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Kentucky Receives ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

The Kentucky Baseball team has been honored by the American Baseball Coaches Association with its Team Academic Excellence Award for 2019-20, the organization announced. UK is one of just 68 schools in Division I and two in the Southeastern Conference to receive the distinction.
Football will have their first game on Friday, September 11

Football will have their first game on Friday, September 11

UPDATED: High school fall sports season starting in August

Kentucky high school student-athletes and coaches have a start date. Commissioner Julian Tackett started his portion of the meeting quoting a Dr. Eli Capuloto that there is two choices Either go into a lockdown or shutdown or learn to live in a Covid world.
Dontaie Allen courtesy of UK Athletics

Dontaie Allen courtesy of UK Athletics

UK Student-athletes in six sports now working out

Student-athletes from six University of Kentucky teams – football, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s basketball, and swimming and diving – have returned to campus for workouts.
Nate Jones made his first appearance for Reds. Photo courtesy of Cincinnati Reds

Nate Jones made his first appearance for Reds. Photo courtesy of Cincinnati Reds

Reds opens long-delayed season with 7-1 victory

After 120 days and at 6:12 p.m. on Friday, July 24, Reds righthander Sonny Gray delivered a long-awaited first pitch to the Cincinnati Reds season. It was a two-seam fast ball which was a ball and the Reds 2020 season was finally underway.
Graphic from UK Athletics

Graphic from UK Athletics

Nation-Leading 17 Wildcats on NBA Restart Rosters

Even under unique circumstances with several teams not playing in the NBA restart, the Kentucky men’s basketball team will still have the largest college presence for the remainder of the 2019-20 NBA season.
Austin Dillon wins in Texas

Austin Dillon wins in Texas

All Star Race at Bristol and Busch stripped of win

The All Star race had a little different look this season as NASCAR took the event to Bristol and the short track. Location wasn’t the only change for the night as the numbers, as we mentioned last week, were moved from the center of the door closer to the rear wheel on the quarterpanel.
photo from Cincinnati Reds

photo from Cincinnati Reds

Jones makes Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Roster

After months of dedicated training and an extended delay to the start of the baseball season due to COVID-19, local veteran relief pitcher Nate Jones has been officially named to the Opening Day roster for the Cincinnati Reds.