LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - Back in 2008, Ryan Martin O’Connor was a freshman cheerleader at Kentucky. Fast forward 12 years and she’s the program’s new head coach. She’s taking over for Jomo Thompson who was fired last month. O’Connor says…
New coach ready to get started.
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - Kentucky Women’s Basketball head coach Matthew Mitchell is recovering from brain surgery. Coach Mitchell’s wife Jenna posted to Facebook that four months ago Coach Mitchell fell and suffered a concussion. He wasn’t well for a couple…
Kentucky senior Zeke Lewis will return next season, taking advantage of the NCAA’s ruling on eligibility relief for spring sports student-athletes whose season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – University of Kentucky senior punter Max Duffy can add another preseason accolade to his resume as Sporting News lists him as a first-team preseason All-American, it was announced Thursday. Duffy, a native of Perth, Australia, was…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ/UK Public Affairs) – Ryan Martin O’Connor, who built the UAB and Ole Miss cheerleading programs into national contenders in recent years, is the new head coach of Kentucky’s cheerleading program, Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart announced on Tuesday.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – UK Athletics’ phased approach to its return to activity continues. The initial screening process has been completed for the football team and student-athletes are participating in voluntary workouts, with other sports now following. Football…
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - First reported by @JUCOFootballACE on Twitter then confirmed by ABC 36 Sports, Kentucky linebacker Xavier Peters is transferring from Kentucky. JUCO Football Scouting, LLC reports he will he headed to Garden City Community College. Peters transferred…
Full board to consider proposal Friday.
States will agree on handling large crowd events
(NCAA) - The Division I Council approved a plan for summer athletics activities for men’s and women’s basketball. The Council met virtually Wednesday. The Division I Council adopted the same summer athletics activities model for both sports but made an…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Former Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch has been named to the 2021 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today. Couch is…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky football will return a bit earlier than expected this fall, breaking out of the starting gate first on a holiday weekend that also includes the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby. UK’s season opener vs.…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - Sunday was the first day Major League Baseball teams could begin to sign undrafted free agents. And it didn’t take long for one of the league’s most storied franchises to give former Bat Cat Carson Coleman…
University of Kentucky relief pitcher Carson Coleman signs with the New York Yankees.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – University of Kentucky senior punter Max Duffy has been named a first-team preseason All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, it was announced Thursday. He is one of 13 players on the preseason list who…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - The Cats are back! It will be awhile before they throw the pads on, but for the first time since spring football was canceled, the football cats have returned to the Joe Craft Training Facility. As…
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ)- Former Kentucky Wildcats Erik Daniels and Ravi Moss are putting together a march this weekend to raise awareness for the Black Lives Matter movement. It's been a powerful and emotional two weeks for Daniels and Moss, as…
Update 1:44 PM: Lynn Bowden’s agent tweeted a statement on what exactly happened this morning. No one was arrested or charged with any crimes. https://twitter.com/element_sports/status/1270764716571443206?s=21 Update 10:53 AM: WKBN is reporting loaded assault rifles and handguns have been seized from…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - Get off the sideline and in the game. That was the message from Mark Stoops as he and his players descended on downtown Lexington last Friday decked out in "Black Lives Matter" shirts. Junior Defensive End…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - The tragedy of George Floyd and the protesting and unrest that has followed in Minneapolis, has affected many around the world, for solid blue fans one former basketball cat is greatly affected. Reid Travis is a…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – T.J. Collett could see his dream of playing professional baseball come true this week as Major League Baseball holds its 2020 draft but he's already succeeded in perhaps his most important goal: changing the lives of…
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LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - In the SEC, it all starts up front, but if you don’t have a strong secondary, then teams will throw it all over the yard. The last two seasons, the Cats had one of the best secondaries…