Ryan Knipp’s career record as baseball coach at Fairview doesn’t tell the whole story, and he can’t help feeling like the Eagles didn’t get to tell their whole story, either.

LEXINGTON The British 18th century writer-art historian-politician Horace Walpole coined the word “serendipity” in 1754 to describe a detective story – “The Three Princes of Serendip.”

The road started rocky, but the path reached its desired destination on a late June evening in South Shore.

Rick Lambert only had to ask again.

Russell boys basketball coach Tom Barrick became the new president of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association last week. He is the first Kentucky coach to be elected to that position.

BELLEFONTE The question momentarily stumped coaches and tournament staff at Bellefonte Country Club on Monday afternoon.

ASHLAND As Ashland’s boys basketball team racked up win after win last winter and found riveting ways to do it, since-retired athletic director Mark Swift compared Tomcats coach Jason Mays to P.T. Barnum.

GRAYSON LAKE Rhett Robinson enjoyed Saturday’s sort-of homecoming.

BELLEFONTE Alexia Siehl knows how to make a first impression in her first American Junior Golf Association event.

MOREHEAD Brian Eno wrote “Events in Dense Fog” for his 1978 album “Music for Films.”

BELLEFONTE Billy Gussler called himself a rising senior.

BELLEFONTE Billy Gussler rescued his own round Wednesday, and with it some hope for northeastern Kentucky and Tri-State golfers, on a tough day for locals at the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior.

Kentucky high school sports have a path forward.

Rob Dibble quote-tweeted Jonathan Fraysure on July 9. Fraysure, who was 10 in 1990 when Dibble was a rising star for the Cincinnati Reds’ famed “Nasty Boys” bullpen, could scarcely contain himself 30 years later.

As much as Olivia Hensley has achieved on the golf course, it took a defeat to produce her greatest victory.

Larry Bailey saw the 513 area code glowing on his phone as it rang last week, thought it was a telemarketer and decided to have a little fun.

Barring extraordinary circumstances, Richard “Sonny” Martin will not be in attendance Friday when the Reds play their first regular season game, which hasn’t happened since 1988.

BELLEFONTE You could call it a Boyd County blitz.

Brian and Amy Biggs saw an opportunity to expand the playing field for area athletes and their community.

RACELAND Mark Lewis acknowledged what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls his “at-risk” status with a wry grin.

CATLETTSBURG Social distancing in golf is simpler than most other sports, even inadvertently, William Ferguson conceded with a grin.

Seth Mills’s alma mater pairs the slogan “This is Home” with an “R” logo. He thinks he may grow to feel the same way about his new school, which retains the same first initial.

ASHLAND With eyes ahead toward weekend tournaments, the American Legion Ashland Post 76 and Portsmouth Post 23 senior baseball teams treated Tuesday night’s encounter at Central Park somewhat like a scrimmage.

This month marks a year since Casey Hamilton took over as baseball coach at the University of Pikeville.

The KHSAA Board of Control voted Friday to postpone the beginning of mandatory high school sports practices to at least Aug. 3, except for golf, which can start July 15.

Jim Host recently moved. The Ashland native and his wife, Pat, are both in their 80s, and they “downsized dramatically” to a house in Lexington which better fits their capability to take care of it, Host said.

Raceland softball coach Robbie West believes Nathan Hall is getting a steal.

Mark Maynard has dazzled readers for decades as an accomplished sports writer, editor and author.

ASHLAND Hoping the fans around Ernie Chattin Field at Central Park had their fill this weekend, the pitchers for South Charleston and Chillicothe Post 757 decided to hurl gems and extinguish any thoughts of offensive fireworks.

GRAYSON LAKE The shot landed about 12 feet from the cup.