ATLANTA—A big man’s swollen left ankle and an icy shooting spell from a team’s floor general most likely would have combined for a disastrous result earlier in the season. But now it’s March. The Madness has begun. The time of year when veteran players realize that their collegiate careers could end abruptly with one loss [...]
The long-awaited ruling on UK freshman forward Enes Kanter is in. The Turkish standout was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA on Thursday. According to the NCAA release, Kanter received “benefits above his actual and necessary expenses while playing for a club basketball team in Turkey.” Kanter played three season for Fenerbahce in his homeland [...]
UK women’s basketball head coach Matthew Mitchell suprised everyone when he broke out some nifty dance moves at Big Blue Madness. Mitchell was doing the “Dougie,” a dance move popularized by Cali Swag District’s hit song “Teach me how to Dougie,” but more surprisingly, he was doing the dance quite well. At UK women’s basketball [...]
The UK media relations department released the broadcast information below in a press release. *** This Saturday’s UK-Georgia game, airing at 7:30 pm ET on Comcast Sports Southeast, may be seen live by Insight customers in Louisville, Lexington, Northern Kentucky, Bowling Green and Evansville/Henderson. Channel placements vary in each district. Copied below is a full [...]
UK head coach Joker Phillips said that a 5-3 record would be good enough to win the Southeastern Conference East Division after UK’s 31-28 win over No.10 South Carolina Saturday. Funny thing is, he’s not exaggerating. Even after being upset by the Cats, the Gamecocks remain atop the SEC East with a 2-2 conference record. [...]
Ralph Kercheval, UK’s first All-Southeastern Conference football player, died in his hometown of Lexington at 98. Following his graduation from Henry Clay High School, Kercheval was a lettermen for the Cats in football from 1931-1933; he received his all-conference honors in 1933, the inaugural year of competition for the SEC. Kercheval played quarterback, defensive back [...]
Ryan Tydlacka, UK’s junior punter, was named National Punter of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards for his efforts in the Cats’ 42-35 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday. Tydlacka punted four times for an average of 50.5 yards per kick, including a career-long 73-yard punt in the fourth quarter that was downed [...]
Former UK quarterback and kicker and NFL Hall of Famer George Blanda died Monday at 83. The NFL’s Oakland Raiders confirmed the death Monday and issued a statement on behalf of the organization that Blanda spent the last nine years of his professional career with before his retirement in 1976, one month shy of his [...]
At Thursday’s practice, UK head coach Joker Phillips announced some updates regarding injured players. Senior fullback Moncell Allen, who’s suffering from a hamstring injury, will make the trip to Gainesville, Fla., for Saturday’s game against the Gators. Allen was worked out at practice and Phillips said that Allen “is close enough where two days might [...]
Aside from talk about the preparation for Saturday’s game against Florida, the news conference took a somewhat random turn to the discussion of the Cats sporting black jerseys. Last year, former UK head coach Rich Brooks wasn’t buying into all the hullabaloo about having alternate jerseys and the team stayed with the traditional UK blue [...]
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