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Mark Pope smiling during a game

Mark Pope helps Kentucky fans pay for March Madness travel

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was serious about a recent offer to help Wildcats fans pay their way to Milwaukee for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. During his radio show this week, Pope explicitly offered to cover gas money for those …

John Calipari giving an interview

John Calipari scolds Arkansas player for trash-talking Kentucky fans

John Calipari on Saturday did not appreciate one of his Arkansas players getting into it with a few Big Blue Nation supporters. Calipari returned to Rupp Arena for the first time since relinquishing his post as head coach of the Wildcats last April. …

Rick Pitino in a suit

Rick Pitino sends message to Kentucky fans about John Calipari

St. John’s coach Rick Pitino sent a somewhat surprising message to Kentucky fans on Thursday about the upcoming return of John Calipari to Lexington. Calipari, now head coach at Arkansas, will coach at Kentucky on Saturday for the first time …

Rick Pitino makes emotional return to Rupp Arena

Former Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino got a hero’s welcome Friday from a place he was once very familiar with. Pitino has had a complicated relationship with Kentucky over the years. But fans made the 72-year-old head coach feel more than …

A Kentucky fan looking sad during the NCAA Tournament

Sad Kentucky girl goes viral during NCAA Tournament loss

Kentucky is headed home earlier than expected from yet another NCAA Tournament, and one Wildcats fan went viral for her reaction to the team’s latest stunning defeat. Oakland, a 14-seed, pulled off a huge upset over 3-seed Kentucky in the first …

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Frustrated Kentucky fans crashed message boards after 1st-round loss

Frustration was at an all-time high on Thursday among Kentucky alumni. The internet traffic on one of the team’s popular message boards proves it. Kentucky was the first Goliath to fall in the first round of this year’s NCAA Tournament. …

John Calipari in a Kentucky jacket at the podium

John Calipari sends message to Kentucky fans after upset loss

John Calipari shared a message with Kentucky fans on Saturday, two days after his team’s unexpected and disappointing loss in the NCAA Tournament. Calipari’s Wildcats lost 85-79 in overtime to Saint Peter’s in the first round of the …

Kentucky fans storm field

Watch: Kentucky fans storm field after huge 4th down stop to beat Florida

Kentucky fans went nuts celebrating a huge, rare win over the Florida Gators in Lexington. Kentucky beat Florida 20-13, making a big stop on fourth-and-goal to solidify the win. Kentucky knocks down Florida's last chance …

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Kentucky bans fan Ashley Lyles for calling Tennessee fan N-word

The Kentucky fan who was caught on video using the N-word against a Tennessee fan at the end of Tuesday night’s game has been punished by the school. Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced on Twitter Thursday that fan Ashley Lyles …

Kentucky fan

Kentucky fan apologizes for calling Tennessee fan N-word during loss

A Kentucky fan has issued an apology after being caught on video shouting a racial slur at a rival fan on Tuesday night. The Wildcats blew a 17-point lead and lost at home to Tennessee on Tuesday. One Vols fan began recording videos towards the end …

Watch: John Calipari shuts down Kentucky fans’ ‘overrated’ chant about Tennessee

Kentucky fans had plenty of reasons to gloat over the team’s 86-69 win over Tennessee at Rupp Arena on Saturday night, but John Calipari was not having it. Towards the end of the Wildcats big conference win over Tennessee, the fans in Lexington …

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Kentucky LB disappointed over Senior Day fan support

The Kentucky Wildcats are in the top 25 and now sit 8-3 after their win on Senior Day, but the crowd wasn’t big enough for one player’s liking. The crowd was somewhat sparse, at least during the coin toss, with empty seats visible in the …

Kentucky basketball

Kentucky fans bombarded referee with over 800 angry voicemail messages

We already knew that Kentucky fans went overboard with their actions against a referee following an Elite Eight loss in the NCAA Tournament, but just how far they went is now coming to light, and the extent is pretty ridiculous. Referee John Higgins …

Kentucky fans have destroyed Facebook rating for referee John Higgins’ business

NCAA referee John Higgins has had to deal with around-the-clock harassment and even death threats from Kentucky fans since the Wildcats lost to North Carolina in the Elite Eight, but it’s the damage done to the reputation of his business that …

John Calipari

Report: Referee John Higgins received death threats from Kentucky fans

Kentucky fans were angry with the amount of fouls called against the Wildcats in their Elite Eight loss to North Carolina on Sunday, and some of them have crossed the line in expressing their frustrations. According to a report from ESPN’s Jeff …

Kentucky band girl

Kentucky band girl crying during loss to Indiana

This poor Kentucky band member is about to go viral for reasons she’d rather not. During Kentucky’s second-round loss to Indiana, CBS showed this sad fan multiple times. Oh no, band girl 2016 pic.twitter.com/dXLWjI9bGU — The …

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