Calipari on Tubby Smith:
“I want he, his wife and the kids to understand that this place, these fans, this school, this state absolutely appreciate what he did while he coached here.”
The Kentucky Kernel is appalled by the actions of the Arkansas mens basketball program.
@jack_weaver_
always embodies professionalism on the job and no journalist, especially a student journalist, should be subjected to violence for simply doing their job.
Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman left the court in a rage of f-bombs after losing to Texas A&M in the
#SECMBB
Tournament. His assistant then grabbed my phone and threw it at the ground.
@KYKernelSports
'I don't believe in quitting.' At 31 years old, former Wildcat Ricky Lumpkin is a student at Kentucky again striving to get another degree. Hear from him and John Wall, just two of the many former UK athletes who have returned to the university to finish what they started.
John Calipari:
“Boy, have I missed that roar,”
“What a great evening to bring our basketball family together with [the fans] again,”
Calipari said the fans are what separates Kentucky basketball from other programs.
“I got on my knees one night and asked God to give me the strength and ability to no longer lie to myself and to show me the way he wants me to go,” Jordan Griffin said.
Read how the senior safety reconditioned his passion for the game through faith and hope.
UK was selected to host a regional after finishing second overall in RPI for the regular season, which was in big part thanks to facing the nation’s toughest regular season schedule.
Oscar Tshiebwe has once again made history, becoming Kentucky's first ever unanimous national player of the year after winning the Wooden Award on Tuesday.
Oscar Tshiebwe earned two more National Player of the Year Awards on Friday, via the Associated Press and the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Tyler Herro's game-winning shot has the potential to go down in Kentucky history. Read
@Chase_KYK
's "'Commonwealth Closer': The anatomy of a game-winner":
Kentucky Volleyball has advanced to the National Championship game, defeating Washington 3-1.
The Cats will play the winner of Wisconsin and Texas on Saturday for the title.
FINAL
UK: 2 JMU: 0
For the second time in two seasons Kentucky mens soccer has won its conference championship.
The Wildcats will enter the NCAA Tournament undefeated for the first time in program history.
Abby Steiner is one of
@UKWomensSoccer
’s fastest players, and in the spring she’ll sub out her soccer cleats for track spikes to suit up for
@KentuckyTrack
.
Story on Steiner’s ability to do two sports: via
@chrisleachKYK
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn set an Olympic record Sunday morning, while two other Wildcats qualified for the Women's 100m Hurdles Final. The Final will take place tonight at 10:50 p.m.
Story by:
@BarkleyTruax
Hundreds, if not thousands, of young men dream of playing on the Rupp Arena hardwood one day.
But read how Dontaie Allen has overcome adversity and hardship as he inches closer to achieving that same dream.
The Kentucky women’s basketball team passed out breakfast this morning to Big Blue Madness campers after an early morning workout. Photos by
@Jordanprather18
.
Kentucky RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been named to the Maxwell Award watch list.
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the College Player of the Year.
"I didn't start him because I told him, 'I want you to come in firing.' And I said, 'I want you to watch what's happening and then you get in there and you let it go,'" Kentucky head coach John Calipari said.
Former Kentucky star Sydney McLaughlin placed first with a time of 53.03 in the Woman’s 400m Hurdles semifinal and is headed to the final round.
She will compete for gold tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. ET.
BREAKING: Ashton Hagans is credited with another steal, giving him eight for the game against North Carolina. That ties Rajon Rondo and Wayne Turner for the school record in a game.
WATCH: "We faced some adversity last week. Tough game. Sometimes that can linger-- it did not this week, as you can tell. Our team was very prepared, very motivated and played extremely hard once again."
Full video:
Jordan Griffin says that last week's jitters came from "passion for the game" and that the secondary is looking to improve against Eastern Michigan this weekend.
“What I was really worried about was just the secret getting out,” Bowden said. “You can ask any of my teammates, just this whole week I was so excited. They were like, ‘what is he so happy for?’”
Read more on how he led the Cats to a victory over Arkansas:
@SamanthaMoney8
ESPN’s Marty Smith speaks on Kentucky football head coach Mark Stoops’ impact in Lexington ahead of UK football’s game against No. 22 Florida.
Video by
@SamanthaMoney8
. (Fin.)
NEW: It can be difficult for a newcomer to carve out a role on a team, but Caitlyn Cooper’s JUCO experience helped prepare her for UK.
Story by
@chrisleachKYK
:
FINAL
UK: 26 UF: 16
For the first time since the 1976-1977 seasons Kentucky has defeated Florida in back-to-back seasons.
Will Levis threw for 202 yards, one touchdown and one interception, the first time he has thrown 200+ on the road against an SEC opponent.