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We woke up to the NBA lockout ending. We saw a 26-year losing streak to Tennessee snap midday. We saw UK basketball take care of the business in the evening. And at night — late night, like past midnight — college basketball’s No. 1 team, North Carolina, lost by 10 points to UNLV. That sets [...]

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Cellphone containing patient information lost

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UK contacted more than 800 patients last week about a UK HealthCare employee’s phone that was lost, which contained patient health information.

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Inside the Play: Guarding 3-pointers

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Portland hung tight with UK through much of the first half and some of the second half, and a lot of that was propelled by its 3-point shooting. Portland made 11 of 23 threes on the night. Head coach John Calipari didn’t like it much after the game, calling it “pitiful.” And he didn’t like [...]

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Storify: #BBN fans, celebrities show support

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View the story “Big Blue Nation tweets, posts for football, basketball teams” on Storify]

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Football overshadows basketball for a change

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The streak stayed alive. UK beat Portland for the second straight season, 87-63, on Saturday night. For the first time this year, the basketball game was the after-party of the football game. The eRUPPtion Zone chanted, “UT sucks” before tip-off. Early in the first half, Rupp Arena’s PA announcer listed off some college football scores [...]

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3 things we learned: UK 87, Portland 63

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Three things we learned from UK’s 87-63 win over Portland: 1. UK had better ball distribution. In the first half, its first 10 made field goals were all assisted, and at the end of the half, UK had 11 assists to one turnover. UK didn’t shoot the ball especially well in that half (48.3 percent) [...]

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As one of the organizers of UK’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week — a week of events to raise awareness about issues of hunger and homelessness among students at UK — I believe the most insulting part of Friday’s Cardboard Village, and UK’s Hunger and Homelessness Week in general, is the fact that we even have to host an awareness week surrounding these issues.

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Matt Roark talks about his play against Tennessee Danny Trevathan discusses UK’s victory. Winston Guy after the Cats snap the streak against Tennessee. Stuart Hines talks emotions after defeating UT. Ronnie Sneed following the Cats’ victory. Ryan Tydlacka talks punting techniques following UK’s 10-7 victory. Joker discusses snapping the streak against Tennessee and the performance [...]

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The UK football team defeated Tennessee 10-7 for the first time in 27 years in a game the commonwealth of Kentucky won’t soon forget.

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UK pulls away from Portland for 87-63 win

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The Cats’ talent and athleticism bested the disciplined hot-shooting Portland Pilots Saturday night at Rupp Arena, winning 87-63.

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