Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lee Corso’s goodbye has a Northern Kentucky angle
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Kentucky quarterback Zach Calzada taking low-key approach into Saturday’s debut against Toledo
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Zach Calzada is taking a low-key approach going into his debut on Saturday as Kentucky’s…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Ex-Bengal Rey Maualuga has moved on from football to a new position
For 11 years, Rey Maualuga prepared for the position he’d play in life. And in football. From his birth at…
Zach Calzada name Kentucky’s starting quarterback ahead of Saturday’s season opener against Toledo
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today As expected, Zach Calzada was named Kentucky’s starting quarterback on this week ahead of the…
Prep Sports Report: Five quarterbacks make successful debuts in season opening football games
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Five high school football teams that won their season openers last Friday had first-year…
Prep Football Flashback: CovCath senior scored winning touchdown in first game as starting quarterback
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter In his first game as a starting quarterback, senior Dustin Hicks passed for 227…
Physical Ryle Raiders take advantage of experience to top exciting Colonels offense 26-20
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Ryle’s physical Raiders had more weapons, more experience – and slightly fewer mistakes –…
St. Henry football team loses varsity debut without scoring in home game against Holy Cross
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports reporter A charging crusader on horseback led St. Henry into a new era of football…
Highlands overcomes errors to win season opener against Frederick Douglass, 21-20, in double overtime
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter No one expects a high school football team to be a shining example of…
High school football season begins with marquee matchups, varsity debut on Friday’s schedule
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The opening night of the 2025 high school football season on Friday has some…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lots to listen to and learn from folks who made sports special in NKY
No wonder Rob Butcher, winner Wednesday of one of the two new awards at the annual Summer Reunion of the…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Highlands faces tough schedule to prepare for long run in state playoffs
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter When a coach gets to Highlands, the No. 5 winningest high school football program…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Conner’s new coach starting season with mostly first-year starters
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Noel Rash enters his first season as head coach of the Conner football team…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Beechwood needs to develop offensive line to take advantage of returning skill players
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports reporter The Beechwood Tigers did what no other Northern Kentucky football team could last season…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Newport coach says Wildcats will go as far as senior team leaders take them
By Chad Hensley NKyTribune sports reporter The 2025 Newport Wildcats will use a narrow 14-12 loss to Kentucky Country Day…
Prep Football Flashback: Ryle rushed for 581 yards in 2010 season opening victory over CovCath
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Ryle opened the 2010 football season with a dominant 61-7 win over Covington Catholic…
UK’s Mark Pope says navigating current challenges surrounding college basketball is ‘the coolest thing’
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today The landscape of college athletics isn’t the same as the turf Mark Pope tread during…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Cooper is loaded with veterans capable of making another run at Class 5A championship
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Seventeen years ago, Cooper High School was the other school in Union. The new…
UK Coach Mark Stoops happy with Wildcats following Saturday’s final scrimmage of camp
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops walked away pleased with his team’s performance in the final…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Dayton’s young players gained much needed varsity experience last season
By Jacob Dickman NKyTribune sports reporter Last season, six freshmen lined up as starters on Dayton’s varsity football team that…
Jamie Vaught: Author Kevin Cook chronicles long history of UK’s historic Memorial Coliseum
In early August, not long before the classes were scheduled to begin for the Fall 2025 semester, there were many…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Coaches building Campbell County’s depth, unity to improve on last season
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter At practice sessions, Campbell County football coach Brian Weinrich wants everyone except the quarterbacks…