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A 14-year-old boy who “loved the outdoors” died in an ATV crash near his Kentucky home, family members say. Eric Harper was riding his 4-wheeler uphill Feb. 28 in Blaine when “it came back on him and crushed him ,” his mother, Lisa Harper, said in a Facebook post.

But a few pivotal moments swung the outcome. Kentucky caught a break when a ball that deflected into the backcourt was flung forward through a sea of Tigers arms to Kentucky’s Andrew Carr, who tapped it back out to Otega Oweh for a wide-open 3-pointer. That put Kentucky up nine.

The all-time leading scorer in Henry Clay boys basketball history shows off his scoring touch for Missouri in a loss to Kentucky.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear wants Canadian leaders to reconsider their retaliatory tariffs on American liquor, including the state’s signature bourbon.