Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK nky. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Over three decades removed to Philadelphia, Chicago, and Southern California, I’ve had some opportunities, not many, to write about UK basketball. And that’s as the lone person who has covered – on a daily beat basis – the top two programs in […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: UK Commit to Face CovCath at BB&T Arena; Other Notes
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK Media. You can contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Back in the day back when the UK Wildcats under the late and so rightly beloved Joe B. Hall, who died Saturday morning at the age of 93, were starting on the path of re-exerting Big Blue college basketball dominance in […]
Dan Weber: Thomas More Beats Top-Ranked Campbellsville
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. The weather outside may have been frightful, as the song goes. As was the ability of the Thomas More women’s basketball team to attack the aggressive zone thrown at them all night by the — until Thursday night — nationally […]
Dan Weber: Boys, Girls Basketball State Rankings; Boys All-A Preview
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. If the first Associated Press high school boys basketball rankings of 2022 are any sign, it’s going to be a season-long head-to-head race between Winchester’s George Rogers Clark and Covington Catholic for the top spot. And as Northern Kentucky observers […]
Dan Weber: A Lot to Like About this Thomas More Basketball Team
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. There’s a lot to like about this Thomas More basketball team. Even Justin Ray, the Saints’ demanding coach in his fourth season at the Crestview Hills school, admitted as much after Monday’s 100-65 Connor Center romp over Shawnee State’s defending national […]
In Other Words: Step Into the New Year With A Personal Word Of The Year
Unsplash If you have watched the Ted Lasso series then you know that he posted a sign above the door to his office that says “Believe.” One word. And that one word drove everything he did for his team. I bring that up because this is the time when so many make resolutions in hopes […]
Dan Weber: All “A” 9th Region Girls Tournament Features State’s Top Scorers
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Headlining the 32nd annual Girls All “A” Classic Ninth Region Basketball Tournament this week will be Kentucky’s top two scorers — Newport Central Catholic’s Rylee Turner, at 28.8 ppg, and Ludlow’s Jenna Lillard at 26.4 ppg. The tourney gets under way Monday evening at […]
In Other Words: The Trouble with Thinking
Ever been told you think too much? Ever been told you don’t think enough? That’s the problem with thinking, how do you know when enough is enough? Here’s the problem with thinking — a thought is not real until you either say it or write it. Fortunately, Teri Foltz is there to guide us. Foltz’s […]
In Other Words: That Christmas We Were A Part Of And Apart From
By Chuck Keller An illness can make life uncomfortable. But combine an illness, a pregnancy, hospitalized parents, three children, a major holiday, and possible family separation, well that’s a disruption of some magnitude. But it can also present something wonderful. Christmas was coming and we three children were excited. We knew that we were getting […]
In Other Words: On The Prejudice and “Disease” Of Being Left Handed
Let me say up front that I am left handed. My parents never tried to make me right handed — except once. I wanted a guitar but my predilection was to hold it like Jimi Hendrix. But my mother insisted that I hold it right handed. After quite a bit of struggle, I succeeded and […]

