SOLID BLUE REPORT: UK vs. Louisville Rivalry
What the Kentucky coordinators and players have to say about this weeks rivalry game.
UK talks offensive improvements heading into season
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- UK Football says they improved their offensive line and running back depth from last season. UK brought in five transfers to solidify the big blue wall. Coach Mark Stoops says that the line has eight or…
Kentucky staves off elimination
LEXINGTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) – A bruised but not battered Kentucky will play on Monday night for a regional championship for the second time in the last six NCAA Tournaments. Kentucky (39-19) survived two elimination games on Sunday to force…
Indiana's late surge leads to win over Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. – On the verge of advancing to the Lexington Regional final, Kentucky was stunned on a late home run, falling 5-3 at Kentucky Proud Park on Saturday night in front of the largest crowd in Kentucky baseball history. The…
Record eight SEC schools to host baseball regionals
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (SEC Sports) - A record eight Southeastern Conference baseball programs were selected among 16 regional hosts for the NCAA Baseball Tournament, according to an announcement Sunday by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. The previous record was seven…
Wildcats lose in first round of the SEC Tournament
HOOVER, Ala. – (UK Athletics) – Alabama’s Andrew Pinckney did it all as No. 24 Alabama shut out No. 25 Kentucky, 4-0, in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Wildcats fell to 36-18…
UK Hoops legend Cotton Nash dies
LEXINGTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) – Charles “Cotton” Nash, a three-time All-American men’s basketball player and a University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer, died Tuesday. He was 80. Nash (1962-64) appeared in 78 games for the Wildcats and averaged…
Kentucky run ruled to end softball season
EVANSTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) – The Miami University RedHawks beat Kentucky 9-0 in five innings Saturday night in Evanston to end the Wildcats season. Miami scored one time in the first, five times in the second, a run in…
Kentucky concludes best regular season since 2017
LEXINGTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) – No. 3 Florida broke free of a pitching duel in the seventh inning to score a 5-2 series-clinching victory over No. 20 Kentucky on Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Proud Park. Junior Austin Strickland was…
Kentucky softball reaches 14th consecutive NCAA Tourna
LEXINGTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) – The Kentucky Softball team has qualified for its 14th-straight NCAA Tournament and has been placed in the 2023 Evanston Regional hosted by Northwestern University this weekend just outside of Chicago. Northwestern earned the No.…
Big Blue Bombs lead Cats to win over Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – (UK Athletics) – No. 15 Kentucky smashed nearly 2,000 feet of home runs, outlasted an hour and 55-minute rain delay and became the first team to shut out Tennessee since 2021 in a 10-0 Mother’s Day victory…
Katching up with Kowalik
https://cdn.field59.com/WTVQ/1682309541-719f25fc5716acd8700114dd2bdb118dd3d461a3_fl9-720p.mp4 WATCH: A look at the Wildcat journey of Kentucky softball catcher Kayla Kowalik
Kentucky defeats Georgia to win SEC Championship
AUBURN, Ala. – (UK Athletics) – No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis (24-4) claimed the program’s second-ever SEC Tournament title, emerging on top in a 4-3 classic against No. 4 Georgia (20-6) on Sunday evening at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. With…
No. 9 Kentucky drops its first series of the season
ATHENS, Ga. – (UK Athletics) – Proving baseball can be an extremely fickle game, No. 9 Kentucky couldn’t generate its normal offensive mojo on Easter Sunday, dropping back-to-back games for the first time this season as Georgia capitalized on early momentum…
Ole Miss takes series finale over Wildcats
OXFORD, Miss. – (UK Athletics) – The Ole Miss Rebels salvaged a game of the weekend series on Sunday afternoon, beating No. 16 Kentucky 9-3. Kentucky had already clinched the series with wins on Friday (4-3) and Saturday (7-5). The…
Kentucky drops game three, wins SEC road series
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – (UK Athletics) – No. 22 Kentucky was on the wrong side of a sequence of flukish plays, as No. 25 Alabama scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning for its first lead in the series…
Wildcats avoid the sweep led by Ebbs
LEXINGTON, Ky. – (UK Athletics) –Taylor Ebbs hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning to score the sixth, seventh and eighth runs of the frame for the Wildcats as Kentucky used the strong start and a…
Kentucky falls to Kansas State in NCAA Tournament
GREENSBORO, N.C. (UK Athletics) - Oscar Tshiebwe had 25 points and 18 rebounds, but third-seeded Kansas State used a late 13-2 run to beat sixth-seeded Kentucky 75-69 in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday…
Kentucky dominates on the diamond against Wright State
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - Devin Burkes is a five-alarm inferno right now. The sophomore catcher drove in a career-high seven runs as Kentucky won the series over Wright State with a 15-0 victory on Sunday at Kentucky Proud Park.…
Kentucky steamrolls Auburn
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - A basketball team that exhibits great balance can be very tough to defend. That’s what Kentucky exhibited on Saturday against Auburn. The Cats had four players in double figures en route to beating the Tigers…
Kentucky falls at Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (UK Athletics) - On Saturday in Athens, Kentucky found itself in an uphill battle against Georgia, even before the game started. The Cats were without guards CJ Fredrick and Sahvir Wheeler, who missed the game due to injury.…
Wallace, Toppin lead Wildcats to win against Florida
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - On a night when its primary scorers were failing to put points on the board, Kentucky needed some alternative form of offense in its Southeastern Conference showdown against Florida on Saturday. Enter CJ Fredrick, Jacob…
Kentucky secures upset road win against #5 Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tn. - (UK Athletics) -Kentucky head coach John Calipari has implored his team to fight all season. Fight on defense. Fight for rebounds. Fight for loose balls. Fight through tough times. On Saturday, the Cats needed to bring the…