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Lots of blue and smiles today as @robinson__era announced his commitment to Kentucky. #BBN (video: @mdorseymedia )
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As part of UK's weeklong homecoming celebration, CJ Conrad, along with UK cheerleaders Riley Aguiar, Josh Marsh, and Wildcat mascot Scratch, visited patients in the Kentucky Children's Hospital.
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Ex-Cats Will Levis and Wan’Dale Robinson back in Lexington for Saturday’s Kentucky season opener. The NFL season gets underway for both next weekend.
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7 years
Julius Randle back in Lexington: 'This is like my second home'
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6 years
It's a Snell-ebration! Fans stormed the field after UK football's upset of No. 14 Mississippi State. #BBN #WeAreUK
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6 years
Time to party like it’s 1986, y’all! How long has it been since UK’s last win over Florida? 🤵Ronald Reagan was president. 🛸The “Star Wars” series was still just a trilogy. 🐝 Beyoncé was 5 years old.
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6 years
Here's what Kash Daniel thinks makes this UK football team different. #BBN #WeAreUK #UKvsUF
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7 years
Herald-Leader’s Smith honored as Kentucky’s top sportswriter
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3 years
Lee Kiefer, a Paul Laurence Dunbar graduate, had placed fifth at the 2012 London Games and was 10th at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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6 years
UK Football has been Larger Than Life this year, but we want More Than That. Quit Playing Games with our hearts and Show ‘Em you’ve Got it Goin’ On. We’ll be the Perfect Fan. @backstreetboys
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It takes all of us. #GetUp #WeAreUK
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Randall Cobb on Hall induction: This will always be my old Kentucky home
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8 years
The Sweetest Century: Mason County’s Chris Lofton was ‘One of a kind’
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6 years
“I don’t know anyone more highly respected than C.M. of all the people I worked with in my 38 years at the NCAA,” said Tom Jernstedt, the organization’s longtime executive vice president.
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“He’s very happy where he’s at and he’s taken advantage of his opportunity so far. It’s all been very positive, but we also know that this is a long journey.” #BBN
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John Wall on UK’s impact on the NBA: ‘We run the league’
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6 years
Seahawks' Russell Wilson on George Fant: “I gave him the ball for the game because he’s been a special player for us. He’s been one of our MVPs, in my opinion."
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6 years
Kentucky's Benny Snell ran for 175 yards in the win over Florida. #BBN #WeAreUK #UKvsUF
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6 years
"Whatever you might think of the post-Kentucky Pitino, you can’t erase the job he did here, taking a program that was on probation and returning it not just to excellence, but to prominence," @johnclayiv writes. #BBN
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7 years
Former Lafayette star Lucky Jackson vying to be WKU’s new No. 1 receiver.
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6 years
The UK women win for only the fourth time ever in Knoxville, defeating the Lady Vols 73-71! Incredibly, Cats won after losing Taylor Murray to injury and Maci Morris and Rhyne Howard to fouls. Jaida Roper clutch down the stretch. Details to come shortly.
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6 years
. @robinson__era is now the No. 1-ranked prospect in the state of Kentucky. Here's our story from the day he picked UK:
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6 years
Wandale Robinson makes a huge move in latest 247Sports national rankings
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7 years
‘The Wildcats are with you.’ A coach, a QB and a special visit to a boy’s hospital room.
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7 years
Kentucky’s Barnhart sends strongly worded letter to Pac-12 about bowl officiating
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Justin Thomas is the 2017 Kentucky Sports Figure of the Year. He beat out a ‘jaw-droppingly special’ field.
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6 years
"My prayers have been answered! ... I'm back!" #BBN
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6 years
Kentucky took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter, and Mark Stoops' squad made it hold up. #BBN #WeAreUK #UKvsUF
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3 years
There's a lot packed in here that UK fans don't often get to see.
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3 years
Win #10 was the @CitrusBowl . A fairy-tale ending in Orlando. #ForTheTeam └📂Chapter 10 └📂Kentucky 20, Iowa 17
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UK has confirmed that defensive coordinator Matt House is staying with the Cats. Previous reports had him leaving to become the Kansas City Chiefs' linebackers coach.
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UK Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Anthony Davis: "I'm always excited to come back here ... This is where it all started for me." #BBN #WeAreUK
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Kentucky’s Sydney McLaughlin ran the fastest time in the world so far this year in the women's 400 meters at the Florida Relays on Friday. #BBN
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"Thank you for everything you've done. We love you. ... You earned it." #BBN
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For UK football fans, the moment you have craved for decades — and feared would never happen — is now real. #BBN
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Kevin Knox Sr.: "I think we should take our time and weigh everything. If it’s the NBA, then we’ll go in that direction. If at that point, it’s coming back, then hopefully the #BBN will have us back.”
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7 years
John Wall’s returning to UK to complete his degree. ‘I promised my dad that.’
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5 years
"It's just a way for all of us coaches to say that we're still here for you." High school baseball fields around the commonwealth, including Frederick Douglass were illuminated Wednesday night for 20 minutes and 20 seconds for the class of 2020.
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Patrick Towles has a new calling. "There were specific moments in my life that led me here." #BBN
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Benny Snell set UK's career rushing record and the Cats earned a 10th win for the first time since 1977. #BBN #CitrusBowlChamps
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The Georgetown Tigers became only the seventh school to win as many as three titles in the oldest national college tournament.
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6 years
Watch Kentucky fans react to the final TD in the Cats' historic win. #BBN #WeAreUK #UKvsUF
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Kentucky great Dan Issel leading effort to bring NBA team to Louisville
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3 years
Ex-Cat Sydney McLaughlin sets world record in winning Olympic gold medal in 400 hurdles.
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