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Kentucky coalminer goes viral over picture of him at son’s basketball game

Michael McGuire hurried after work to watch game, still wearing his uniform and covered in soot

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After open-heart surgery, UK’s Tionna Herron begins the journey back to basketball

As the University of Kentucky class of 2026 spent its first month on campus, Tionna Herron could only watch her college classmates via a Snapchat story.

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Rand Paul seeks third term stoking controversy, railing against authority

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Mark Story: Vince Marrow might have discovered a gem for Kentucky football at his nephew’s basketball game

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Vince Marrow spent Valentine’s Day in 2021 taking in some high school hoops. The University of Kentucky football recruiting ace was in Richmond to watch his nephew, John McCrear, then playing for Lexington Catholic, face off against Madison Central.

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Oscar Tshiebwe helping new teammate find his way. Kentucky is going to benefit.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The announcement that Ugonna Onyenso — a highly touted center from Nigeria — would be joining the University of Kentucky basketball team for the 2022-23 season came on Aug. 1, just a few days before his future teammates were headed to the Bahamas for a series of…

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White Oak Tree Nursery celebrates 10 years of recovery and a new milestone

Representatives from the Kentucky Division of Forestry, the University of Kentucky and other partners are gathering in Morgan County today.

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Mark Story: Can Christopher Rodriguez put the oomph back in Kentucky’s rushing attack?

At one point during a recent Kentucky Wildcats football practice, the sight of exiled UK running back Christopher Rodriguez in the huddle with the Cats’ second-string offense moved his teammates to levity.

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Mark Story: Is there a scenario where UK football goes 11-1 in 2022 — and Cats fans are unhappy?

The University of Kentucky began playing football in 1881. In all the time since, no Wildcats team has ever reached 11 wins in a regular season.

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Mark Story: Can UK prevent Stoops-Calipari from becoming Bear Bryant-Adolph Rupp II?

Adolph Rupp is the greatest men’s basketball coach in Southeastern Conference history. Before Nick Saban, Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach the SEC had ever seen.

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John Clay: We’re witnessing a strange, new chapter in University of Kentucky athletics

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new.

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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, John Hardin defensive lineman Matt Elam, was making an unofficial recruiting visit to UK.

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Mark Story: In 2022, Mark Stoops will make UK football history, but his program faces two big tests

Barring an unforeseen cataclysm, Mark Stoops will make University of Kentucky sports history in 2022. When UK kicks off its season Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. vs. Miami (Ohio) at Kroger Field, Stoops will set a new longevity record for a Kentucky head football coach by commencing a 10th season…

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Mark Story: Who should be on Kentucky football’s all-time NFL team?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — If Miami University (the one in Ohio) is known as “The Cradle of Coaches,” then the University of Kentucky football program should be called “The Crib of Centers.”

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Down-to-the-wire Barbasol Championship produces first-time PGA Tour winner

Trey Mullinax stood on the edge of what his life was before and what it now is.

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Scientists Create New Promising Drug for Toxoplasmosis

A new University of Kentucky study may lead to a new treatment against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. Millions of people carry the parasite T. gondii, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. However, toxoplasmosis can have severe consequences…

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John Clay: Is there more anticipation for UK football than UK basketball?

We might be experiencing one of those rare summer occurrences in the Bluegrass, one in which there is more anticipation for the upcoming University of Kentucky football season than the UK basketball season.

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Jacob Toppin is heading back to Kentucky ‘with big goals in mind'

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball roster continued to take shape Tuesday evening with the announcement that forward Jacob Toppin would return for a third season with the Wildcats in 2022-23.

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Alabama transfer Javon Baker will not enroll at Kentucky. That’s news to Baker.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Javon Baker, a transfer from Alabama whom the University of Kentucky announced as part of its 2022 signing class in February, is no longer coming to the school.

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Report: Warrant issued after Kentucky football star Chris Rodriguez fails to appear in court

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A warrant was issued for University of Kentucky football player Chris Rodriguez after he failed to appear in court Friday afternoon.

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UK holds its first campus-wide job fair this weekend

The University of Kentucky is staging its first-ever campus-wide job fair Saturday at Kroger Field. The university says there are currently more than 700 job openings

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For Kenny McPeek, the Kentucky Derby is the final Triple Crown box to check

The story has been told before, but bears repeating. It was 4 a.m. and Kenny McPeek had been out celebrating finishing his final class at the University of Kentucky when it suddenly occurred to him he had to get a job.

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Louisville native among eight named to Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame

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Earth Day 2022 signals increased interest in EVs

The increasing interest in electric vehicles fits right in with Friday’s Earth Day environmental focus. Y.T. Cheng is a professor of materials science at the University of Kentucky. Cheng anticipates the pace of production for electric cars and trucks to continue to speed up.

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USDA Announces Intent To Conduct A National Hemp Survey In Partnership With The University Of Kentucky

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Report: Former NFL OC Rich Scangarello replacing Liam Coen at Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rich Scangarello, an assistant in the NFL the last five seasons, will reportedly be the University of Kentucky’s next offensive coordinator.

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