The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team routed Purdue Fort Wayne on the road Thursday night, 67-43. With the win, the Norse are now 16-4 overall this season and 10-3 in the Horizon League, the program’s best start since becoming an NCAA Division I program. Lindsey Duvall led NKU putting up 15 points pn Purdue Fort […]
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Thomas More’s New Offensive Coordinator is Familiar Face in Crestview Hills
Thomas More University announced Bryan Moore as the football program’s new offensive coordinator. Moore returns to TMU for his second stint with the Saints where he was previously on staff from 2000 to 2005. He has spent the past five seasons as head coach at Wilmington College in Ohio. Moore will lead the offense and […]
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Photos: NKU Topples League Leader Cleveland St., Wins 5th Straight
Northern Kentucky overcame an early deficit Sunday afternoon and knocked off the top team in the Horizon League. The Norse, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half, beat Cleveland State, 78-72, at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights. The win is the fifth in a row for NKU, which improves to […]
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NKU Women See Win Streak End at Hands of Green Bay
The NKU women’s basketball team saw its ten-game winning streak snapped at home on Saturday afternoon as Green Bay (9-5, 5-3) got the best of the Norse, 67-58. Northern Kentucky falls to 14-4 overall this season and 8-3 in the Horizon League. Lindsey Duvall led the Norse in scoring with 17 points, shooting 7 of […]
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Thomas More Women, Men Continue to Roll; Saints Beat Life on Road
The Thomas More women’s basketball team won its nineteenth consecutive game while the men’s team racked up its eleventh in a row as both Saints teams downed Life on the road in Georgia on Saturday. The women’s team, ranked #1 nationally in the NAIA, won 72-37 to improve to 20-1 overall this season and 13-0 […]
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Newport Student Honored for Gold Medal in Special Olympics Skiing
The Newport board of education recognized student Marty Varias this week for his gold medal-winning participation in the Special Olympics Kentucky Winter Games. The 14-year old 8th grader at Newport Intermediate School competed in ski events at Perfect North Slopes in Indiana, though he had never previously used skis competitively before. Varias received coaching in […]
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NKU, Thomas More Men’s, Women’s Basketball on Hot Streaks
For fans of Northern Kentucky’s college basketball teams, things are going very well recently. The Northern Kentucky Norse and Thomas More Saints men’s and women’s basketball teams are all on wining streaks. For NKU, the women have won ten consecutive games while the men have been victorious in four in a row. At TMU, the […]
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Photos: In 1989, NKY Bengals Fans Celebrated Super Bowl Run
Cincinnati Bengals fans have not watched their team in a Super Bowl in thirty-three years. But on Sunday, the home team has an opportunity to break that streak when the Bengals (12-7) face the Kansas City Chiefs (14-5) in the AFC championship, one win away from Super Bowl LVI (56). In the 1988 season, the […]
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Dan Weber: Remembering NKY Football Coach, Teacher Rudy Tassini
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK nky. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. They’ll get together Saturday afternoon in Erlanger to say a fond farewell to Rudy Tassini, the retired high school football coach and P.E. teacher who died Friday at the age of 80 after nearly a month in the hospital with complications of […]
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Norse Even Record at 9-9 After Third Straight Win
Marques Warrick’s 23 points propelled Northern Kentucky to a 73-63 win over Wright State on Tuesday night at BB&T Arena, the third straight win for the Norse. NKU is now 9-9 on the season and 5-4 in the Horizon League. Warrick has scored 20 or more points in seven games this season, including in five […]