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Overtime Elite league makes big changes. Will they entice young basketball recruits?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The second season of the upstart Overtime Elite (OTE) professional basketball league is set to boast several…

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John Clay: Mark Stoops vs. Lane Kiffin: Successful sons of the family business go head-to-head

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One is about defense, the other about offense, but when seventh-ranked Kentucky plays 14th-ranked Ole Miss on…

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Big game from Will Levis leads Kentucky to 31-23 win over Northern Illinois

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The appetizers are finished. It’s time for the main course of Kentucky football’s 2022 season.

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Mark Story: What comparing Rich Scangarello’s Kentucky offense to Liam Coen’s tells us. And what it doesn’t.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the Kentucky football offense, it is go time.

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‘Every kid in New York’s dream.’ Kentucky among blue bloods pursuing top players from Big Apple.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari sent the message out to his more than 1.5 million Twitter followers late on Sunday…

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No decision reached for Kentucky school shooter seeking parole. He’ll face another hearing

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A parole decision for 39-year-old Michael Carneal, who shot and killed three girls and injured five others…

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Victims testify as Kentucky school shooter tries to get parole after 25 years in prison

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Victims who survived a school shooting 25 years ago spoke to members of the Kentucky Parole Board…

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Kentucky records first shutout since 2009 in blowout of Youngstown State

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky overcame a slow offensive start for a 31-0 win over Youngstown State for its first shutout…

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John Clay: Saturday, Kentucky can show it won’t surrender its progress without a fight

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Merriam-Webster defines it, a zero-sum game is a “situation in which one person or group can…

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Mark Story: Kentucky in a College Football Playoff? At 12 teams, the Cats can at least dream.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Saturday night, Mark Stoops earned his 60th career win as Kentucky’s football coach with No. 20…

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Newcomers lead Kentucky to 37-13 win over Miami (Ohio) to open 2022 season

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was not always pretty, but Kentucky opened its most hyped season in decades with a 37-13…

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Kentucky basketball hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2019. Do recruits care?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The recent postseason struggles for the Kentucky men’s basketball program are well documented.

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Kentucky couple loses $373,000 in 'banker' scam as FBI sees jump in financial fraud against elderly people

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Scammers posing as bank employees defrauded an elderly Kentucky couple out of $373,700 and used it to…

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The National Park Service just turned 106. Here are Kentucky sites where you can celebrate

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This month marks the 106th birthday of the National Park Service, and it’s inviting park visitors across…

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What would it take for Kentucky’s Will Levis to win the Heisman Trophy?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The preseason lists are out, the ones that try and project which college football player has the…

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Matt Bevin for Kentucky governor ... again? GOP primary field in 2023 could grow more crowded

LEXINGTON, Ky. — He may not have dropped $5 million on a piece of prize-winning pork, but former Kentucky Gov.…

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Football is starting, but here are five worthy basketball notes for 2022-23

LEXINGTON, Ky. — College football is starting, but here are five basketball notes worth mentioning for 2022-23:

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‘Suspicious activity’ at Kentucky State Fair leads to arrests and early closure

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky State Fair closed earlier than expected Saturday night after “suspicious activity” was reported to law…

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Lawsuit: Mississippi police 'terrorized' small town

Civil rights advocates say in a federal lawsuit that police have “terrorized” residents in a small Mississippi town by subjecting…

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Mark Story: Why describing Kentucky as ‘a basketball school’ is problematic — and outdated

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Alabama football visited Lexington to play Kentucky in 2013, a player both schools were then recruiting,…

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‘This program wasn’t born on third base’: Stoops-Calipari feud not settling down yet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — So much for the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops blowing over quickly.

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John Clay: Once again, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops shows he’s not about to back down

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has a difficult enough job battling the likes of Nick Saban and…

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'We're not leaving,' Biden promises in visit to flood-ravaged Eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — President Joe Biden pledged during a trip to Kentucky that the federal government would be in the…

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Bopanna loses doubles semifinals in Washington

In the Challenger in Lexington, US, second seeds Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni won the doubles title

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More people in flooded Eastern Kentucky counties eligible for housing, other help

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has approved individual assistance for people in more counties hit…

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