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STEVE FLAIRTY: Hall of Fame Broadcaster Chuck Mraz Aims to Foster Children's Love of Reading with New Book
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist As a child, I read voraciously, biographies of noted Americans were my first pick, but I also enjoyed reading relatable fiction stories, especially baseball. I enjoyed playing the game and following my beloved Reds. Absorbing baseball stories piqued my imagination, and being a former fourth-grade teacher, I noticed the same by some of my students, especially boys. So, when I heard about radio sportscaster Chuck Mraz’s book, Baseball Stori
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11 minutes ago5 min read
WKU Signs South Carolina Transfer EJ Walker
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Western Kentucky University has signed 6-foot-8 rising sophomore EJ Walker to its 2026-27 basketball roster, it was announced by coach Hank Plona. The former No. 2 high school player in the state of Kentucky arrives on The Hill after spending the 2025-26 season at South Carolina. EJ Walker (USC Athletics Photo) "EJ is going to be a great Hilltopper,” said Plona. “He’s a Kentucky kid with a bright future ahead of him. EJ is a versatile player who can score
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43 minutes ago1 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Watch or Worry
By Gary Miller About a month ago, I hunted this same area. I was able to take a big gobbler that morning. I had not been back since. So, I knew, after a month, I could go back and see if I could get another one of those toms to come to my call. It was a beautiful, crisp, and quiet morning. My set up turned out to be about textbook. Before I made my first call, a tom belted out a loud gobble over the small hill, about 150 yards away, and directly in front of m
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50 minutes ago3 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: The Transforming Power of Fidelity
By Father Yohanes Akoit Fidelity is an essential aspect of life. It helps human beings form and shape their lives. Without fidelity, life has no structure and no proper direction. This happens because we have inner drives that inspire us to begin something, make commitments, plan for the future, and more. Yet all these inspirations will never reach fulfillment or come into existence without the virtue of fidelity. Therefore, fidelity plays an important role in making possible
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WAYNE KNUCKLES: The Week the Tomahawk Stopped Chopping
Ted Turner died Wednesday, May 6. Bobby Cox died Saturday, May 9. Same week. Same franchise. Two pillars of the same church, gone before the month is half over. I don't know what you do with that. I'm not sure anybody does. I came to the Braves late, and I came to them sideways, and I came to them because of a cable wire strung by a Baptist preacher to a house in the hills of eastern Kentucky where a man who had spent his whole life listening to baseball on the radio suddenly
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1 hour ago4 min read
KMLF Queen Gracie Conway Shares Passion for Helping Animals
By Jamie H. Vaught KySportsStyle.com Magazine The queen of the 2025 Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival loves spending time with animals. If given an opportunity, she will even think about picking up a helpless stray dog from the highway. And Gracie Conway is even studying animals in college. A graduate of McCracken County High School in Paducah and Murray State University, Conway recently completed her first year at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. “After th
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3 days ago5 min read
Ousmane N’Diaye Signs to Play at UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ousmane N’Diaye (OOSE-mahn EN-jye), a 6-foot-11 forward from Senegal, has signed an agreement to join Kentucky men’s basketball for the 2026-27 season, it was announced on Thursday. N’Diaye has experience playing across Europe including in Germany, Italy and Spain. His most recent team was Vanoli Cremona, which competes in Italy’s top division, Liga Basket Serie A, the same league which is currently home to Kentucky products Nate Sestina (2020) and Kyle Wiltj
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6 days ago1 min read
BOOKSHELF: Exciting Sports Books Released
Compiled by Jamie H. Vaught KySportsStyle.com Magazine --Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird by Keith O'Brien (Atria Books, $30) offers a stirring account of the improbable rise of Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores during the late 1970s with exclusive, in-depth interviews with players, coaches, and staffers. It's the story of a group of young men who achieved the greatest feat of all: immortality. In the fall 1974, Larr
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6 days ago4 min read
Kentucky Signs 6-foot-4 European Star Ajša Sivka
Ajsa Sivka (Photo Submitted) LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program inked a 6-4 guard to its incoming class in Ajša Sivka (Eye-Shah SEEV-kah), head coach Kenny Brooks announced Wednesday. She will join the team for the upcoming season. “I am delighted to welcome Ajša to our program,” Brooks said. “Her combination of size and skill will fit into our system seamlessly. Ajša is a tremendous shooter, scorer, and playmaker from the wing position and
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May 62 min read
WAYNE KNUCKLES: They Broke College Sports & They Did It Fast
I've been watching college athletics for a long time. Long enough to remember when a kid's scholarship, room, board, tuition, books, was considered a pretty good deal. Long enough to remember when the term "student-athlete" wasn't a punchline. That was over four years ago. In 2021, the NCAA opened the door to NIL, Name, Image and Likeness, deals. The idea was reasonable enough. Let kids profit off their own brand. Sign some autographs, do a local car commercial, maybe shill p
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May 63 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: The Unemployment Line
By Gary Miller My preferred exercise is bike riding. One particular ride is short in distance but difficult in effort. Here I was climbing this hill, my legs hurting, my heart racing, and my Garmin watch telling me that my heartbeat was on the “easy” side. I wanted to reach the aerobic level, but it was telling me in essence that while you’re struggling, this should really be easy. At that moment I was reminded of the young boxer who was taking on the world c
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May 53 min read
Hall of Famer Adrian 'Odie' Smith Dies
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Adrian ‘Odie’ Smith, a Naismith Memorial Basketball and University of Kentucky Hall of Famer, died April 28. He was 89. Smith (1957-58) was a beloved member of the ‘Fiddlin’ Five’ who captured the 1958 national championship for the Wildcats. He transferred to Kentucky from Northeast Mississippi Junior College. He averaged 10.2 points per game in two seasons across 51 total games, including 12.4 per game as a senior. Smith averaged nearly 14 points per game in
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May 53 min read
Southeast Kentucky CTC Hosts Spring 2026 Commencement & Presidential Investiture
HARLAN, Ky. – Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (SKCTC) will celebrate student achievement and institutional leadership during its Spring 2026 Commencement and Presidential Investiture on Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Dr. Ryan Quarles, president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), will deliver the commencement address and preside over the presidential investiture of Dr. A. Lee Harrison, who became SKCTC’s
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May 12 min read
Lexington Native Jerone Morton Joins UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jerone Morton, a 6-foot-4 rising senior who hails originally from Lexington, Kentucky, has penned an agreement to join Kentucky men’s basketball, it was officially announced on Friday. Jerone Morton (UK Athletics Photo) Morton played the 2025-26 season at Washington State where he started 29 of 32 games and averaged 7.8 points and 2.6 assists per game. Morton posted shooting splits of 43.8 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3-point range and 82.0 perc
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May 12 min read
WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Time, Space & Jesus
By Father Yohanes Akoit There is a saying: “We humans live our existence in space and time.” It means that as long as we live on this earth, we are always dealing with place and timing. Moving in space means we are always somewhere. Right now, we are here in this specific place, but later we will be somewhere else. We go from home to work, from home to church, and so on. Our bodies keep changing location; they are never fixed in one place. Regarding this, someone might be ske
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May 13 min read
Justin McBride Signs with Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Justin McBride, a 6-foot-7 forward, has signed with the Kentucky men’s basketball program, it was announced on Thursday. McBride averaged 15.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game at James Madison a season ago. Kentucky signee Justin McBride (21) has played at Oklahoma State, Nevada and James Madison. (JMU Athletics Photo) The Plano, Texas, native was a third team pick for the All-Sun Belt team after appearing in all 31 games and making 30 starts for the Dukes
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May 12 min read
UK Honors Athletes at CATSPY Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 24th annual CATSPY Awards were held Monday inside Historic Memorial Coliseum to recognize athletic and academic performances during the 2025-26 year in the University of Kentucky Athletics Department. With multiple winners in some categories, 31 individuals and three teams were recognized. The 2026 CATSPY Awards cover accomplishments earned from April 2025 through April 2026. Headlining the awards was the Team of the Year – volleyball, the national runner
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Apr 284 min read
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Patience
By Gary Miller That morning I had located what turned out to be four toms and some hens. They were still on the roost. And even though they had not been pressured, I made sure to do minimal and only light calling. A soft yelp on my slate call was enough for all the ears within 100 yards to hear me. So, I laid down the call, got my gun ready, and began scanning the top of the hill in front of me. I knew pretty much what any older tom would do. He would not come directly in lin
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Apr 283 min read
WAYNE KNUCKLES: Ninety Miles and a World Away
The Kentucky Derby is next Saturday, May 2. Ninety miles up the road from where I'm sitting. Churchill Downs. The twin spires. The hats. The mint juleps served in a commemorative glass that costs 12 dollars and holds four dollars worth of bourbon. I have watched this race my entire life. I have never once felt like it belonged to Kentucky. Don't misunderstand me. The Derby is ours in the way that a famous relative is yours. You claim them at Christmas. You mention them when i
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Apr 233 min read
Kentucky Signs Alex Wilkins
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men’s basketball program added Alex Wilkins to the 2026-27 roster on Thursday. Wilkins averaged 17.8 points and 4.7 assists per game for Furman, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament this past season. Alex Wilkins (UK Athletics Photo) Wilkins led Furman in scoring and assists as a freshman en route to earning second-team All-Southern Conference accolades and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-South Atlantic District First Team honors.
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Apr 232 min read
