They never lost a nonconference game, but they almost began the conference slate 0-1. The Cats (16-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) could never establish a convincing lead against a Georgia squad that refused to go away, but finally pulled out a 76-68 win thanks in part to the play of freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins. “Well, I […]
Continue reading …The link for the live blog of UK’s game today against Georgia is below. Please feel free to stop by and interact with Kernel bloggers James Pennington and Metz Camfield as they blog live from the floor at Rupp Arena. UK vs. Georgia
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The UK men’s basketball team may have a record of 15-0 and ranked No. 3 in the country, but on Saturday they’ll be 0-0 and about to start a new season. Georgia (8-5) comes to Rupp Arena on Saturday afternoon and the Cats will begin Southeastern Conference play with a clean slate. “This is what […]
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Surrounded by his family, friends, UK dignitaries such as Mitch Barnhart, John Calipari and Rich Brooks and a swarm of media members, new UK head coach Joker Phillips paused. He looked at his prepared statement again. Silently read through it and started to choke up. He had thanked nearly everyone he knew up until now […]
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Joker Phillips was introduced as the 36th head coach of the UK football program Jan. 6 at 3: 08 p.m. The time was an ode to the No. 8 jersey Phillips donned as a Wildcat receiver from 1981-84 and marks the beginning of what Phillips coined “Operation Win.†Phillips, who was the head coach of […]
Continue reading …Playing years 1979-80 – Joker Phillips, a three-sport star at Franklin-Simpson High School in Franklin, Ky., leads the Wildcats to back-to-back state championships as a quarterback. 1981-84 – As a standout at wide receiver at UK, Phillips finishes his collegiate career with 75 catches for 935 yards and nine touchdowns. Phillips signs on with Fran […]
Continue reading …UK athletics has called a news conference for 3:08 p.m. today to introduce Joker Phillips as UK’s new head football coach. Be sure to stay tuned to KyKernel.com for more news on this story throughout the day…
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UK filed a motion to dismiss the James Paxton case in Fayette Circuit Court earlier this week, Paxton’s attorneys announced Tuesday. The motion will be heard in the next scheduled court date, Jan. 15. In the motion, UK states Paxton’s attorneys “failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.” If the case […]
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By now, you probably know that John Wall is the latest Sports Illustrated cover boy. If you don’t, the cover is to the right, with an overplayed headline. All that to the side, it was only a matter of time before UK’s best player and top superstar would land on the cover of the premier […]
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UK head coach Rich Brooks officially announced his retirement Jan. 4, eight days after UK’s Music City Bowl loss to Clemson, when Brooks said he was “80 percent sure†he was leaning toward retirement. Brooks thanked the people involved in helping him resurrect a UK program to what he termed a “level of respectability,†but […]
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