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UK basketball honors 100 players, Fantasy Five team, 2003
In conjunction with the celebration of the University of Kentucky’s 100th basketball season, 100 former UK lettermen were honored at halftime of the Cats’ Feb. 23, 2003, game against Mississippi State...
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Kentucky’s Joe Crawford in action, 2008
Kentucky’s Joe Crawford drove to the basket between Georgia’s Dave Bliss, left, and Billy Humphrey in the second half of the Georgia game in Rupp Arena February 19, 2008. Kentucky won 61-55. UK, under...
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Rex Chapman, 1988
University of Kentucky’s Rex Chapman looked for someone to pass to while being defended by Mississippi’s Rod Barnes during the 10th-ranked Cats’ 94-65 win, Feb. 3, 1988 at Rupp Arena. Ahead 42-37, UK...
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John Pelphrey in the Boys’ Sweet Sixteen, 1987
Paintsville’s John Pelphrey went over, under and through the Owensboro defense during the second round of the Kentucky Boys’ Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament, March 27, 1987 in Lexington’s Rupp...
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Boy Scout Expo, 1980
Jimmy Mitchell, 12, Troop 127 in Mercer County crossed a rope bridge during the Bluegrass Area Council’s annual display of outdoor crafts and scouting activities in early May 1980. Over 25,000 tickets...
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Bryan Station High graduate, 1987
Monica Cunningham, 18, a senior at Bryan Station High School, waited in Rupp Arena for the rest of her class before graduation ceremonies in June 1987. Cunningham, then a patient at Cardinal Hill...
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Rupp Arena, Lexington Center construction, 1975
An aerial photo from April 1975 shows the construction site of Rupp Arena, left, and what will become Lexington Center, the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Triangle Park. The grand opening of Rupp Arena was...
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Elvis ticket for concert that never was, 1977
A concert ticket from a 1977 Elvis Presley show at Lexington’s Rupp Arena that never happened. The concert was scheduled for Aug. 23 but Presley died exactly one week before he was to perform to a...
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Kentucky and Louisville basketball, 1985
University of Louisville’s Pervis Ellison got a hand on a shot by Kentucky’s Kenny Walker in their December 28,1985 matchup in Rupp Arena. The Eddie Sutton coached Wildcats defeated the Cards, coached...
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Triangle Park tree planting, 1982
Trees being planted in Lexington’s Triangle Park, April 28, 1982. Scheduled for completion by mid-June, the park still needed finishing touches including grading, grass, lighting and brick work. The...
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