Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: The more college basketball changes, as it has, one thing remains the same
As NKU coach Darrin Horn challenges his players time and again in the three-on-three and five-on-five halfcourt scrimmages in the…
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Coming a long, long way to play and study in Northern Kentucky
It was time. Seven weeks into the NCAA’s permitted eight weeks of summer basketball workouts, an almost completely new-look NKU…
The Kentucky Barrels learn their playoff opponent and, no surprise, it’s in Michigan
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It’s off to Saginaw, Michigan, for the opening round game of Arena Football One’s…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Pitchers take over Y’all-Star Game, Barrels have extra week, UK hoops hometowns and Al H
It was worth the wait, the Frontier League Y’all-Star Game that concluded the midseason festivities Wednesday. Only it didn’t look…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Five hours of fun . . . and baseball in Florence
It was 10:25 p.m., nearly five hours after they’d opened the gates at Thomas More Stadium, and Neil Diamond is…
Lots of folks coming Northern Kentucky’s way this week for Frontier League Y’all Star Game
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter No wonder MeetNKY is a presenting sponsor for this week’s Y’all Star Frontier League…
Road-weary Barrels working to get their roster back as regular season ends and playoffs near
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The best comedy routine in the history of American sports is without doubt Abbott…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: NKU gets the leader the Northern Kentucky community needs
NKU Pres. Dr. Cady Short-Thompson prides herself on this one special skill: “Hiring well,” she was saying Thursday afternoon at…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Don’t forget Barrels as they finish up on road, getting back to NKU basketball
It was Sunday, May 17, the last time the Kentucky Barrels were seen in their Truist Arena home on the…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: So long, Tony, you made us proud to be a part of your game . . . and your life
It was a moment that always made me smile. Walking across the court at the Holy Cross gym and seeing…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: One game too many out west for globe-trotting Kentucky Barrels
One more trip to the West Coast — their third of the season in a hastily rescheduled game this week…
Third-place Barrels head to West Coast again in ArenaOne’s reshuffled sked but lose a home game
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Welcome to Arena Football, Kentucky Barrels’ fans. In a Wednesday decision this week to…
Kentucky Barrels forced to cancel their lone home game in six weeks due to opponent travel issues
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It always seemed a bit of a scheduling oddity. How the Kentucky Barrels were…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Swimming from Notre Dame Academy to MIT just the start for Olivia Wallace
Olivia Wallace doesn’t miss a moment. The Notre Dame Academy grad on her way to MIT can’t afford to. Not…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: When Covington Latin produced a big hitter, but not in baseball
Jim Noll was always a bit of an outlier. In the large Noll family growing up on what was then…
Rains cinch semifinals for Raiders as Ryle weathers Dixie Heights challenge
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter And then the rains came. And when the heavens opened up Tuesday after six…
Big-time pitching highlights Ninth Region first-round baseball for Dixie Heights, Ryle and Beechwood
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter DIXIE HEIGHTS 1, COVINGTON CATHOLIC 0: In Monday’s Memorial Day first round in the…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Covington’s BLDG is all about building the business of sports
So you happen to be walking up Pike Street in the heart of downtown Covington, just a half-block from Madison…
Barrels keep rolling, go west to get their first road win of the season . . . in California
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The Kentucky Barrels didn’t let the 2,500-mile trip to Oceanside, California, slow them up…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Stand up and cheer for Silver Grove in the NKY Sports Hall of Fame
Talking about their shared hometown on what was unofficially Silver Grove Day at the May inductions for the Northern Kentucky…
Beechwood keeps rockin’ and rollin’ in 12-6 district title romp over CovCath
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The goals, they are evolving, Beechwood Coach Kevin Gray said Tuesday after his Tigers…
New-look Barrels with an old-fashioned result against visitors from Texas
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Maybe it shouldn’t be any surprise that as one of the “new kids on…