November 13, 2012 Let's go back about 7-plus months to a late March night in New Orleans. It was Kentucky versus Louisville for the right to advance to the national championship game. Kentucky won by 8.
November 10, 2012 WBKR's #1 college basketball fan here still celebrating the official start of the 2012-2013 season. Yesterday was Opening Day and featured 222 out of 338 Division I teams in action. Two of those teams--the Kentucky Wildcats and the Indiana Hoosiers--opened their campaigns with victories. Both fan bases have reason to be very pleased.
November 9, 2012 When Coach John Calipari arrived at the University of Kentucky, he hit the ground running. He brought with him a monster recruiting class, sure.
November 7, 2012 UK coach John Calipari is a big Cincinnati Reds fan. And Lexington is about an hour and some change from the Queen City. So when you're Coach Cal, and you can get sweet seats--or should I say "suite"--you go.
November 5, 2012 With Election Day being tomorrow, anything and everything about politics is being posted on Facebook. (If you're like me, you're ready for it to go away!) I was scanning my news feed recently, when a friend of mine from Atlanta posted a picture of his "I voted" sticker. Well, wouldn't you know that it was the cutest little peach sticker I've ever seen! Yeah, I was officially jealous!
November 4, 2012
After the embarassing 40-0 loss to Vanderbilt University yesterday, University of Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announced today that at the conclusion of this football season, Joker Phillips will no longer be the head coach of the Wildcats.
October 25, 2012 If every member of Big Blue Nation tuned into ESPN's new series "All Access Kentucky" on Wednesday night, it's possible it could have generated viewership numbers that would have made it, at least, a Top 25 program were it to have aired on a network.
So, this morning on the morning show, Chad went off about the possiblity of the Owensboro 270 area code changing.
According to Public Service Comission, "Area code 270 is projected to run out of available numbers by the first quarter of 2014
October 18, 2012 Yesterday was a very big Wednesday for Big Blue Nation. As expected, UK freshman sensation Nerlens Noel was cleared to play by the NCAA, meaning a full complement of top-flight rookies will take the floor for the 2012-2013 season. But that's not all.
Lane Goodwin - the McLean County, Kentucky, boy who bravely fought a long battle against a rare childhood form of cancer has sadly lost his battle with cancer at 7:53 PM on Wednesday, October 17, 2012.
October 17, 2012 As the Thumbs Up for Lane Goodwin campaign continues to circle the globe, more and more news outfits around the country are picking up the story.
October 11, 2012 Saying Kentucky is his dream school, 6'6" Rochester, Michigan guard/forward James Young announced he would be playing for the Wildcats next fall in a Thursday afternoon press conference.
