Author Archive for Charlie Springer
Charlie Springer is a former Louisville editor and sportswriter, as well as a public affairs consultant, a UofL grad and longtime fan.
Burdi gets 14th save, Louisville Big East championship
One more Big East Conference championship, this one for the University of Louisville baseball team, defeating Pittsburgh 7-4 for its eighth series sweep this season. The Cardinals could have celebrated a share of the championship Friday. No. Too early. They wanted sole ownership. The last regular season trophy available before the Big East becomes an [...]
Van Treese turns pitcher
Winning an NCAA basketball championship leads to all kinds of celebrity and gigs. Look where it led for Stephan Van Treese, the backup center. He had a chance to work with Katie George, a setter for the volleyball team and promotions director for the University of Louisville baseball team, tossing bags of free peanuts to [...]
U.S. Senate revolves around UofL basketball and football
As everyone in the state should know by now, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, as the leader of the minority party, is among the University of Louisville’s most influential and powerful fans. His affinity for Cardinal athletics apparently take priority over many other national concerns, according to Senator Mark Pryor, who represents Arkansas, who told Press [...]
Gardner slams two home runs in 12-4 rout of Pittsburgh
Jeff Gardner gives thanks for still another home run, a shot over the right field fence in the University of Louisville’s 12-4 win over Pittsburgh Friday. His three-run blast in the third inning propelled the Cardinals to a 6-1 lead. He followed up with a 370-foot drive to right center in the fifth inning, his [...]
UofL, Pitt tied for first in Big East baseball
Jeff Gardner prepares for a bear hug from teammate Cole Sturgeon after putting his University of Louisville baseball team on the board with a solo home run against Pittsburgh in the fourth inning of Thursday’s game at Jim Patterson Stadium. UofL trailed 1-0 at the time but would score three more runs in the inning [...]
Former UofL AD associate throws in the towel
Life in the University of Louisville athletic department is good these days, challenging and rewarding. Not so at some schools. Gary Friedman, a former senior associate athletic director at UofL, resigned suddenly Monday from his position as Athletic Director at Illinois State University. He was in the second year of a five-year contract. Friedman earned [...]
Jurich: ‘Stay Humble, Stay Hungry’
Tom Jurich says when you’re on top, there’s always someone wanting to knock you down. With the NCAA basketball champs backing him up on stage, Jurich urges UofL athletes to stay humble and hungry. Grabbed this video of Jurich speaking to University of Louisville athletes during the recent All-Sports Banquet off of one Nick Stover’s [...]
Rutgers goes with UofL’s Julie Hermann
Tom Jurich is looking for a new right hand to help guide the University of Louisville athletic department. Julie Hermann, his assistant for the past 15 years, was selected Wednesday as the new Athletic Director at Rutgers University, the person to lead the university through a transition period in the American Athletic Conference next year [...]
For Louisville basketball, the goal is two in a row
On a day when the attention of basketball fans across the nation was focused on the college decision of a high school player from Huntington, West Virginia, some reminders: The University of Louisville remains the national champion in college basketball. Being the national champion is what all the fuss is about, whether it be in [...]
