Kentucky men’s tennis program, Dennis Emery had a feeling the 2011-12 season would be a special one. With senior stars Eric Quigley and Alex Musialek leading the way, something inside the wise veteran gave him a good feeling. He was right.

Posted: 3:37 PM UVa-Wise rising senior Marcus Bratton has been named a Pre-Season First Team All-American kick returner by the Beyond Sports Network. The Roanoke, Virginia native is coming off his best season in a Cavalier uniform. In 2011, Bratton earned All-American accolades by BSN while also being named to the All Mid-South East squad.

Posted: 3:09 PM He helped bring the school its first-ever men's basketball national championship in 2001, became a popular member of the community in three seasons in Pikeville and cemented himself as a talented, up-and-coming basketball coach.

Posted: 3:00 PM Ranked No. 20 in the final Baseball America poll, Kentucky has finished the year by equaling its highest end-of-season ranking in school annals, matching the No. 20 ranking from the 2006 season. UK was also ranked No. 19 in the final USA Today/ESPN Coaches top-25 poll, released on Tuesday.

Posted: 2:52 PM The University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team as well as head coach John Calipari and national player of the year Anthony Davis have been selected as an ESPY nominee in the category/categories of: Best Team, Best Coach (Calipari), Breakthrough (Davis), Best Male College (Davis).

Posted: 6:56 PM WEST LIBERTY, Ky. -- As soon as Joker Phillips learned of the tornadoes that ravaged West Liberty, Ky., in March, he wanted to help.

Updated: 6:12 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.

Posted: 6:07 PM PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A Johnson County native has signed a scholarship with the University of Pikeville.

Posted: 6:06 PM MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State seniors-to-be Donte Sawyer and Zach Lewis have been tabbed as Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-Americans by Beyond Sports College Network. Sawyer is a second-team wide receiver, while Lewis is an honorable-mention quarterback.

Posted: 10:15 PM Former M.C. Napier standout basketball player Kristie Combs visited Hazard High School Monday for the Second Annual Kristie Combs Hall of Fame Basketball Camp.

Posted: 6:43 PM The University of Pikeville softball team worked last weekend’s Jennie Finch Softball Camp, which was held for the first time in Pikeville.

Posted: 4:44 PM Eastern Kentucky University senior shortstop Richie Rodriguez continues to rake in postseason awards, as he was recently named to the 2012 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-South Region first team.

Posted: 6:59 PM BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - About four weeks ago Union College announced Kevin Burton as its new men's basketball coach and he hasn't wasted any time recruiting local talent. Barbourville's Tanner Broughton managed to live out his dream of making it to the next level as he signed to play for the Bulldogs next season.