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Jamie Vaught: Reporter Alyssa Lang has become a familiar face for followers of Big Blue Nation

April 2, 2025April 2, 20250

For the past several years, the Big Blue Nation has enjoyed Alyssa Lang’s reporting and interviews on television when she…

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Keith Taylor: New roster, new coach and meeting those Big Blue expectations

March 26, 2025March 25, 20250

Kentucky is back in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. It’s been a long time coming for a program…

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Jamie Vaught: Mark Pope may not have been ‘blue blood’ choice fans expected, but he has BBN excited

April 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Thanks to Eric Musselman, the University of Kentucky has a new basketball coach. If the 59-year-old Musselman hadn’t left Arkansas…

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Kentucky forward Jacob Toppin will forego NBA draft and return to UK, says ‘It’s time for nine

June 5, 2022June 4, 20220

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky forward Jacob Toppin has opted against remaining in the NBA Draft. Toppin announced on…

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Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe named Kareen Abdul-Jabbar Award winner, honoring nation’s best center

April 3, 2022April 2, 20220

UK Athletics Kentucky junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe was named the winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award which honors the nation’s…

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Mark Stoops expecting BBN to be in ‘full effect’ when the Wildcats face LSU Saturday at Kroger Field

October 8, 2021October 7, 20210

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today It will be another sellout when Kentucky takes on LSU Saturday at Kroger Field and…

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Ryan Clark: As John Calipari’s latest five-star recruit, Shaedon Sharpe needs to pay off for Big Blue Nation

September 9, 2021September 8, 20210

Hear that? It’s the rumbling of the Big Blue Nation’s interest coming around again in basketball recruiting. Seems like it’s…

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Jamie Vaught: Annual game-by-game forecast for UK Football; Cats primed for successful 2021 campaign

August 18, 2021August 17, 20210

If you are a member of the Big Blue Nation, I’m sure you’re real excited about the upcoming college football…

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Jamie Vaught: Kentucky center Oscar Tshiebwe set to have major impact for Wildcats next season

May 4, 2021May 4, 20210

The Big Blue Nation will be hearing a lot about Oscar Tshiebwe next winter. Not only can the 6-foot-9, 260-pounder…

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Off the sidelines, Mark Stoops, UK players march against racial injustice as part of the solution

June 7, 2020June 6, 20200

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops couldn’t sit on the sidelines any longer. The Kentucky coach and members of…

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Cats win over Tennessee’s Volunteers in Knoxville, 77-64, thanks to memorable play by Johnny Juzang

February 8, 2020February 8, 20200

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today KNOXVILLE (KT) — Kentucky’s seven-man rotation expanded after Johnny Juzang made a case for himself…

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UK golfer battles bone cancer: ‘He and God are going to whip this thing over the next year,’ says his coach

September 2, 2019September 2, 20190

Cullan Brown, a Kentucky sophomore men’s golfer who has been diagnosed with a form of bone cancer in his left…

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Kentucky by Heart: James Duane Bolin pens first in-depth, critical biography of ‘Baron of the Bluegrass’

March 5, 2019March 4, 20190

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist There was a day when collegiate basketball in America was “just a sport,” when college…

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Perfect Cats end Big Blue Bahamas tour with another blowout victory

August 12, 2018August 12, 20180

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky concluded its Big Blue Bahamas Tour in impressive fashion with a 93-60 victory over…

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Impressive Wildcats hit century mark for third straight win in Bahamas Tour

August 11, 20180

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky hit the century mark and remained undefeated in the Big Blue Bahamas Tour with…

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Paced by vet and newcomer, Cats open Bahamas tour with easy win

August 8, 20180

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky opened its four-game Bahamas exhibition tour with an 85-61 win over the Bahamas National…

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SEC Network to televise UK’s four exhibition games in the Bahamas

July 10, 20180

Kentucky coach John Calipari and the Wildcats will play four exhibition games in the Bahamas next month and each encounter…

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John Calipari is taking his time getting a feel for the Wildcats

June 28, 20180

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — John Calipari is taking his time getting to know his team….

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Jamie Vaught: Former Wildcat Bret Bearup an outgoing person who never knew a stranger

May 23, 2018May 22, 20180

Bret “Bear” Bearup was one of the most charismatic UK basketball players ever to wear a Kentucky Wildcat jersey. And…

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Keith Taylor: Resilient Wildcats proved they can take a shot to chin, fight right back

September 18, 2017September 17, 20170

The culture is changing at Kentucky and it’s all for the better. Even when things looked bleak after South Carolina…

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Former Kentucky star, analyst Larry Conley not surprised by John Calipari’s success at Kentucky

October 5, 2015October 2, 20150

By Keith Taylor Special to NKyTribune October has arrived and that means basketball is just around the corner. The excitement…

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UK coach Stoops wants nothing more than a ‘good, clean, hard-fought’ game against instate foe EKU

October 1, 20150

By Keith Taylor Special to NKyTribune Mark Stoops is focused on football and not what transpired off the field between…

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