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Legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp brought to life (with video)
Kentucky Chautauqua actor Edward B. Smith brought legendary University of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp to life last night in a living history performance
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Jim Line, member of two Kentucky championship basketball teams, dies at age 87
James R. “Jim” Line, 87, who played on two University of Kentucky men’s basketball championship teams, died Thursday at his home in Russell, Kan. He had battled dementia, said his daughter Meridy Barnes. Mr.
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John Crigler, member of UK’s 1958 championship Fiddlin’ Five squad, dies
John Lloyd Crigler, a starting forward for the University of Kentucky’s Fiddlin’ Five 1958 basketball championship team and a longtime educator in Scott County public schools, died Saturday at his Georgetown home. He was
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Joe B. Hall finds unlikely friend in Louisville’s Denny Crum
In the radio studio, they form the Bluegrass State’s version of the Odd Couple. Joe B. Hall and Denny Crum have been talking sports on the radio in Kentucky for nearly a decade, the
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Joe B. Hall inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Former Kentucky coach and John Calipari mentor Joe B. Hall was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday night. Hall was one of several inductees welcomed into the Hall of Fame
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The circumstances and pressure to win a national championship in 1978 would have engulfed most coaches. The Cats had gone an unheard of 20 years since claiming a title, but spent nearly the entire season
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1949: Kentucky successfully defends NCAA title
This series counts down the greatest UK basketball teams of all time. No. 1 will be revealed in the Kernel’s basketball season preview edition on Nov. 7. Here is No. 4: 1948-49. Even when the
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‘Rupp’s Runts’ defied the odds reaching title game
From KyKernel.com: ”This series counts down the greatest UK basketball teams of all time. No. 1 will be revealed in the Kernel’s basketball season preview edition on Nov. 7. Here is No. 9: the
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Joe B. Hall statue unveiled outside Wildcat Coal Lodge
On a rainy morning Tuesday, UK officials unveiled a new statue of a familiar face in front of the Wildcat Coal Lodge. The sculpture is of former men’s basketball coach Joe B. Hall, who
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Today marks what would have been the 111th birthday of Adolph Rupp
Sept. 2 marks what would have been the 111thbirthday of legendary former Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp, the man for whom Rupp Arena is named. Rupp, who passed away in 1977 at the age of
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