Ryle senior could compete in two region tournaments for newly sanctioned sports this week
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The first state sanctioned region tournaments in boys lacrosse and boys volleyball are scheduled…
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Sovereignty outduels Journalism on sloppy track to win 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
By Kevin Kerstein Churchill Downs Godolphin’s homebred Sovereignty outdueled favored Journalism through a protracted stretch duel by 1½ lengths to…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: During Kentucky Derby week, the story isn’t always on the racetrack
It was never a priority for a young athlete growing up in Northern Kentucky playing football, basketball and baseball. The…
Latonia Derby provided another spring classic for horse racing fans that rivaled Run for the Roses
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter There once was a time when horse racing fans celebrated “Derby Day” twice a…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: It’s not about the numbers, CovCath’s Krumpelbeck says, nearing No. 2 in KY wins
He was working at the Ice House in Covington, his college summer job after graduating from Xavier University in 1976,…
Kentucky Derby: Think horses and tulips in making your bets on outcome of greatest two minutes in sports
By Paul Braverman Special to NKyTribune DON’T BE STUBBORN In one of the greatest racetrack gambling stories of all time,…
Kentucky’s transfer portal players make visit to future home, have all ‘eyes on No. 9’
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Four of Kentucky’s five incoming transfers got a glimpse of their future home last weekend….
Prep Sports Report: Beechwood’s bid for All “A” Classic baseball title ends with loss in semifinals
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Beechwood got off to a good start in the opening round of the All…
Stakes-placed Masknak brings $373,000 post sale to top Keeneland April racing age sale
Masmak, a four-time winner over the winter at Aqueduct where he was third in the Excelsior (L) on April 5,…
Prep Sports Report: Notre Dame lacrosse team off to 11-0 start in first season as state-sanctioned sport
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Adding lacrosse to the list of state-sanctioned high school sports this spring couldn’t have…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Catching up on Northern Kentucky sports history as we head into spring
With basketball – and football – behind us and still looking ahead to the Kentucky Derby and all the spring…
Kentucky guard Travis Perry makes last-minute decision to enter transfer portal
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today At the 11th Hour, Kentucky guard Travis Perry shifted gears and entered the transfer portal….
Wildcat notes: Pope excited about transfer Denzel Aberdeen; Scott hires Sean Woods
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Pope is excited about the addition of Florida transfer Denzel Aberdeen. “Denzel is a…
Athletic complex construction projects at three Northern Kentucky high schools going smoothly
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter With four months remaining before the start of the 2025 high school football and…
Keith Taylor: Return of rivalry game with Indiana a welcome addition to UK’s non-conference schedule
I’ve always considered the Kentucky-Indiana rivalry a natural one that should be on each team’s non-conference schedule. That all changed…
Prep Sports Report: Walton-Verona, Beechwood advance to All “A” Classic state baseball tournament
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Walton-Verona and Beechwood earned berths in the Kentucky All “A” Classic state baseball tournament…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: From thoroughbreds to scholarships to cancer surgery, NKSHOF induction day had a bit of everything
On a day when there were just four new inductees to the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame, Dr. James…
Dixie Heights graduate among deaf players in Gallaudet University football program
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporters Last season, football players at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. wore jerseys with five…
Doubleheader against Ohio has Northern Kentuckians finishing high school hoops, starting college
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It’s either the end of your high school playing days – or the beginning…
Prep Sports Report: All “A” Classic state basketball tournaments will return to Owensboro next season
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The Kentucky All “A” Classic state basketball tournaments will be played at the Owensboro…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: CJ says goodbye to basketball, NKU says hello to three veteran transfers
It’s been a one-of-a-kind college basketball career for CJ Fredrick, who has let the world know it was time to say…
Jayden Quaintance coming to UK next season, after playing with Arizona State for a year
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today A former Kentucky recruit has decided to play for the Wildcats next season. Jayden Quaintance,…