What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s one of the most common questions we’re asked when we’re children and the answers can range everywhere from firefighter, to doctor, to teacher to professional basketball player. Wait, professional basketball player? Call me crazy, but after reading the comments from a lot of Big [...]
By Ethan Levine sports@kykernel.com At a school known for the fantastic freshmen in its basketball program, UK’s men’s golf program has a fantastic freshman of his own. Chase Parker, a 19-year-old student in the College of Agriculture, was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team on Tuesday. Parker is the first UK freshman to receive [...]
A couple game notes, mostly random, from the thrilling 10-9 walk-off win for Louisville against UK. – The closers from both teams – Matt Litle for UK and Neil Holland for U of L – both blew leads in the ninth inning. Both are really good closers. They combined to give up nine runs in [...]
It looked like Louisville had won the game. Then it looked like UK had won the game. Then, finally, Louisville did win the game. The scoreboard even said so. UK saw a three-run lead in the ninth inning crumble as Louisville scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the Cats (23-18) [...]
Nine months ago, the Southeastern Conference and ESPN agreed on a $2.25 billion media deal promising coverage of anything donning the conference seal. Nine months in, the deal has underperformed. Across a number of media platforms, the Worldwide Leader has without a doubt raised the profile of football and basketball across the South. That’s it, [...]
It might just be me, but I was personally intrigued to no end on the walkup song selections by UK players. Something about what song they chose to represent them at the plate, and the thought process behind it, fascinated me. So, some extra material that wasn’t able to make it into the paper. – [...]
Now, I know this is a sports blog, and a Drake concert doesn’t really fit in that category, but he came to basketball games and professed his love for the team and hung with Coach Cal and John Wall, so I feel this blog can handle it for this one. Anyway, I did really really [...]
They are the soundtrack to singles and strikeouts, foul tips and fly outs, bunts and bloopers, grand entrances and grand slams. They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each [...]
With the final out of Sunday’s softball doubleheader at the UK Softball Complex, five seniors saw the curtain close on their home-field careers. The class of five is not one to forget. “First time in school history” seemed to be the phrase surrounding the current seniors through their recent seasons. Under UK head coach Rachel [...]
By Ethan Levine With a top-10 ranking, home-court advantage and a first round bye, the last thing the UK men’s tennis team expected to see was the two-time defending conference champions in the Southeastern Conference tournament. But that’s exactly who they saw on the other side of the net when the Mississippi Rebels took the [...]
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