Verizon Wireless ranked highest among all other national wireless providers in the Southeast in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Wireless Network Quality Performance StudySM, Volume 2, issued today. The Southeast includes Kentucky and eight other states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. “The great Verizon Wireless lineup of devices, …

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LEXINGTON – The University of Kentucky football team completed its final two-a-day practice of fall camp on Monday, with second-year head coach Joker Phillips saying after practice that several position battles are starting to take shape. Phillips insisted last week that last Saturday’s scrimmage at Commonwealth Stadium would play a significant role in helping determine …

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LOUISVILLE (AP) — The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, and total points: Class 1A Rank-School FPV Rcd TP 1. Mayfield (9) 1-0 117 2. Beechwood (3) 0-0 111 3. Lou. Holy Cross – 1-0 88 4. Hazard – 0-0 87 5. Frankfort – 1-0 63 …

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LEXINGTON – The Southeastern Conference announced the men’s basketball schedule for the 2011-12 season today and there are many tantalizing matchups for Kentucky coach John Calipari and the Wildcats. Kentucky will play a league-leading 12 conference games on national TV (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or CBS), including a date at Vanderbilt on Feb. 11 being visited …

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A University of Kentucky alumni game should be in order following Monday night’s Pros game featuring several former University of Kentucky men’s basketball standouts against the Dominican Republic National Team, led by current Kentucky coach John Calipari. Joe B. Hall and Denny Crum should take care of coaching duties each season and maybe coach against …

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By UK Media Relations LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky football team held a two-hour practice Friday clad in helmets and shoulder pads as a final tune-up practice for the team?s first scrimmage of preseason camp Saturday. “We are looking forward to seeing some of those young kids and how they are going to compete …

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Kentucky sophomore guard earned high praise from Kentucky coach John Calipari today. The UK coach spoke of Lamb’s progress during the off-season to ESPN’s Andy Katz. Calipari went as far as to say that Lamb was the team’s best player. “In my opinion, he’s going to be one of the top-15 players in the country,” …

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The World University Games released team mug shots today, including one of Kentucky senior Darius Miller. The photo was taken by Garrett W. Ellwood/USA Basketball.

The Kentucky High High School Athletics Association has planned a press conference for Friday to discuss the future of the state football championships for all six classes. An announcement concerning a contract extension between the KHSAA and Western Kentucky University for the Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl will be made at that time, as well as details …

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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — West Virginia has been picked to win the Big East, with Pittsburgh and South Florida also receiving first place-votes in the conference’s preseason media poll. The Mountaineers have won or shared the Big East title five times in eight years and received 21 of the 24 first-place votes and 188 points. …

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