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Boot camp brings team closer to midseason form

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Knowing is half the battle. As the men’s basketball season tips off Monday night in an exhibition game against the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Cats hope to hit the ground running in midseason form. To accomplish that, UK head coach Billy Gillispie designed a preseason workout program, ominously known as “boot camp,” that aims [...]

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Defensive effort guides Cats to win

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Domination and lackadaisical play usually don’t go hand in hand. But that’s exactly what happened Sunday afternoon when the No. 21 UK volleyball team defeated Georgia 3-1 in Memorial Coliseum. The Cats (22-3, 13-1 Southeastern Conference) were able to jump out to an early 2-0 lead before struggling to put away the resurgent Bulldogs in [...]

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Special teams play leads UK to bowl eligibility

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — It didn’t matter how it happened. UK head coach Rich Brooks didn’t care how ugly, lucky or pretty the Cats’ 14-13 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday in front of 40,168 people at Davis Wade Stadium was. All that mattered was it was a win. “We needed a win anyway we could [...]

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Kernel wins top journalism award

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The Kernel has won the 2007-08 Pacemaker award, the prize commonly referred to as the “Pulitzer Prize of college journalism.” The award, presented during the weekend at the Associated College Press annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., for five issues of the Kernel published during the last school year. The contest was judged by editors [...]

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UK Wins 14-13

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STARKVILLE, Miss.— Matt Roark blocked a possible game-tying extra point in the fourth quarter to help UK hold on to a 14-13 victory and secure bowl eligibilty for the third consecutive year. Mississippi State scored on an 11-yard pass from Tyson Lee to Arni Stallworth with 13:47 left in the game before being penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct [...]

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UK-Mississippi State Live Blog – Second Half

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Cats stop Mississippi State on fourth down. The Cats just stopped Mississippi State short on fourth down.  With only one timeout remaining, the clock is now Mississippi State’s enemy.  UK just took its first timeout with 2:47 left on the clock.

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UK-Mississippi State Live Blog – Halftime

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Cats trail by seven. For most of the first half, the new-look Cats looked just like the old ones.  UK only reached Mississippi State territory on two drives.  Mike Hartline was 8-15 for 83 yards in the second quarter.  Brooks was good on his word of playing Hartline in the second quarter, and the offense seemed [...]

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UK-Mississippi State Live Blog – First Half

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Seiber misses seventh field goal of the season Mike Hartline led the Cats to the Mississippi State 17 yard line before Lones Seiber missed his seventh field goal of the season for the Cats.  Seiber’s kick was almost blocked, but cleared the line and sailed wide right.  The Cats trail at halftime by seven.

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UK-Mississippi State Live Blog – Pre-game

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Welcome to the Kentucky Kernel live blog from Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Miss., where UK (5-3, 1-3) will take on Mississippi State (3-5, 1-3).  The stadium is starting to fill up with just under an hour till kickoff as the teams take the field for pre-game warmups.  The weather is a [...]

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