LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Former Kentucky great Anthony Davis will make his seventh consecutive appearance at the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 16 in his hometown of Chicago. Davis, who led UK to the national championship in 2012, was…
ATLANTA (UK Athletics) – The reigning Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year is being recognized for his stout defense once again. Kentucky men’s basketball’s Ashton Hagans was one of 15 players to appear on the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s midseason…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - Ashton Hagans scored 14 of his 23 points in the second half and No. 15 Kentucky used a 14-4 run to pull away and beat Georgia 89-79 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (14-4, 5-1 Southeastern…
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The University of Evansville has fired men's basketball coach Walter McCarty after receiving additional reports of misconduct off the court. The former Kentucky star was placed on administrative leave December 26th amid allegations of sexual misconduct…
BATON ROUGE, La. (UK Athletics) – Rhyne Howard scored 26 points, but the 11th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team struggled from the field all day, as the Cats fell to LSU 65-59 on Sunday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. For…
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - Baseball may have brought Freshman Pitcher Sam Wibbels to Lexington. It also may have saved his life. Wibbels was a star pitcher at Hastings High School in Nebraska was rated the best baseball player to come…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UK Athletics) - Nick Richards and No. 10 Kentucky could have wilted after coach John Calipari was ejected in the second half. They had another idea. Richards had 17 points and nine rebounds, and the 10th-ranked Wildcats held…
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Coming off a fourth consecutive bowl trip and returning most of the contributors from a second straight bowl championship team, UK Athletics announced ticket information for the 2020 football season on Friday. UK’s goals in pricing season…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Rhyne Howard scored 24 points as the 11th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team topped No. 12 Texas A&M 76-54 on Thursday night at Memorial Coliseum. The game was the seventh straight in which Howard has scored…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (UK Athletics) - Freshman Jermaine Couisnard hit a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded and South Carolina rallied from 14 points down in the second half to stun No. 10 Kentucky 81-78 on Wednesday night. Couisnard had a career-high…
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Softball team was picked to finish fourth in the 2020 Southeastern Conference softball preseason poll, conducted by all 13 head coaches in the league this past week. The Wildcats finished in a three-way tie for…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - Immanuel Quickley scored the game's final five points and finished with 19, Ashton Hagans had 15 with big 3 late and No. 14 Kentucky topped Alabama 76-67 on Saturday for its 1,000th Southeastern Conference victory.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Former Wildcat Anwar Stewart has been named the defensive line coach at Kentucky, head coach Mark Stoops announced today. Stewart is quite familiar with the Kentucky football program after playing linebacker/defensive end from 1996-99 under…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (UK Athletics) – Rhyne Howard tied the Kentucky women's record with 43 points as the 14th-ranked Wildcats beat Alabama 81-71 on Thursday night at Coleman Coliseum. Howard tied the school record of Jennifer O'Neill, who scored 43 points…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The national praise continues to come in for University of Kentucky women’s basketball sophomore guard Rhyne Howard who has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List, establishing her as…
LOS ANGELES (UK Athletics) – Sophomore Ashton Hagans and freshman Tyrese Maxey remain in the hunt for the John R. Wooden Award after appearing on the Wooden Midseason Top 25 list on Wednesday. The candidates were announced on ESPNU. Kentucky…
ATHENS, Ga. (UK Athletics) - Immanuel Quickley's 3-pointer gave No. 14 Kentucky its first lead of the second half and the Wildcats overcame Anthony Edwards' 23 points to beat Georgia 78-69 on Tuesday night and continue their domination of the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – For the second time this season and the 10th time in her two-year career, University of Kentucky women’s basketball sophomore guard Rhyne Howard has received a weekly honor from the league office as she was…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Rhyne Howard scored a career high 37 points as the 13th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team topped No. 22 Tennessee 80-76 on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. Howard tied the UK school record with seven made…
LEXINGTON, KY (UK Athletics)- University of Kentucky football head coach Mark Stoops has announced the signing of four-star Bowling Green High School safety Vito Tisdale to a national letter of intent. The early signing period ends Jan. 15. Tisdale joins…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) - Nick Richards carried the load for No. 17 Kentucky before Immanuel Quickley finished the job for the Wildcats. Quickley scored a career-high 23 points, Nick Richards had 21 and Kentucky beat Missouri 71-59 Saturday in…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - Kentucky football's Defensive Line Coach Derrick LeBlanc has accepted a job at Arkansas. LeBlanc will be taking over the same position for the Razorbacks. The Louisiana native joined Mark Stoops' staff in 2017. Before Kentucky, LeBlanc…
EDIT: Below ABC 36’s original article is the press release from UK Athletics. LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - Houston Hogg, one of the four players who helped break the color barrier in the SEC has passed away. Hogg was 71 years…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (UK Athletics) – Rhyne Howard scored 28 points, but the 13th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team fell to No. 4 South Carolina 99-72 on Thursday night at Colonial Life Arena. Howard's 28 points are the most she has ever…