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,…
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Mike Tussey: From the Magic of the Minors to ‘The Show’ — y’all ready?
A month ago this column was telling you about the “The Transition” from Winter to Spring while moving through the…
Mike Tussey: The guys in blue rule the game, the diamond, and the Show
Turning the calendar back to 1869, historians will tell you that was the year professional baseball made the splash. The…
Not exactly a shutout for Northern Kentucky baseball but local teams didn’t get home once again
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Of all the KHSAA sports, baseball is the most perplexing for Northern Kentucky. Hard…
His baseball career ended, Hunter Jones is teaching now — at D-BAT instructional center in Hebron
By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter He is a teacher now. And his classroom is the batting cages at D-BAT. What’s…
Dixie Heights does its thing against Conner, and keeps Coach Maxwell smiling in Season 41
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Don’t ask Chris Maxwell how many times his Dixie Heights’ Colonels have made it…
Time wasn’t on favored CovCath’s side vs. a young Beechwood team just learning how to win big again
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It was just a matter of time. After four innings in Tuesday’s 35th District…
Dixie Heights wins its 24th, and the 34th District, over St. Henry behind senior leaders . . . and a sophomore
By Dan WeberNKyTribune sports reporter Brach Rice is a 6-foot-3, 240-pound linebacker headed to Miami of Ohio on a football…
NKU REPORT: Rallying Norse finish 2nd in regular-season Horizon baseball and postseason softball
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Having won four straight and six of their last seven to fight back into…
Ryle’s Raiders make it happen on one final swing against CovCath in 9th Region’s top two battle
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic’s Colonels were one out away from their 30th win. In a game…
Ryle uses all 31 Raiders in Reds Futures Showcase win over Campbell Co at Great American Ball Park
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter They call it the Reds Futures High School Showcase with Northern Kentucky teams Campbell…
CovCath wins again in best-vs.-best inter-region rivalry Simon Kenton says can only make them better
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Talk to the head coaches of the two winningest high school baseball teams in…
Jamie Vaught: Recently-published sports books — Pete Rose, Rex Chapman, George Allen and more…
• Déjà Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball by Jerry Tipton (Acclaim Press, $26.95) is a…
BAWAC residents make their ‘pitch,’ celebrate retiring founder at Florence Y’alls baseball game
By Andy Furman NKy Tribune Reporter Mark Thomas and Gregg Austing waited 50-plus years to finally make their pitch. They…
Former University of Kentucky three-sport standout Charles ‘Cotton’ Nash passes away at 80
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today One of Kentucky’s legends, Charles “Cotton” Nash, passed away Tuesday at the age of 80….
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Sport that’s changed most around here in the last 3 decades is in the spring
When you were gone for nearly three decades — to Philadelphia, New Jersey, Chicago and Southern California — as was…
David Justice to throw out first pitch to kick off TMU baseball April 15 vs. University of Cumberlands
Thomas More University’s kickoff celebration at Thomas More Stadium starts at noon Saturday, April 15 during the Saints baseball game…
Mike Tussey: The Cubs, a microphone and baseball Hall of Famers — and a wealth of sweet memories
Growing up in the mid 20th Century was totally unlike anything that you could imagine today here in 2023. By…
Joe Heller: The week’s news in cartoons — full color, bold brush strokes and few words
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Billy Reed: Visit to Reds game on unbearably hot day serves as a reminder of the gift of good friendships
Last Thursday I went to Cincinnati with my friends Ronnie Galloway and Paul Haydon to see the Reds play the…
Jamie Vaught: Middlesboro pastor, baseball super fan Michael Padgett has visited 37 different ball parks
How many baseball fans have traveled all over the United States and Canada, and visited all of the major league…
Billy Reed: Remembering Hank Aaron who was a baseball superstar and a man of grace, elegance
When it was obvious that Henry Aaron was ready for baseball’s major leagues, he received contract offers from the New…