Jamie’s Bookshelf: Recent nonfiction books to add to your holiday shopping (and reading) list
By Jamie H. Vaught NKyTribune Columnist • “The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate” by Tom Brokaw (Random House,…
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Jamie Vaught: UK football has tough act to follow, but look for Wildcats to finish 8-4, get another bowl trip
The football Wildcats from Lexington will have a very tough act to follow this fall. That’s after we saw a…
Jamie Vaught: Latest Pete Rose book brings back pleasant memories of Roberto Clemente jersey
With another book about Pete Rose which came out earlier this month, it brought back a couple of old memories…
Jamie Vaught: UK’s new recruit, Nate Sestina, can impact game on frontline and perimeter
Nate Sestina, a graduate transfer from Bucknell University, is one of UK’s new faces for the 2019-20 basketball team. But…
Jamie’s Bookshelf: Rounding out your reading list with nine recently-published nonfiction titles
By Jamie H. Vaught Special to NKyTribune Some good reads for your summer pleasure: –“Ambition, Pragmatism And Party: A Political…
Jamie Vaught: Lexington native, Cleveland Browns legend Frank Minnifield building business back home
Remember Frank Minnifield? One of the top players in pro football many years ago, he is a Cleveland Browns legend…
Jamie Vaught: Kentucky sophomore Benny Snell Jr. joins impressive list of Wildcat running backs
Over the years, Kentucky has had a good handful of All-SEC or All-American football standouts who are among the school’s…
Jamie Vaught: Twice the fun seeing double on UK Dance squad; and some favorite sports books
When I was a little kid growing up in Kentucky, I remember seeing pictures of twins cheering for UK during…
Jamie Vaught: On UK’s Maci Morris, the popular Calipari and a prediction on the UK-Tennessee game
It wasn’t that long ago when Bell County High School’s Maci Morris was burning the nets as one of the…
Jamie Vaught: College basketball yearbooks agree — Cal’s Cats will open the season ranked No. 6
As you know, when October rolls around, it’s basketball time in Kentucky. That means the college basketball yearbooks are out,…
Jamie Vaught: Tales of Baylor football scandal, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump head fall reading list
With the fall season upon us, here is a list of recently-published nonfiction books that you may enjoy reading in…
Jamie Vaught: Outspoken Finebaum has become the unofficial voice of the Southeastern Conference
Paul Finebaum? Heard of him? The name should be familiar, especially if you’re a Southeastern Conference fan. He is all…
Jamie Vaught: Overcoming adversity, UK’s West feeling good about being a difference-maker
It is sure nice to see injury-plagued Darius West back in action. After sitting out three of the past four…
Jamie Vaught: Wildcats feel Love’s impact both on and away from the playing field
Kentucky is sure glad to have Courtney Love, who has been a productive starter and a team leader. The 6-1,…
Jamie Vaught: Stoops’ Cats appear to be better on paper, but will results on the field show it?
Well, after several miserable years of losing, Kentucky finally bounced back last season in a respectable fashion and came up…
Jamie Vaught: Lindy’s Sports yearbook joins crowd not showing much love for Stoops’ Wildcats
Several weeks ago, I wrote that a couple of college football yearbooks aren’t showing much love for the Wildcats as…
Jamie Vaught: Watergate, ‘fake news’ and Hemingway among topics for your late summer reading list
This is the second of a two-part series about recently-published nonfiction books that you may enjoy this summer. — “Hallelujah…
Jamie Vaught: With summer winding down, here are a few books to help keep the season going
This is the first of a two-part series about recently-published nonfiction books, beginning with several volumes on baseball, that you…
Jamie Vaught: Cats lightly regarded by preseason polls, but Stoops’ troops seen as darkhorse
As we all know, UK has a football program on the rise, but the preseason folks are still cautious about…
Jamie Vaught: Former Browns’ star Green ‘blown away’ by selection to Kentucky Football Hall of Fame
If you are a true pro football fan, you probably have heard of Ernie Green. As you may recall, Green…
Jamie Vaught: Sports, political biographies featuring Palmer, Trump headline summer reading list
This is the second of a two-part series about recently published nonfiction books that you may enjoy reading this summer….
Jamie Vaught: Summer nonfiction reading include looks at Reagan, Nixon, Hillary … and the Cubs
This is the first of a two-part series about recently-published nonfiction books that you may enjoy during your free time…