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  • Blue Review: Instant analysis from Kentucky's football loss to ...

    Kentucky Wildcats cornerback J.D. Harmon (11) pulled down an interception in front of Southern Miss Golden Eagles wide receiver Korey Robertson (18) as Kentucky opened the season against Southern Miss on Saturday September 3, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. Mark Cornelison mcornelison@herald-leader.com Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver Garrett Johnson (9) made a big cutback and rambled 43 yards on a Drew Barker pass for a touchdown as Kentucky opened the season against Southern Mis..
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  • After failing to finish, apologetic Stoops says Kentucky fans ...

    After failing to finish, apologetic Stoops says Kentucky fans ...
    It was an offseason where the word “finish” was used in every practice, every meeting room, every lifting session.It was the word of choice after two straight seasons of collapsing at the end, finishing 5-7 and not getting to a bowl. It was the word of choice after Kentucky gave away a huge lead to Louisville in the season finale last season at Commonwealth Stadium.But on Saturday night after a haunting déjà vu for Kentucky, the word of choice was sorry.“I don’t know if I’ve ever in my career, ..
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  • Three thoughts from Kentucky football's collapse of an opener

    Three thoughts from Kentucky football's collapse of an opener
    Three quick things from Kentucky’s 44-35 loss to Southern Miss in Saturday’s season-opener:1. It was a bad night for Mark StoopsA very bad night. An awfully bad night. To be an SEC team up 35-10 in the second quarter and be blitzed 34-0 the rest of the way by the visitors from Conference-USA was enough to force the head coach to feel the need to issue a public apology to the fans afterward.“They deserve better,” he said.Truth be told, the fan base was a big question coming into the game. An ann..
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  • High school football week in review: Roller-coaster Friday for ...

    High school football week in review: Roller-coaster Friday for ...
    The only showdown between city football teams on Friday happened between two winless teams, but by night’s end it outshined a matchup of Class 6A title contenders happening across town.Tates Creek, playing its third straight road game to start the year, overcame Paul Laurence Dunbar in a roller-coaster battle, 41-35. After leading by 14 points midway through the second quarter, the Commodores needed to erase a 14-point deficit to force overtime. A blocked field-goal attempt and Laron Warner tou..
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  • Serena Williams' shoulder 'feels solid,' looks even better

    Serena Williams' shoulder 'feels solid,' looks even better
    So about that inflamed right shoulder that was supposed to hinder Serena Williams at the U.S. Open as she seeks a record 23rd major title: It sure seems to be just fine."Definitely feels solid," Williams said.Not sure? There's plenty of evidence. No need to take her word — or her coach's — for it.Look at the way Williams beat 47th-ranked Johanna Larsson 6-1, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the fourth round at Flushing Meadows and collect the 307th Grand Slam match victory of her career, surpassing Mar..
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  • Turkey coop home of Burt's Bees co-founder to be saved

    Turkey coop home of Burt's Bees co-founder to be saved
    The converted turkey coop that a co-founder of Burt's Bees once called home in Maine is going to be saved and displayed at the company's headquarters in North Carolina.Burt's Bees has bought the structure where Burt Shavitz once lived and has moved it to Durham, where it's going on display this fall."It's a legacy project. It's going to be maintained so that people can see it and appreciate it," said Trevor Folsom, Shavitz's former personal assistant, who inherited the structure. "I just felt t..
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  • Economic summit opens amid sluggish growth, trade disputes

    Economic summit opens amid sluggish growth, trade disputes
    Chinese President Xi Jinping called Sunday for leaders of the United States, Germany and other major economies to resist pressure to raise trade barriers as they opened a summit amid sluggish global growth and disputes over China's steel exports and Apple's Irish tax bill.China made trade a theme of the Group of 20 meeting even as Beijing faces complaints it is flooding world markets with low-cost steel, fueling demands for trade curbs. The president of the European Commission highlighted the c..
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  • Pushing product: UK, WKU preview pitches as recruiting period nears

    Pushing product: UK, WKU preview pitches as recruiting period nears
    If most elite basketball prospects were Polish Americans, would college coaches suddenly start talking about how much they liked polka music? Get Drake out of here and find me an accordion!It’s called salesmanship. Keep the customer satisfied. Or, in this hypothetical case, make the program as appealing as possible to the next Mike Gminski or Carol Blazejowski or Bobby Hurley (thanks to his mother, the former Duke point guard is in the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame).This thought ..
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  • Britain's May seeks out new trading relations post

    Britain's May seeks out new trading relations post
    British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that she intends to seize new trading opportunities for a Britain that has voted to leave the European Union, reiterating that "Brexit does indeed mean Brexit" and there will be "no attempt to get out of this."After May's first meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama since she became British leader in July, the two leaders sought to downplay the impact of a British exit on the much touted "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K.But Obama d..
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  • Newcomers provide bright spots in UK's stunning loss to Southern ...

    Newcomers provide bright spots in UK's stunning loss to Southern ...
    There were a lot of similarities between Kayaune Ross’ last game as a University of Kentucky football recruit and his first game as a Wildcat.Ross — a sophomore wide receiver who spent the past two years at Phoenix (Ariz.) College — was on his official visit to Lexington for the weekend of UK’s season finale against Louisville last fall. In that game, the Cats jumped out to a 21-0 lead. And then they imploded, losing 38-24 after getting outscored 31-0 in the second half.place_quote1“I felt the ..
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Downtown Lexington Corporation names interim director .Conservation board votes to pursue appraisal of Castleton Lyons .
Guardiola delighted with Sterling form .Man attempted to lure Lexington middle schooler .

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