Need social distancing? Call in the linebackers
As thousands of beachgoers – restless from the isolation and deprivation of being locked down because of the coronavirus – descend on the Georgia coast this weekend, one restaurant in … Click to Continue »
Four-star point guard is UK women’s first commitment for 2021 class
The Kentucky women’s basketball team picked up its first commitment for the class of 2021 on Saturday night. Jada Walker, a 5-foot-6 point guard out of Henrico High School in … Click to Continue »
The Latest: 2nd-tier soccer club Hull has 2 positive tests
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Hull has announced it is the League Championship club with two personnel who have tested … Click to Continue »
This Date in Baseball
May 25 1906 — Jesse Tannehill’s 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox snapped a 20-game losing streak — 19 at home — for the Boston Red Sox. 1935 — … Click to Continue »
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May 25 1948 — Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship, beating Mike Turnesa in the final round, 7 and 6. 1965 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston a minute … Click to Continue »
Assessing UK football’s bowl performance: On one list, Cats are No. 1
Two seasons ago, Benny Snell and Josh Allen led Kentucky to an epic victory over Penn State in the VRBO Citrus Bowl. This past year, Lynn Bowden engineered a thrilling … Click to Continue »
Kentucky time machine: Cats took down a juggernaut in 1951 Sugar Bowl
Editor’s Note: The Herald-Leader continues its series re-publishing the game stories from Kentucky’s 10 football bowl victories in chronological order. These stories appear, with some light editing, as they were … Click to Continue »
Ray Fittipaldo: Kick tradition to the curb and bring on excitement of fourth-and-15
Super Bowls have turned on successful onside kicks. End-of-game sequences were made more exciting with a wobbly boot and the luck of the bounce. It was the one trick up … Click to Continue »
Ira Winderman: Heat can’t cap expectations with other options available
Cap space. Cap space. Cap space. Over and over and over. As if it is the only way to rebuild or fortify in the NBA. And, now, this, the reality … Click to Continue »
Helene Elliott: Quite a power play as Ali Downey represents Ducks and critical care nurses with class
The two halves of Ali Downey’s life couldn’t be more different. Three days a week, for shifts that can carry past 12 1/2 hours “if somebody’s a little bit more … Click to Continue »
Inside the transformation of JuJu Smith-Schuster’s ‘revenge body’
The garage in sunny Southern California is hot and steamy, but Corey Calliet likes it that way. He used to call his home gym “The Box” but now it’s “The … Click to Continue »
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