Just The Cats crew during some happier times in Music City (left to right: Dr. John Huang, Larry Vaught, and Michael Bennett) (NASHVILLE, Tn.) – For the second straight year, the Kentucky basketball team walked off the floor of Bridgestone Arena with obvious season-ending disappointment etched across their faces. Last year,
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Where Were You On The Day That Sports Stood Still?
Vanderbilt and Arkansas played in the final SEC basketball game at Bridgestone Arena before the day that sports stood still. In my lifetime, there have been four iconic “stop what you were doing and watch” moments. The first one—the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963—occurred when I was four
A World Without Sports
BY Bill Crockett (MANCHESTER, Ky.) — In a world without sports, fear of the unknown leads to speculation which in turn generates uncertainty. During these unprecedented times, regardless of whether or not you avidly follow sports, citizens across the Commonwealth of Kentucky not only long for normalcy, but crave comfort and relief. In
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Georgia coach Tom Crean says “trust the people that have the knowledge” for barring fans from SEC Tournament
By LARRY VAUGHT NASHVILLE — Just a few minutes after Georgia beat Mississippi 81-63 in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament here Wednesday night, Georgia coach Tom Crean and his players learned that the SEC announced during the game that fans would not be allowed in the rest of
Veteran UK fan doesn’t “want to miss my team time” if fans can’t attend SEC tourney
By LARRY VAUGHT I really can’t remember the first year I met Sarah White and her family at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. She lives in Nashville and is a die-hard UK fans with basketball season tickets and who always finds season tickets for all her family for their annual SEC tourney outing
UK Sports Network Invites Fans to SEC Tournament Headquarters
The Valentine to be official home for programming, entertainment and live music Written by UK staff LEXINGTON, Ky. – With Kentucky chasing a 32nd SEC Tournament championship in Nashville this week, the UK Sports Network is rolling out the blue carpet for fans by once again transforming downtown Nashville’s hottest bar, The
Should Cat Fans Head Down to Nashville For the SEC Tournament?
By Dr. John Huang CORONAVIRUS ALERT! Unless you've been renting room in a monastery, you won't go more than three minutes without hearing some gloom and doom update about COVID-19, especially as it relates to sporting events like the SEC Tournament. There's a ton of misinformation about the illness out on the
Here’s Hoping Ashton Hagans Is Back Friday Rested, Rejuvenated And Better Than Ever
Photo by Vicky Graff By LARRY VAUGHT Count me as one who is really hoping whatever kept Ashton Hagans from playing at Florida Saturday really was just a one-game situation and he will be back when UK plays in the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday. From all I know, there’s been no off-court
Kentucky Begins SEC Tournament as No. 1 Seed on Friday
Wildcats will begin their quest for a 32nd SEC Tournament title on Friday at 1 p.m. ET Written by UK staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After winning its 49th Southeastern Conference regular-season title with two games to spare at home against Auburn last week, the Kentucky men’s basketball team will be the No.