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The Final Four in Indianapolis, Indiana is set as Kentucky, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Duke will be playing for a shot to play in the national title game.

When John Calipari and Tim Floyd began talking about a UTEP vs. Kentucky rematch on the 50th Anniversary of the famous NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, the news almost seemed too good to be true. Nearly 15 months later, that is exactly the case...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Mark Stoops didn't have to go far to recruit Kentucky's best-rated class in school history. The second-year Wildcats coach on Wednesday announced a 28-member class including 11 prospects from Stoops' native Ohio, along with the state of Kentucky's top four players, one of the program's best showings in-state...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Richie Farmer has entered a guilty plea to government corruption charges in a deal with prosecutors. The former University of Kentucky basketball star-turned-politician faces about two years in prison for misdeeds while serving as the state's agriculture commissioner...

We have reached the triple crown season in horse racing.  After every Kentucky Derby I can't help but think about Secretariat and his historic run in 1973.  'Big Red', as he was known, had an amazing heart.  At the time of his death, doctors estimated that Secretariat's heart was 2 and 3/4 larger than the average horse...

I’ll Have Another won the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday. With jockey Mario Gutierrez aboard, I’ll Have Another came from behind to close strong and pass favored Bodemeister to win the race in a time of two minutes, one and four-fifths seconds. Dullahan placed third.

One of the sporting world’s most anticipated events is the Kentucky Derby, set to open its gates this Saturday for the 138th running of the classic race, making it the oldest sporting event in American sports history.

Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky held off a spirited Kansas rally to beat the Jayhawks 67-59 in the NCAA title game in New Orleans on Monday night. The win gave the Wildcats (38-2) their eighth national championship in school history and first since 1998.

Overall top-seed Kentucky and Midwest Region champ Kansas each won national semifinal games in the Final Four in New Orleans on Saturday to advance to the NCAA title game on Monday night. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s games:

March Madness isn’t just a branding term that applies to a basketball tournament. It also clearly applies to NCAA fans. These college basketball enthusiasts get very emotionally involved in the annual battle on the boards, even when they’re undergoing dialysis treatments.