Tourney stakes high as UK baseball closes regular season with three games at Missouri

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With three games remaining in the regular season, the UK baseball team likely faces a must-win series in Missouri to have a chance to earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.   National college baseball writers Aaron Fitt of Baseball America …

MiLB roundup: Curley, Brady post multi-hit performances; Butler, Self tally saves

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s three Minor League Baseball teams in the Wednesday BluGrass Baseball MiLB Roundup:   The Lexington Legends finished a three-game sweep …

John Calipari not shying away from 40-0 talk as staff looks ahead to next season’s team

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  The positive momentum surrounding the UK men’s basketball team since the season-ending NIT loss in March hit a bump Tuesday with top-ranked recruit Andrew Wiggins‘ commitment to Kansas, but expectations for next season are still skyrocketing.   With six …

MiLB roundup: Tyler Kuhn tallies four hits; Ky. MiLB teams undefeated on the day

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s three Minor League Baseball teams from the Tuesday BluGrass Baseball MiLB roundup:   The Lexington Legends moved to .500 on …

UK baseball feeling better about tourney hopes after win versus No. 15 Indiana

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  With losses in five of its last six weekend games, the UK baseball team need a win Tuesday to boost its sagging hopes of earning a NCAA Tourney at-large bid.   A seventh-inning comeback gave the Wildcats just that …

Consensus No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins commits to Kansas over UK, others

UK fans’ hopes to add the consensus No. 1 recruit to what some have called the best recruiting class in college basketball history were dashed Tuesday when Andrew Wiggins committed to Kansas.   Wiggins, who is ranked as the No. …

UK men’s basketball team posts 3.39 GPA
to help Wildcats to deparment-wide record

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Staff report   UK scholarship athletes combined for a 3.14 grade-point average in the spring semester with 16 of 20 teams posting a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.   The women’s tennis team led the department with a 3.69 …

MiLB roundup: Collin Cowgill tallies three hits; Chris Dominguez extends HR streak

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s three Minor League Baseball teams in the Monday BluGrass Baseball MiLB roundup:   The Lexington Legends opened a three-game series …

Legends notebook: Stumpf, Brickhouse help Lexington pitching staff lead league in ERA

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The Lexington Legends, who split a four-game series with West Virginia to open a seven-game homestead, welcome Kannapolis to town for a three-game set beginning Monday.   The Legends are looking for their second winning homestead of the season coming …

Coco Johnson, Kyle Funkhouser earn
week 13 BluGrass Baseball college awards

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See below for a roundup of the best performances from each of the seven Kentucky DI baseball teams in week 13 action as well as the weekly BluGrass Baseball awards:   University of Louisville (5-0) Tuesday — UofL 4, EKU …

MiLB roundup: B. J. Rosenberg earns first win; Chris Dominguez slugs fifth home run

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s three Minor League Baseball teams in the Sunday BluGrass Baseball MiLB roundup:   The Bowling Green Hot Rods held Lake …

MiLB roundup: Albers charged with loss
in quality start; Dominguez, Adams homer

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s three Minor League Baseball teams in the Saturday BluGrass Baseball MiLB Roundup:   Left-handed pitcher Colin Rodgers pitched six shutout …

UK men’s tennis team advances to Sweet 16 with 4-1 win versus Virginia Tech Saturday

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  The UK men’s tennis team is in familiar territory, advancing out of the Lexington regional to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season.   But reaching the tournament’s second weekend is not enough to …

MiLB roundup: Ryan Wright, Kes Carter post multi-hit performances; Chris Curley homers

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See below for a roundup of the highlights from Kentucky high school and college alumni as well as the state’s active Minor League Baseball teams in the Friday BluGrass Baseball MiLB roundup:   The Louisville Bats opened a four-game series …

Four-star Conner quarterback Drew Barker commits to UK football team’s 2014 class

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Staff report   While UK football coach Mark Stoops may still not have decided on his quarterback of the present, on Friday he may have found his quarterback of the future.   Conner High School junior Drew Barker, a four-star …

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