Kentucky governor defends photo posing with drag queens
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defended a photograph of him posing with drag queens at a gay rights rally and accused a Repu...
Quickley scores 30 as No. 8 Kentucky downs Texas A&M 69-60
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Immanuel Quickley had a career-high 30 points and made eight 3-pointers, also a career-bes...
Quickley’s 26 points lift No. 10 Kentucky past Florida 65-59
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Immanuel Quickley scored a career-high 26 points, including 15 of Kentucky’s 17 during a decisive ...
Kentucky Derby winner Country House retired with foot injury
Country House, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2019 after the first horse over the finish line was disqualified, has been retired because of a...
Speaker: Vote on medical marijuana bill possible next week
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
GOLDEN POND, Ky. — Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound...
Sports betting bill stumbles from starting gate in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a state where betting on the Kentucky Derby is seen as a rite of passage, efforts to legalize wagering on other sports have barely...
Storms sweep over Deep South with rain, wind, floods; 1 dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A powerful winter storm raked the Deep South on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed one person and injured severa...
Baylor strengthens hold on No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll
Baylor has strengthened its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.
No. 15 Kentucky pulls out 76-74 OT win at No. 18 Texas Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas — Nick Richards scored seven of his 25 points in overtime, including the game-deciding free throws with 10 seconds left, and No. 15 Ken...
Covington Catholic bus involved in fatal crash in Kentucky
CALIFORNIA, Ky. — A charter bus carrying students from a Catholic high school collided with a car Saturday morning in northern Kentucky, killing the c...
No. 14 Kentucky tops Alabama 76-67 for 1,000th SEC victory
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Immanuel Quickley scored the game's final five points and finished with 19, Ashton Hagans had 15 with big 3 late and No. 14 Kentucky ...
Parity party has college basketball’s best on constant edge
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The season was barely a week old when Michigan State lost to Kentucky in the Champions Classic, a defeat of the nation's No. 1 team t...
Bowden’s late TD pass lifts Kentucky past VTech 37-30
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lynn Bowden Jr. ran for 223 yards on 34 carries, and then tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Josh Ali with 15 seconds left as Kentuc...
No. 19 Kentucky outlasts rival No. 3 Louisville 78-70 in OT
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Nick Richards had 13 points, including seven consecutive ones in overtime, and No. 19 Kentucky scored the final eight points for a 78...
Thousands mark Christmas in West Bank town of Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditi...
No. 2 Ohio State gets another test with No. 22 West Virginia
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chris Holtmann has already seen his Ohio State team claim three wins against marquee nonconference opponents. The second-ranked Buckey...
Kansas faces test of holding onto No. 1 spot in AP Top 25
RALEIGH, N.C. — Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke and Louisville have each spent time at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll only to los...
Louisville up to No. 6 in women’s Top 25; South Dakota in
NEW YORK — Louisville climbed a spot to No. 6 in the The Associated Press women's Top 25 rankings, which remained mostly unchanged Monday with most te...
Kansas becomes latest No. 1 in AP Top 25; Tar Heels fall out
It is Kansas’ turn at No. 1 in the Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, while another blueblood — North Carolina — is out for the first time in nearl...
No. 1 Louisville bounces back to rout Eastern Kentucky 99-67
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Nwora scored 26 points, Steven Enoch had 23 and No. 1 Louisville shot 63% in both halves to blow out Eastern Kentucky 99-67 o...
Maximum Security smokes them in Cigar Mile
NEW YORK — Maximum Security concluded a tumultuous season with a decisive victory Saturday in the $750,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
Maui Invitational and Battle 4 Atlantis headline week
Michigan State and Kansas missed each other in the season-opening Champions Classic.
Beshear set for ‘next chapter’ as Bevin concedes in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded to Democratic archnemesis Andy Beshear on Thursday, putting an end to Kentucky’s bitterly fought ...
Evansville stuns No. 1 Kentucky at Rupp Arena, 67-64
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Sam Cunliffe scored 17 points, including two free throws with 6.8 seconds remaining, and Evansville stunned No. 1 Kentucky 67-64 on T...
Unproven fraud claims seen in state races could cloud 2020
As Kentucky's Republican governor trailed by thousands of votes in his re-election bid and Democrats took the reins of the Virginia Statehouse, social...
No. 3 Spartans, No. 13 Tigers face tough Week 2 challenges
Memphis and Michigan State face tough matchups amid difficult off-court situations to headline college basketball's second week.
Trump works up a sweat at Louisiana campaign rally
MONROE, La. — President Donald Trump worked up a sweat in a steamy Louisiana arena Wednesday night as he attempted to boost Republican businessman Edd...
Bevin seeks vote recanvass while Beshear starts transition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin asked Wednesday for a recanvass of Kentucky election results that showed him more than 5,000 votes behind...
Dem leads Kentucky governor’s race that is too close to call
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The hotly contested governor's race in Kentucky was too close to call Tuesday night, with Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear h...