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OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Like New
By Gary Miller One thing I notice each deer season is how much more aware of my surroundings at the beginning of the season than I am in the middle or toward the end. The first few times I’m in a treestand, I am quick to notice everything about my environment. I take notice not because I’m trying to gain a hunting advantage, but because it has been months since I was last in this place. The sights, sounds, and smells are new again. And their effect on my senses is overwhelmi
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22 hours ago2 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: A Joyful Heart In a Troubled World
By Father Yohanes Akoit The Gospel reading for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time presents another parable about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who invited people to the wedding feast of his son (Matthew 22:1- 14). Through this image, Jesus invites us to see Heaven as a joyful reality, a place where people gather to share in the happiness of the host. There will be no suffering, sorrow, or pain. Heaven is the state known
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22 hours ago3 min read
Strack Named Preseason SEC Defensive Player of the Year, Preseason All-SEC First Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Clara Strack was named the Preseason Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-SEC First Team by USA Today, before also hauling in All-SEC First Team honors by a panel of conference and national media, on Monday. Clara Strack (Photo by Rob Raymond) The senior center was the lone player to receive more than one vote for Preseason SEC Defensive Player of the Year, while she was one of just five players in the league to receive Preseaso
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Momcilovic, Moreno Chosen Preseason All-SEC; UK Picked to Finish at No. 7 in SEC
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Florida has been chosen to repeat as SEC Champion in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Milan Momcilovic (Photo by Jamie H. Vaught) Florida’s Thomas Haugh is the preseason choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Alex Condon (Florida), Billy Richmond III (Arkansas), and Tyler Tanner (Vanderbilt) also received votes in the Player of the Year voting. Haugh and Tanner were each All-SEC First Team select
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22 hours ago1 min read
Brock Coffman, Kenny Darby Earn SEC Weekly Honors
Kentucky wide receiver/punt returner Brock Coffman and wide receiver Kenny Darby have earned Southeastern Conference weekly honors, the league announced Monday. Darby is the freshman of the week for the second consecutive week and Coffman the co-special teams player of the week for performances in a 35-34 overtime victory over No. 10 LSU, the Wildcats’ second top 10 win of the season. Wide receiver/punt returner Brock Coffman of Kentucky (UK Athletics Photo) Coffman, a 6-foot
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PHOTO GALLERY: Kentucky Stuns No. 10 LSU 35-34 in Overtime
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2 days ago1 min read
Gutsy 2-Point Conversion Lifts UK to Historic Overtime Upset of No. 10 LSU
Kentucky fans storm Kroger Field following the Wildcats' stunning overtime win over LSU Saturday night. (UK Athletics Photo) By Jamie H. Vaught KySportsStyle.com Magazine Thrilling! Wow! Speechless! Stunning! Exciting! That's a pretty accurate description of how Big Blue Nation felt Saturday night at Kroger Field as Kentucky bounced back late in the fourth quarter with a game-tying field goal in regulation and came up with a surprising 35-34 overtime victory over No. 10 LSU.
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3 days ago4 min read
Former WKU Basketball Coach, Athletic Director Jim Richards Dies
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Jim Richards, a former WKU men's basketball head coach, athletics director and member of the WKU Athletic Hall of Fame whose contributions to Hilltopper Athletics spanned more than four decades, passed away Friday, Oct. 9. He was 90 years old. A native of Adair County, Kentucky, Richards was one of the most versatile figures in WKU Athletics history, serving the university as a student-athlete, coach and administrator. His contributions included helping
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4 days ago4 min read
Randall Cobb Named UK's SEC Legend
Former University of Kentucky football all-purpose threat and star Randall Cobb has been named to the 2026 Southeastern Conference Football Legends class presented by T-Mobile, the league office announced Thursday. Known as “The Swiss Army Knife of College Football,” Cobb is one of the most versatile, dynamic players in the history of the Southeastern Conference. Randall Cobb, shown with then-UK football coach Rich Brooks during his early college days, has been named to the 2
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5 days ago3 min read
2026 UK Homecoming Royalty Crowned
Ali Kashif and Molly Bachman were named 2026 UK Homecoming king and queen at the Homecoming Royalty Showcase Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the UK Gatton Student Center. (Photo by Carter Sloss | UK Creative Services) By Hayden Gooding University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. — Ali Kashif and Molly Bachman were crowned 2026 University of Kentucky Homecoming king and queen Wednesday night. Ali Kashif, from Prospect, Kentucky, is a senior neuroscience major in the College of Arts and
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5 days ago5 min read
UK Women Finalize 2026-27 Schedule; Cats Face Clemson, Louisville at Rupp Arena
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Less than one month until the start of the season, the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team, which is ranked ninth in the nation according to a preseason poll by On3, revealed tip times and TV designations for all 30 games, which includes a program record 17 games picked up for national television. Coach Kenny Brooks is beginning his third year at Kentucky. (Photo by Jamie H. Vaught) TV designation notes: 17 of 30 games will be on national televisi
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6 days ago1 min read
Kentucky Men Finalize Hoops Schedule with Tipoff Times and TV Designations
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 2026-27 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule has been finalized with the Southeastern Conference’s announcement of dates, tip times and television designations for all league games and selected nonconference games. The Wildcats are slated to play 35 total games, 32 regular-season matchups and three exhibitions. Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center will be the site for 22 games, 10 are away games and there are neutral-site matchups against Kansas, Indiana an
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6 days ago2 min read
VIDEO: Coach Will Stein Previews Saturday Night's UK-LSU Showdown
LSU (4-1, 1-1 SEC) at Kentucky (4-1, 2-1 SEC) Series: LSU leads, 39-16-1 Last: UK, 42-21 (2021 at Lexington) 7 p.m. ET • ESPN SiriusXM: 177/229 – 83 Lexington, Ky. • Kroger Field (61,000) Live Statistics/Matchup/Preview: https://www.secsports.com/scores/football
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Oct 61 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Hansel and Gretel — A Story of Hope and Family Reunion
By Father Yohanes Akoit There is a story, and I guess most European and American people know it very well. Even the millennial generation is familiar with it. The name of the story is Hansel and Gretel. This story originated as a German folk tale, but later it spread through printed books, translations, children's literature, opera, and film, becoming well known throughout the world. As the story moved from one country to another, different versions, moral values, and interpr
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Oct 63 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Encouragement
By Gary Miller I can remember the first time I decided to learn to hunt with a bow. I was about 30 years old. Yeah, I know this seems old to some of you but at that time I did more fishing than hunting. I can also remember my friend Tim easing my mind concerning my ability to use one. He was one of the owners of the store I frequented. To me, the complexity of this weapon seemed overwhelming. His calm admonition to me was that once he tuned my bow and adjusted the sights, the
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Oct 62 min read
Lee Anne Pope, Markey Launch Campaign Encouraging Cancer Screenings for Kentuckians
By Allison Perry University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. — Working with the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, Lee Anne Pope is launching “Set Your Screen,” a new public awareness campaign encouraging Kentuckians to talk with their healthcare providers about recommended cancer screenings and take steps to detect cancer early. Lee Anne, wife of UK men’s basketball coach Mark Pope, is a longtime advocate whose family has been deeply affected by cancer. Her father d
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Oct 64 min read
No. 24 Kentucky Stuns South Carolina 35-34 with Successful 2-Point Conversion in OT
Kentucky coach Will Stein and his No. 24 Wildcats continued their great start to the 2026 season, surprising South Carolina on Saturday at Columbia with a successful two-point conversion in overtime to win 35-34. UK is now 4-1 overall with two SEC road wins at Texas A&M and South Carolina. The Gamecocks dropped to 2-3, including three conference losses. Kentucky coach Will Stein yells encouragement to his team during the Wildcats' 35-34 overtime win over South Carolina on S
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Oct 31 min read
More Than basketball: The Sheppard Family’s Commitment to Their Kentucky Home
The Sheppard Family at Rupp Arena. (Photo submitted) By Deb Moore University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. — March 1998. The color blue – much like it always does during this time of the year – has invaded the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Kentucky men’s basketball team, however, is in a familiar hole. The Cats are trailing at halftime in large part because Utah has raced out to a 24-6 advantage on the boards. Frustration morphs into momentum. Those blue-clad seats filled
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Oct 210 min read
UK Men's & Women's Basketball Posters Available This Weekend
LEXINGTON, Ky. – UK men’s and women’s basketball posters, presented by Kroger, will be available starting this weekend. Both the men’s and women’s basketball posters will be available first at Big Blue Madness presented by Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of the Bluegrass at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center on Friday, Oct. 2. Then, fans can pick up posters at BBN United Fan Fest presented by Kroger and at Kroger stores statewide on Saturday, Oct. 3 beginning at 8 a.m.
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Oct 11 min read
VIDEO: Coach Will Stein Previews Saturday's UK-South Carolina Showdown
Kentucky (3-1, 1-1 SEC) at South Carolina (2-2, 0-2 SEC) Series: SC leads, 22-13-1 Last: SC, 35-13 (2025 at Columbia) 4:15 p.m. ET • SEC Network SiriusXM: 256 - 173/228 Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559) Live Statistics/Matchup/Preview: https://www.secsports.com/scores/football
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