Billy Reed: The horses are running at Keeneland, which is good, but they’ll run without Baffert stable
When the horses are running at Keeneland, the world is a better place. I can’t prove that, of course, but…
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Friday Football Roundup: Newport, Holmes get paybacks against last year’s playoff opponents
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Holmes and Newport won home games Friday against district opponents that knocked them out…
Cooper reverses trend by routing Conner, 43-7, in district seeding game between county rivals
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper had a 5-10 record in its football series against Conner going into their…
Mark Stoops expecting BBN to be in ‘full effect’ when the Wildcats face LSU Saturday at Kroger Field
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today It will be another sellout when Kentucky takes on LSU Saturday at Kroger Field and…
Prep Sports Notebook: Fields are set for next week’s boys, girls 9th Region soccer tournaments
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The fields are set for the 9th Region boys and girls high school soccer…
Close games have been recurring theme when Cooper plays Conner in high school football
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper’s first varsity football game was a 57-0 lopsided loss to Conner in 2008….
Coach Mark Stoops, Wildcats move past Florida, set sights on Saturday night’s showdown with LSU
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops has already forgotten about Kentucky’s upset of Florida last week and already has…
Ryan Clark: The Wildcat’s are playing to the level of their competition — and that’s not a bad thing
Everyone will say they were there. Someday, when we’re still retelling the story of how Josh Paschal blocked a field…
Elated Kentucky Wildcats ‘elevate, celebrate’ monumental win over 10th-ranked Florida Gators
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops has defeated Florida not once, but twice. Three years removed after Stoops and…
Billy Reed: Malik Cunningham deserves a raise. Said as college sports as we know it is dying as we watch
Malik Cunningham deserves a raise. I don’t know what the University of Louisville’s star running back is making now because…
Friday football roundup: Beechwood, Brossart remain undefeated by winning close games
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Beechwood and Brossart maintained their perfect records in high school football by winning close…
Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari wants UK to be the ‘gold standard’ in NIL policy enactment
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky coach John Calipari doesn’t think name, image, and likeness will be a difference-maker when…
NKU, University of Cincinnati announce three-season men’s basketball series to start with 2022-23 season
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team begins a three-game series against the Univesity of Cincinnati, meeting once in nonconference…
Ryle taking on perennial power upstages district seeding games on Friday’s football schedule
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Northern Kentucky high school football teams will play in six district seeding games on…
Ryan Clark: It wasn’t perfect, but the Kentucky football Wildcats are 4-0, and It’s time to enjoy it
The scene was wild. The camera flittered from one corner of the room to the next, never quite in focus…
Wotherspoon takes medalist honors in Region 7 boys golf tournament for third consecutive year
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper senior Rylan Wotherspoon shot the low score in the Region 7 boys golf…
Making no excuses, Stoops says emphasis on eliminating fumbles, turnovers for Wildcats
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops is making no excuses regarding his team’s 11 turnovers through…
Cooper golfers post top four scores in Region 7 girls tournament to capture team title once again
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The Cooper girls golf team won its second consecutive Region 7 championship by doing…
Both sons of coaches, Kentucky’s Stoops, South Carolina’s Beamer carved their own paths to success
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops and Shane Beamer took similar footsteps climbing to the top of the coaching…
Kentucky survives another close call as Cats hold on for 16-10 win over Gamecocks in Columbia
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops will take a win any way he can get them. Even the close…
Friday football roundup: CovCath, Dixie Heights secure wins with pass interceptions in the end zone
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Pass interceptions in the end zone by senior defensive backs clinched wins for Covington…
Prep Sports Notebook: CovCath sweeps No. 1 votes in N.Ky. boys basketball coaches preseason poll
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic will enter the 2021-22 boys high school basketball season as the top-ranked…