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Kentucky Wildcats head coach Kyra Elzy coaches from the sidelines during the UK vs. Missouri womens basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 61-55. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Poor paint defense dooms Kentucky in Ole Miss defeat

Barkley Truax February 4, 2021

Kentucky suffered its fifth loss of season tonight, falling 72-60 at the hands of the Rebels.The Cats came into this game looking to build off its gutsy victory over Missouri on Sunday. Instead, they suffered...

Team Kentucky briefing 2/4/21: Four new vaccine sites announced

Rachel Crick February 4, 2021

During the Team Kentucky briefing on Thursday, Feb. 4, Gov. Andy Beshear announced four new regional COVID-19 vaccination sites will open next week across Kentucky.Two of the four additional sites were...

Liam Draxl high-fives a teammate during Kentucky match with Dayton.IMAGE OBTAINED FROM UK ATHLETICS.

No. 19 Cats now 7-0 following doubleheader sweep of visiting Flyers

Hunter Shelton February 3, 2021

After moving up two spots in the latest Oracle ITA Rankings, the No. 19 UK men’s tennis team continued to roll on Wednesday, sweeping a doubleheader against Dayton inside the Hilary J. Boone Tennis...

Photographer Melani B. created Tayo Omisores album cover art, pictured here. 

Small Artist Spotlight Series: Tayo Omisore

Gillian Stawiszynski February 3, 2021

The idea of this small artist spotlight series is to bring light to artists of all genres in Kentucky, and occasionally beyond, who make amazing music, but don’t get the recognition that they deserve. Tayo...

Kentucky Wildcats forward Isaiah Jackson (23) passes the ball during the University of Kentucky vs. Alabama mens basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK lost 85-65. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Can UK earn an At-Large bid? What you need to know with Texas canceled

Braden Ramsey February 3, 2021

Nobody across the college basketball landscape expected Kentucky to be fighting for its NCAA Tournament life throughout the entirety of this 2020-21 season, but after starting 1-6, it has been the story...

Kentucky records its season-best finish at UCF Challenge

Hunter Shelton February 2, 2021

Treacherous weather and tough conditions rocked the UK women’s golf team in final round of the UCF Challenge. After shooting a 289 (1-over-par) in round one and recording a 288 (even-par) during...

Graphic by Selma Odobasic

What to know about COVID-19 variants

Natalie Parks February 2, 2021

Pandemic lesson number one – global health is local health is personal health. That lesson has become clearer than ever in the past month, as emerging strains of the COVID-19 spread from their regions...

Significant bills in state and national legislature

Daniel Jeong February 2, 2021

Congress is back in session.At the beginning of January, run-off elections in Georgia gave Democrats the edge in the Senate, allowing the party of the president to set agendas and decide which bills to...

Kentucky rests at seventh in UCF Challenge after even-par day two

Hunter Shelton February 1, 2021

A second round on par with its first has pushed the UK women’s golf team up the leaderboard ahead of the third and final round of the UCF challenge in Orlando, Florida. The Wildcats shot a season-low even-par...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Davion Mintz (10) shoots a three pointer during the University of Kentucky vs. Notre Dame basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Notre Dame won 64-63. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Men’s Basketball’s game versus Missouri rescheduled for Wednesday

Braden Ramsey February 1, 2021

Kentucky missed out on a major opportunity to give its at-large odds the hint of a pulse on Saturday night, but COVID-19 is not going to snatch a second chance from its grasp. What it has done, though,...

Cats slot right in the middle after day one of UCF Challenge

Hunter Shelton January 31, 2021

Following a long mid-season break, the UK women’s golf team has returned to action. In their first tournament in nearly three months, they began the three-round of the UCF Challenge this morning at...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Rhyne Howard (10) lays up the ball during the UK vs. Missouri womens basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 61-55. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

No. 15 Kentucky grinds out 61-55 victory over Missouri

Braden Ramsey January 31, 2021

In a game that only the truest of college basketball fans would consider calling pretty, the Cats dug deep and gutted out their sixth SEC win of the season by six against the visiting Tigers.Rhyne Howard...

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