Don Owen: Will there be prep football in Kentucky this fall? Here’s an alphabetical guide — just in case
Every sports fan in Northern Kentucky wants to see it — high school football on Friday nights this fall. The…
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Don Owen: Is expansion really going to help an unstable, complicated mess in the Horizon League?
Ready or not, here they come. The Colonials of Robert Morris University, that is. They’re leaving the Northeast Conference to…
Don Owen: Even-numbered years meant odd trends — and multiple GLVC titles — for NKU baseball
What do the years 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 have in common with Northern Kentucky University baseball? Hint: It’s something…
Don Owen: When Jane Meier resigned at NKU, leakers and moles dripped in dehydration
Leaks. It’s a word that causes every media relations director to frown when preparing for a big announcement. And it’s…
Don Owen: NKU basketball, writing novels symbolically intersect during this unfortunate March
Playing sports and writing novels have more in common than I ever imagined. You can approach the first completion point…
Don Owen: Yes, the sports world is on hiatus and we’re all worried, but here is a story of perspective
Everyone is frightened right now. All of us. While we wait out the pandemic and pray for the best, the…
Don Owen: The 10 biggest sports stories involving NKU this decade? Time can’t hide the obvious answers
Time really begins accelerating once you pass your 30th birthday, doesn’t it? Maybe that’s why so many people continue to…
Don Owen: Newport football battles ominous history, talented NewCath in Friday night showdown
Does anyone remember Charlie Smith, the versatile quarterback who led Newport High School to a 9-2 record in 1999? How…
Don Owen: After beating West Nile virus, Jenna Fessler continues winning at Thomas More
Like any other college athlete, Jenna Fessler enjoys winning. She’s done plenty of that as a four-year starter for Thomas…
Don Owen joins NKyTribune team, bringing versatility, long experience in NKY, sports information
Long-time sports communication specialist Don Owen has joined the NKyTribune staff, Judith Clabes, editor and publisher has announced. Owen, a…
Former Scott HS basketball standout Ohmer off to great start with Western Kentucky University
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter As a senior at Scott High School last season, Jake Ohmer forged a legacy on…
Are you a sports numbers nut/aficionado? Here are some numbers from first half of prep football season
By Don Owen Special to the NKyTribune The first half of the Kentucky high school football season is now complete,…
Adversity inspired Bellevue’s ’77 state champs; Tigers had unconventional offense, leaders
By Don Owen Special to NKyTribune They were the small-school football dynamo that reached spectacular heights in the late 1970s,…
A tribute to legendary NKY radio broadcaster, Dale McMillen, who died Sunday at age 74
By Don Owen Special to NKyTribune If there is a radio broadcaster’s table in Heaven, a glorious catchphrase is…
Local author Donald Owen releases paranormal thriller, Wilderness of Divine Precedent
Special to NKyTribune An unresolved past clashes with an unstable future in Donald Owen’s Wilderness of Divine Precedent, a paranormal…