Sat Sep 4, 2010 6:59 PM EDT
Derrick Locke ran for two touchdowns and Kentucky held off rival Louisville 23-16 Saturday, keeping the Governor's Cup for the fourth straight season and making Joker Phillips victorious in a matchup of longtime friends debuting as head coaches.
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:27 PM EDT
Relatives of some victims of Comair Flight 5191 are marking the four-year anniversary of the deadly crash by breaking ground on a memorial.
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Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:52 PM EDT
"Hot dots" have shown up on the arms of football players and Special Forces soldiers. Now workers scrubbing oil from Gulf Coast beaches have tried the round patches that quickly change colors as body temperatures heat up.
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Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:55 PM EDT
The bicycle had two flat tires, but Greg Estes figured the $5 asking price still made it a great bargain at a yard sale. Little did he know just how great.
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Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:05 PM EDT
Racing officials in Kentucky are preparing new rules that would allow them to randomly drug test racehorses at virtually any time, even those stabled out of state, and those not entered in competition.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:31 AM EDT
Call it vacation Bible school, Glenn Beck-style.
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:58 PM EDT
Horse racing industry leaders are proposing a national database to track jockey injuries and interstate sharing of horse medical records as ways to beef up safety in their sport.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:27 PM EDT
Colts and stallions were fatally injured at nearly twice the rate as female racehorses, according to early findings from an industrywide database that also uncovered no immediate proof that synthetic tracks are safer than dirt ones.
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Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:19 PM EDT
The fans were chanting "Rachel's back!", however jockey Calvin Borel wanted to see for himself.
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Tue Jun 8, 2010 2:31 PM EDT
Kentucky racing officials have altered the rules for advertising on jockey clothing after confusion that arose before this year's Kentucky Derby.
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Sat May 1, 2010 8:04 PM EDT
Bob Baffert may want to consider changing his colt's name to Lookin At Unlucky.
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Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:06 PM EDT
Trainer Steve Asmussen thinks the best way for Rachel Alexandra to get her groove back is by returning to where she found it.
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Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:35 PM EDT
In this age of juiced sprinters, cyclists and power hitters, the Kentucky Derby wants to make sure America's signature thoroughbred race won't be won by a juiced horse.
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Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:48 PM EDT
A bronze statue honoring Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Alysheba was unveiled Friday across from a monument for John Henry, giving a final resting place of two of the greatest racehorses ever.
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Fri Apr 9, 2010 2:00 PM EDT
Media coverage of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq relies too much on government information rather than firsthand accounts, prominent journalists warned at a conference on war coverage Friday.
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Tue Mar 9, 2010 5:57 PM EST
A high-ranking Toyota executive says the auto company's North American sales spiked around 50 percent the first eight days of March as incentives helped lure customers after a series of embarrassing safety recalls.
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Sun Mar 7, 2010 2:22 PM EST
Darius Miller and Eric Bledsoe had 14 points apiece and No. 3 Kentucky withstood a Florida comeback with a 74-66 victory Sunday, completing an 18-0 home season and likely cementing its hold on a top seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Sat Mar 6, 2010 4:15 PM EST
Louisville gave Freedom Hall a memorable send-off.
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Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:25 PM EST
J.P. Prince had 20 points and Scotty Hopson added 15 and No. 19 Tennessee withstood a late rally to upset No. 2 Kentucky 74-65 Saturday, handing the Wildcats just their second loss of the season.
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Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:06 PM EST
Patrick Patterson had 23 points and No. 2 Kentucky avenged its only loss this season with an 82-61 victory over South Carolina on Thursday night.
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Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:04 PM EST
Toyota's president visited the company's largest North American assembly plant Thursday, telling workers that the automaker is at a "crossroads" and needs to rethink its operations to win back customers.
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Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:04 PM EST
Austin Freeman scored 24 of his 29 points in the second half and No. 11 Georgetown bounced back from consecutive losses with a 70-60 victory over Louisville on Tuesday night.
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:30 AM EST
Under the gun to destroy the U.S. chemical weapons stockpiles — and now all but certain to miss their deadline — Army officials have a plan to hasten the process: Blow some of them up.
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:13 PM EST
John Wall had 24 points — one short of his career high — and Eric Bledsoe added 16 as No. 3 Kentucky fought off No. 12 Tennessee for a 73-62 victory Saturday night.
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Tue Feb 9, 2010 11:16 PM EST
John Wall had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double, and fellow freshman DeMarcus Cousins got his seventh in a row, as No. 3 Kentucky outmuscled Alabama 66-55 on Tuesday night.
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