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Providence guard Bryce Hopkins (23) shoots a free throw during the No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 11 Providence mens basketball game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kentucky won 61-53. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

A look back at Kentucky mens basketball’s prior transfers ahead of portal season

Cole Parke, Sports Editor April 4, 2023

With the news that veteran point guard Sahvir Wheeler has entered the transfer portal, it’s safe to say that portal season is now in full effect in college basketball. The Wildcats, no stranger to...

Kentucky players celebrate during the No. 18 Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky baseball game on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Kentucky won 10-8. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

No. 18 Kentucky baseball rallies late to defeat Western Kentucky in Bowling Green

Colton Johnson, Reporter March 29, 2023

No. 18 Kentucky baseball (21-3) overcame a four-run deficit late to take down Western Kentucky (16-10) at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Tuesday. The win comes after Kentucky fell 4-3...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Dontaie Allen (11) dribbles into the lane during the UK vs. Tennessee basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 107-79. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky fined $3,500 for eligibility issue regarding Dontaie Allen

Cole Parke, Sports Editor November 27, 2022

Kentucky, and more particularly Kentucky mens basketball, was fined $3,500 due to an eligibility issue that came out surrounding Dontaie Allen. Allen played in Lexington for two seasons before transferring...

Fiona Arrese celebrates a point during the University of Kentucky vs. Tennessee women’s tennis match on Sunday, March 28, 2021, at Hillary J. Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Kentucky womens tennis sweep doubleheader, improves to 8-0

Ian Alvano February 14, 2022

Kentucky womens tennis had a busy Sunday, as the Cats played competitively for the first time in three weeks, sweeping a doubleheader inside the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center. UK last played a doubleheader...

The Kentucky State Capitol dome breaks through the morning fog in Frankfort, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Photo by Martha McHaney | Staff

The real division in Kentucky

Brooklyn Kelley January 27, 2022

Moving to Lexington to attend the University of Kentucky might as well have been like moving to a whole other part of America, even though I only live a few counties away, and I grew up coming here to...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Kellan Grady (31) drives the ball into the paint during the UK vs Western Kentucky basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 95-60. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Hilltoppers toppled: No. 20 Kentucky race past WKU 95-60 behind Grady and Tshiebwe

Hunter Shelton December 22, 2021

No. 20 Kentucky improved to 9-2 on the regular season on Wednesday night following a 95-60 thrashing of Western Kentucky inside Rupp Arena. The win makes two in a row for the Wildcats after the...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari coaches his team from the sidelines during the UK vs. Miles College exhibition basketball game on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 80-71. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Preview: Western Kentucky step-in for Louisville; set to face UK in Rupp Arena

Scott Clarke December 20, 2021

After the 55th rendition of the Battle of the Bluegrass was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns within the Louisville program, the Kentucky Wildcats will now take on another in-state foe, the Western Kentucky...

Kentucky Wildcats opposite Azhani Tealer (15) spikes the ball during the UK vs. Ole Miss volleyball game on Friday, March 12, 2021, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 3-0. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Wildcats dominate Hilltoppers 3-0 to push into Elite Eight

Braden Ramsey April 19, 2021

After a 95-minute delay due to the duration of earlier tournament contests, the No. 2 team in the country wasted little time in its 3-0 dispatching of previously unbeaten No. 18 WKU, putting itself on...

Kentucky Wildcat Trae Harmon (33) runs to home plate during the UK vs. Western Kentucky University baseball game on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 6-5. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Kentucky rebounds from Ball State series by beating WKU

Eric Decker March 9, 2021

The offense wasn’t dead; it was just waiting to manifest. And it did during the most intense situations for the Cats, helping them outlast Western Kentucky 6-5 on Tuesday night.Ryan Hagenow came out...

Akvile Parazinskaite yells during fall competition.IMAGE OBTAINED BY UK ATHLETICS

Women’s Tennis 7-0 after shutout effort versus WKU

Hunter Shelton January 30, 2021

The wins are starting to pile up for Kentucky’s women’s tennis team, as they now stand at 7-0 after cruising past the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 7-0 this afternoon.  Doubles play once again went...

Kentucky senior T.J. Collett tosses the ball to a teammate during the game against Norfolk State University on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 11-1. Photo by | Staff

Kentucky baseball ends 14-game homestand with a win over WKU

Eric Decker March 10, 2020

Kentucky baseball (11-6) took care of its last test before conference play in a 10-4 thrashing of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The Wildcats finished their 14-game homestand with a record of 11-3 before...

Bernie Sams, the stallion manager at Claiborne Farm (left) and Cordell Anderson, Keeneland Ringman and RunHappy groom and check presenter (right) award Mary Kate Montroy with a $10,000 scholarship on College Scholarship Day at Keeneland on Friday, October 20, 2017 in Lexington , Kentucky. Photo By Genna Melendez | Staff

Students win big at Keeneland’s College Scholarship Day

Rick Childress October 20, 2017

She paraded by Keeneland’s historic paddock, thundered down the stretch and arrived in the Winner’s Circle almost breathless after her historic win.But she was no million-dollar thoroughbred. She was...

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