Where do we go from here? A question that everyone — athletic directors, coaches, players and fans — ask after a coach announces a retirement, a resignation or is fired. Which is exactly where UK is now. No, Rich Brooks has not officially announced his retirement. But 80 percent is a pretty strong indication of [...]
During UK’s first defensive posession in Tuesday night’s game against Hartford, freshman guard John Wall chased a loose ball toward the baseline and flung it behind him without looking. He jumped over two rows of cheerleaders seated on the floor, a row of media members in chairs, and landed on his feet on top of [...]
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Mid-major season is over. No more Hartfords or Riders, Sam Houstons or Long Beaches. In these first two months of the season, did UK learn what it wanted to learn? By the looks of Tuesday’s Hartford bashing, they’ve learned a lot. If nothing else, the Cats have learned how to throw the alley-oop with Globetrotter-esque [...]
Continue reading …A Lexington man charged with stalking and burglary of a home occupied by female UK students waived his case to the grand jury Tuesday. Lexington Police arrested 55-year-old Terry Grossman on Dec. 18 when they found him near the students’ Crescent Avenue house after a resident reported an unknown subject inside. After additional questioning and [...]
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Join the Kernel for a live blog of the UK – Hartford game 20 minutes before the 7 p.m. tipoff. UK enters the game ranked third nationally and with a sterling 13-0 record, while the Hawks carry a seven-game losing streak and 2-9 overall record into the contest. Feel free to leave comments or questions [...]
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In Rich Brooks’ last news conference, in the last bowl game he ever coached in a UK hat and sweatshirt, there weren’t tears. Just the red, flustered face of a old head coach, with his trademark Diet Coke in hand. Three players sat to his right, with sad, frustrated and blank faces. They had just [...]
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Seniors Corey Peters and Zipp Duncan sat in their chairs with blank stares. UK’s captains were still recovering from a bitter 21-13 loss to the Clemson Tigers in their final game with the program, but their minds were likely on another loss the program could suffer in the coming days. UK head coach Rich Brooks [...]
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Nashville, Tenn. – Welcome to the Music City Bowl! For the third time in four years, the Cats have made Nashville their bowl home. And for the second time in that span, UK will take on the Clemson Tigers (the Cats beat Clemson in 2006). If UK can win tonight, it would mark the longest [...]
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Hard to believe that, at 6-foot-11 and 260 pounds, DeMarcus Cousins is still growing.
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