Sean Woods gets second head coaching job in matter of months
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Former Kentucky men's basketball player and current Scott County boy's hoops Head Coach, Sean Woods, is this…
Mark Pope lands last piece of 2025 recruiting class
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Head Coach Mark Pope pulled in another commitment to his 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday; Braydon Hawthorne from Huntington Prep in…
Kentucky falls to Clemson 5-1 in regional final
CLEMSON, Sc. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The tigers beat the cats 5-1 in Sunday's regional final, eliminating Kentucky's chances at a super regional. Kentucky finished their season at 31-38 overall and 7-17 in the SEC. That marks the 16th-straight…
Kentucky Softball advances to Regional Final
CLEMSON, Sc. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The Kentucky softball team dominated USC Upstate with an 11-0 shutout in Saturday afternoon’s first elimination game. Just a few hours later, the Wildcats faced a familiar foe—Northwestern—for a second time in the…
Kentucky hosting 2025 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - For the first time since 2014, The University of Kentucky is the host site for the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet kicked off Thursday afternoon and extends through Saturday evening. All…
Former Wildcat Amoore to miss entire WNBA season due to injury
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Former Kentucky women's basketball point guard, Georgia Amoore, will miss the 2025 WNBA season after undergoing a successful surgery on an ACL injury she…
Which former Wildcats are still alive in the NBA Playoffs?
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, blocks a shot by Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray in the first half of Game 6 in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA basketball playoffs Thursday, May 15,…
Kentucky Football adds final transfers during spring portal
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Seven new transfers are scheduled to arrive on campus for Kentucky Football in time for summer workouts in June along with 11 incoming freshman from high school.…
All-Pro pass rusher Trey Hendrickson shows up at Bengals' practice frustrated over contract
CINCINNATI (AP) — A text from head coach Zac Taylor led Bengals All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson to head to Cincinnati, attend Tuesday’s…
Physicality is what Mark Pope thinks makes Otega Oweh an NBA caliber talent
Kentucky guard Otega Oweh (00) shoots the game-winning shot to defeat Oklahoma during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 14, 2025, in…
Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Football players from 17 college and universities from across Kentucky have been named to the 2025 Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team. The team is an annual recognition from the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame and the…
UK Football's Kattus wins Judge's Champion Award at 2025 Dancing with the Lexington Stars
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Kentucky Football's Josh Kattus is the winner of Dancing with the Lexington Stars' Mirror Ball Trophy for the second year in a…
UK Softball locking in ahead of NCAA Tournament on Friday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Only one team of Wildcats will remain after the first weekend of the NCAA Softball Tournament in Clemson, South Carolina. Kentucky…
UK Softball is going dancing for the 16th consecutive year
CLEMSON, Sc. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky softball is putting on their dancing shoes, yet again. The wildcats (29-26) were selected on Sunday as an at-large team out of the SEC conference. Kentucky will be taking on the wildcats…
A Kentucky homecoming for Lexington's Reece Potter
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Reece Potter had already made a name for himself in Lexington as a high-profile high school player, but that name is going to ring…
Former Wildcat Oxendine signs with Canadian Football League team
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Former Kentucky football linebacker Octavious Oxendine has found a professional team after going unselected in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Radcliff, Kentucky native is a new…
Kentucky and Louisville men's basketball matchup slated for Tuesday November 11
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Kentucky and Louisville will renew one of the marquee matchups in college basketball on Tuesday, November 11 at the KFC Yum! Center. The news…
Kentucky football adds two more transfers: OL Rob Folger and WR Ashton Cozart
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky football added two offensive players from the transfer portal on Tuesday. First up is offensive lineman Rob Fogler, a redshirt sophomore out of Ball State. Fogler arrives in Lexington with three years…
#12 Georgia run-rules #13 Kentucky in SEC Tournament opener
ATHENS, Ga. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The wildcats were swiftly eliminated from the 2025 SEC Softball Tournament after an 8-0 run-rule loss to Georgia in five innings on Tuesday afternoon. Georgia plated three runs in the first inning and…
7-foot-1 Miami (OH) transfer center Reece Potter commits to Kentucky
OXFORD, Oh. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A familiar face is heading back to the Bluegrass State. Lexington native and former Lexington Catholic standout, Reece Potter, is returning home after spending his first two collegiate seasons at Miami (OH). During…
UCF tight end Elijah Brown commits to Kentucky
ORLANDO, Fl. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The Kentucky Wildcats have bolstered their tight end room with the addition of transfer Elijah Brown, who joins the program from UCF. Brown, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound junior from Dayton, Ohio, began his college…
Travis Perry commits to Ole Miss
OXFORD, Ms. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Former Mr. Kentucky Basketball and Lyon County standout Travis Perry announced his commitment to SEC foe Ole Miss via social media on Sunday afternoon. Perry entered the NCAA transfer portal just ahead of…
Mark Pope to face off against Rick Pitino on a national stage next season
ATLANTA, Ga. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Kentucky and Head Coach Mark Pope will take on former head Wildcat Rick Pitino and St. Johns in the 2025 edition…
Former Wildcat Amoore injured in Mystics practice
WASHINGTON D.C. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Former Kentucky women's basketball point guard Georgia Amoore is dealing with an injury with her new team, the Washington Mystics, during a practice on Tuesday, the team…