John Shelby was lost. The freshman — half naïve, half nervous — was on his way to the UK baseball offices to meet his new coach, John Cohen. Even though he was new to the campus, he thought he was going in the right direction. He arrived at the baseball offices. He found Cohen. He [...]
No one knew Bill Keightley better than Chad Sanders. Keightley and Sanders, like they used to do for hours on hours, were talking. The subject was Sanders’ future. Sanders was on schedule to graduate on time this year. Actually, he was ahead of schedule. He was on pace to leave UK in May with a [...]
Continue reading …In the first row of the second section, above the honored names of Jerry Claiborne and Bob Gain, seven students spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E on their chests. They weren’t the only ones who believed. The rest of the 70,902 fans at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday night believed. The players also believed. So did the coaches. And they [...]
Continue reading …Since he was 7 years old, all Billy Gillispie ever wanted to do was coach basketball. He accomplished his goal, starting out at the high school level and eventually making a jump to the junior college and college ranks, most recently at Texas A&M. Now, after more than 20 years of jumping to different jobs [...]
Continue reading …COLUMBIA, S.C. – When Joe Crawford spotted a $20 bill last week on the street, he was afraid that if he picked it up his hot shooting wouldn’t continue. Crawford, thinking like most people would, picked up the money. After he scored 14 points last Saturday against Mississippi State, it appeared his luck couldn’t be [...]
Continue reading …Keenan Burton was hugging everyone who extended their arms toward him. Jacob Tamme was crying seemingly uncontrollable tears of joy as he embraced family, friends and strangers. Dicky Lyons Jr. found his dad and shared what Dicky Lyons Sr. called “the greatest moment†in either of their UK careers. For the members of the UK [...]
Continue reading …One is a loquacious, gaudy point guard that has never met a shot he didn’t like. Another is a leaping slasher that has never met a defender he hasn’t wanted to dissect. The last is a mellow post-master that has never met a shot he didn’t want to block. It was only two years ago [...]
Continue reading …LOUISVILLE — University of Louisville senior running back Michael Bush needed three plays Sunday night to knock out the UK football team. He only needed one play to end his senior football season. Bush broke the fibula and tibia in his right leg with 11:26 to go in the third quarter after a tackle by [...]
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