Jeff Sheppard, member of the 1996 and 1998 University of Kentucky National Championship teams and 1998 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, is proud to announce the most exciting exhibition basketball tour throughout Kentucky of all time. The State Farm Big Blue All Star Tour presented by Zija and Coal Mining Our Future will feature some …

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Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips talked about Texas A&M’s addition to the Southeastern Conference Monday afternoon at Wildcat Den. The following are Joker’s comments relating to the school’s entry to the SEC. Conference realignment and should Kentucky stay in the SEC “I don’t think it’s … it’s not my job or my deal to be …

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Texas A&M has officially joined the Southeastern Conference as the league’s 13th member. The Aggies’ arrival was made official Sunday afternoon and Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart welcomed the A&M’s arrival to the league. “On behalf of the coaches, administrators and student-athletes at the University of Kentucky, I would like to welcome the Texas A&M …

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Retired Eastern Kentucky football coach Roy Kidd took a chance on Will Muschamp more than a decade ago. Kidd needed a secondary coach and hired Muschamp who coached one season at Eastern Kentucky in 1999. Since leaving Eastern, Muschamp has coached at Valdosta State (defensive coordinator under Chris Hatcher), LSU, Miami, Auburn and at Texas …

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Five Southeastern Conference teams are ranked in this week’s Top 25 poll, led by LSU, which is No. 2, followed by Alabama in the third slot. The marquee SEC matchup this week is No. 14 Arkansas at No. 3 Alabama. In other top games involving SEC teams, No. 2 LSU is at No. 16 West …

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— The college football landscape is changing rapidly instead of gradually. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Of course it all involves money and stability, but “Super Conferences” also could leave some schools in the dark in terms of competition, depending on which conference a school is aligned with when …

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Verizon’s hot spot application has changed the way I cover football games on Friday night. Most high school press boxes don’t have internet access, which creates a potential problem when it comes to sending stories back to the office during deadline on Friday night. The hot spot has done the trick for me this football …

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Marty Joyce knows George Rogers Clark had the best football team in the state 20 years ago. Joyce also thinks the 1991 Cardinals might be one of the best teams ever assembled in state history. “They were probably one of the best teams in the state probably ever,” he said. The school honored the 1991 …

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Georgia is winless and Vandy hasn’t lost a game. Neither has Kentucky. Overall, nine teams in the Southeastern Conference are 2-0 and only one team – Georgia – hasn’t registered a victory in the first two weeks of the season. The action begins Thursday when LSU takes on Mississippi State in Starkville. Here’s the weekly …

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While sitting here in the press box before the Kentucky-Central Michigan game, just had a flashback. On Aug. 30, 2001, I took my first plane ride from Louisville to Detroit to attend Eastern Kentucky’s opener against Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant. I remember the flight well and was taking in all the sights. I remember …

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