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The WUKY SportsPage
It's time to turn to the WUKY SportsPage with your host Keith Elkins. . .revealing conversations and stories you thought you knew from prominent Kentucky sports figures.
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WUKY SportsPage: Kevin Cook on his new book chronicling the history of UK's historic Memorial Coliseum
Kevin Cook is the author of the recently-published book Memorial Coliseum: 75 Years as Monument, Stage and Arena. He combines an extensive collection...
WUKY SportsPage: Former Wildcat Todd Svoboda details his cancer journey, life after basketball
Todd Svoboda, a fan favorite on Kentucky’s 1992-93 Final Four team, was a star at Northern Kentucky for three seasons before transferring to UK to joi...
WUKY SportsPage: Former Wildcat QB Bill Ransdell on summer practices, SEC competition, life after football
Bill Ransdell is a member of the UK Athletics Hall of Fame, and one of the outstanding quarterbacks in UK history. Playing from 1983-86, he set Kentuc...
WUKY SportsPage: Basketball 'Renaissance Man' Lloyd Gardner
Lloyd Gardner has had an amazing career in basketball, and is still active today. He is a member of the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame and the Kentucky...
WUKY SportsPage: Wildcat Oliver Simmons talks '96 National Title, life after basketball
Oliver Simmons was a member of Kentucky’s national championship team of 1996. He was recruited to UK by coach Rick Pitino after a high school career i...
Wildcat legend Kyle Macy joins us on the WUKY SportsPage
On the eve of another UK basketball postseason former Wildcat great Kyle Macy is our guest in this edition of the WUKY SportsPage. Kyle Macy is a memb...
'Unforgettable' Wildcat Sean Woods reflects on his life and career
Sean Woods is a member of the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame, and is one of four players who are known as the Unforgettables. Woods, Jo...
WUKY SportsPage: Hall of Famer Kenny "Sky" Walker
Kenny Walker earned All-American honors in basketball at the University of Kentucky. He is the second leading all-time scorer in men’s basketball with...
Jerry Tipton on UK fans, long-running Sunday "notes" column and a preview of the Ky. Book Festival
Jerry Tipton covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader for 41 seasons before retiring in 2022. He was known for his st...
WUKY SportsPage: Horseracing's handicapper extraordinaire, Mike Battaglia
Mike Battaglia is known to thoroughbred racing fans everywhere as an announcer, an analyst and handicapper. He called the races at Churchill Downs, in...
Hall of Fame Journalist Jerry Tipton discusses new book on 41 seasons of covering UK basketball
Jerry Tipton covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader for 41 seasons before retiring in 2022. He was known for his st...
Ben Chandler on his love of all things baseball
Ben Chandler has certainly made his mark on Kentucky politics and he's also the grandson of former MLB commissioner A.B. 'Happy' Chandler. On this epi...
Author, poet, former Wildcat great Dorian Hairston on his tribute to superstar Josh Gibson
Dorian Hairston was a hard-hitting outfielder for the University of Kentucky from 2013-16, batting .318 in SEC games in his junior year, and starting...
UK basketball great Jack 'Goose' Givens talks about his new book and the start of the Mark Pope era
Jack (Goose) Givens is among the most popular athletes ever to wear Kentucky’s blue and white. He led the Wildcats to the 1978 NCAA basketball champio...
Alan Stein is back and so are the Lexington Legends
For a second time, Alan Stein has brought the Legends to Lexington. The minor league baseball team opened play as a Houston Astros affiliate in 2001,...
Former UK great, NFL vet Marc Logan
Marc Logan was a star running back at Kentucky in the mid-1980s. He was an outstanding rusher, receiver, and kick returner. A graduate of Bryan Statio...
Wildcat great Derrick Ramsey reflects on success on the gridiron and the boardroom
Derrick Ramsey had an outstanding career as an athlete, and has continued to make his mark in business, athletics administration, and government servi...
Kentucky HOF journalist Dave Kindred and the inspiration for his new book
Dave Kindred has been a columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, National Sports Daily, Sporting N...
Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman talks about life inside / outside the announcing booth and the joys of retirement
Marty Brennaman was the play-by-play broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds for 46 seasons, from 1974 through 2019. He was named baseball’s Ford Frick Aw...
A conversation with new UK Athletics HOF member Dick Parsons
Dick Parsons was recently inducted into the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame. He was a two-sport star at Kentucky. He played basketball f...
WUKY SportsPage: Hall of Fame athlete Leroy Byrd
Leroy Byrd, listed at five-feet-five, but as he says, “no more than five-three,” played basketball for the University of Kentucky and UNLV after finis...
Dennis Johnson on life as a Wildcat, and what he's learned coaching high school football
Dennis Johnson is a former All-American and all-SEC defensive end at Kentucky. He played in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49...