Northern Kentucky’s contribution to high school basketball earns an ‘A’ this year at Bellevue
By Dan Weber NKyTribune reporter No better place for Day 3 of the All “A” Classic than here at Bellevue’s…
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First-year coaches get it going for Holy Cross, Beechwood in All ‘A’ Classic first-game romps
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter First-year Holy Cross basketball coach Ricardo Johnson needed no introduction to the man on…
College basketball notebook: Tough going in January, especially on the road for NKU, Thomas More
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Sure, the basketball is tough. But not as tough as the January weather for…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Talking NKU hoops, NKy high school basketball rankings, NFL’s Michael Mayer
HORIZON LEAGUE DOING IT AGAIN TO NKU You can’t blame NKU basketball coach Darrin Horn for wondering what the heck’s…
When going got tough vs. Youngstown State, new-look Norse found out how deep they could dig
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter No way NKU was going to win this one. Not down 16 to a…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Looking in all directions here . . . high school, college and pro
So how are the Ninth Region’s top two high school basketball players from last season doing in this, their first…
December was toughen-up time for the ninth region’s top boys’ high school basketball teams
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It’s that time of the basketball season when you have to make a column-writing…
College Basketball Notebook: Holiday break coming at the right time for NKU, Thomas More hoops
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The West Coast trips haven’t gotten any easier for the NKU Norse with a…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Time to say goodbye to Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame 2023
Pennsylvania native Nick Krall may be a Northern Kentuckian now, but the Reds President of Baseball Operations got a good…
Late start, big finish, has CovCath coming up short, but encouraged, against national power La Lumiere
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It all depends on how you look at it. If you focus on the…
Cooper’s kids working to put together the pieces while Yamil Rondon waiting for someone to notice
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Yamil Rondon could well be the poster boy for the Griffin Elite Basketball Classic….
Lloyd’s EJ Walker, targeted by IMG’s big, strong front line, shows he’s the player his offer roster says he is
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter There was pretty much just one plot line in Saturday’s Lloyd Memorial-IMG Academy game…
Newport’s young guys hang tough to upset top national program Huntington Prep at Griffin Elite
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Newport’s Taylen Kinney could have easily packed it in, could have said this obviously…
A number of nation’s top prep hoops prospects here for Griffin Elite Basketball Classic this weekend
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The goal was to bring in some of the nation’s top prep basketball prospects…
Joe Brennan leaves a terrific legacy after 20 years as Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame President
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter You really can’t tell the Joe Brennan story in a few words – or…
Thomas More men knock off national No. 8 Ashland after a long, hard week of practice prep
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It was a long, hard tough week of practice for the Thomas More men’s…
Thomas More’s Saints make a run at No. 1 Ashland women’s 44-game win streak before falling at finish
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Big early crowd here at the Connor Convocation Center Saturday. Even with the 1…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: World’s apart recruiting for Northern Kentucky stars EJ Walker, Henry Thole
Their resumes make them two of the more accomplished and interesting high school basketball prospects in recent Northern Kentucky history….
No. 1 Newport keeps it going with defense and sharing the basketball against improved Boone
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Two stats are all you need to know to figure out why Newport’s top-ranked…
Weekend basketball: Newport’s Wildcats stop Ohio champs’ 2-year win streak in Ohio Valley Classic
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter With football behind us, it’s time for an all-out look at the basketball that’s…
Not the way CovCath thought state title game would go against 4-time defending champ Boyle County
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter LEXINGTON — As difficult as it may be to imagine, a Boyle County team…
Thin, young CovCath learns a basketball lesson or two at a rightly-ranked No. 1 Great Crossing
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter GEORGETOWN – Sometimes it’s not whether you win or lose but what you take…