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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UK will change Calipari’s record to reflect vacated wins

June 16, 2011

After the NCAA told UK that honoring John Calipari's 500th career victory last season was in error due to previously vacated wins, UK will now change his record in publications. The official statement:After...

View entire contents of NCAA/UK discussion over 500th win

June 16, 2011

Via open records requests, Brett Dawson of Cats Illustrated obtained the three instances of correspondence between the NCAA and UK regarding Calipari's 500th win. Collectively, they are enlightening. Go...

ESPN article on Terrence Jones; UK to play Penn State; Lawson given extension

June 14, 2011

A couple quick notes from the day:ESPN's Andy Katz had a piece about Terrence Jones, and how he wanted to come back and emerge as a leader next year rather than become a late lottery pick. Going 13th in...

Calipari contract extension in the works; Teague hits game-winner

June 11, 2011

Some quick-hitter notes on a late Friday:1) Mitch Barnhart released a statement via Twitter that reinforced his desire to stay at UK (amid his name being mentioned as a possible candidate for the Tennessee...

 

A different kind of on-campus living

June 9, 2011

 Outgoing First Lady Patsy Todd said the most important thing she does with Maxwell Place, the on-campus presidential home, is preserve it.“There’s just so many human stories,” she said about the...

 

Potential Realized: Alex Meyer 23rd pick in MLB draft

June 7, 2011

It is always a risk when a player turns down a professional contract from an MLB team coming out of high school. If he decides to go to college, he has to stay through at least his junior year. All sorts...

SEC basketball eliminates divison format, will become a single 12-team league

June 2, 2011

There will be no more SEC East and West champions in basketball anymore.After conference coaches proposed a plan to eliminate the divisions and merge into a single 12-team league, conference athletic directors...

 

Coming Soon: UK commits evoke limitless anticipation for next year

May 30, 2011

Three thousand, eight hundred and fifty people attended the gold-medal game between the USA and Poland in the 2010 FIBA U17 Tournament on July 11, 2010.One of those people was John Calipari.He went to...

UK softball falls to Cal in Super Regional after 3-game series

May 30, 2011

By Les JohnsThe UK softball team scored a decisive 8-0 victory in game two of the Super Regional Sunday afternoon, but could not continue its momentum in the decisive third game, losing 9-0.Nearly everyone...

 

After 1-0 loss, UK Softball hopes for Sunday wins

May 28, 2011

By Les JohnsA raucous sold-out home crowd went home disappointed as the UK Softball team lost the first game of the NCAA Super Regional to California 1-0.The normally potent UK offense was completely stymied...

Outtakes on Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist, Marquis Teague, Kyle Wiltjer

May 27, 2011

Some quotes on the four as a whole:Don Showalter, USA U17 coach: With Gilchrist and Teague, we spent three weeks with them last summer. If there’s something negative about those kids, we would have found...

The (Thurs)day in UK news

May 27, 2011

Another busy day that prevented me from posting during the day, but here's some links on what happened.Biggest item of the day: the DeAndre Liggins recruitment story. ESPN's massive report on an Indiana...

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