Battle On Broadway

Battle On Broadway
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The Battle On Broadway, also known as the Kentucky–Transylvania rivalry, is a rivalry[1][2] between inter-city and in-state rivals in football and basketball. Both schools in fact were once under the same Kentucky University. The Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky eventually broke off to become its own separate entity in 1878. Almost a hundred years after most of the games were played the Lexington Herald-Leader wrote that the rivalry was "arguably more intense and controversial than any experienced in UK's history.”[2]

  1. ^ Stanley, Kent (1996), Before Big Blue: Sports at the University of Kentucky, Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, pp. 25–36, ISBN 0-8131-1991-X
  2. ^ a b Scott, Jon (October 30, 2011). "Way back when, Transy-Kentucky rivalry created fireworks". Kentucty.com (Lexington Herald-Leader). Retrieved June 22, 2020.