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By Ed Peak A report from NCAA President Mark Emmert about the upcoming college football season is disturbing and depressing. Four months from opening weekend. Much can and will happen…
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By Ed Peak A report from NCAA President Mark Emmert about the upcoming college football season is disturbing and depressing. Four months from opening weekend. Much can and will happen…
By Ed Peak There have been more important games in University of Louisville history than the Music City Bowl come from behind win over Mississippi State last December. But this…
By Ed Peak What is the NCAA doing? Deciding to allow players to make financial deals. Advertising spokespersons. Pitchmen and women. You name it. Not what college athletics needs. But…
By Ed Peak Johnny Unitas and Lamar Jackson arguably impacted University of Louisville football more than any former players. It’s ironic that Unitas was with the Baltimore Colts and a…
@BigTicket73 getting ready for the Big Apple. Mekhi Becton is headed for the bright lights of New York, as a Jet. The 6-foot-7, 364 pound offensive tackle was taken 11th…
By Ed Peak Way too much time to think and so few answers. Well into this Covid-19 pandemic, one still doesn’t know how to take all of the solitude and…
By Ed Peak As I leaned back in a chair on my deck on a beautiful spring day during this Covid-19 pandemic, I glanced toward a University of Louisville flag…
By Ed Peak “ACC, ACC, ACC.” The chant from the partisan University of Louisville football fans started low and continued to grow until it echoed throughout Nissan Stadium late in…
By Ed Peak Dwayne Sutton makes no bones about it. He and his family have been University of Louisville basketball fans forever. That’s why Saturday’s game against rival Kentucky is…
By Ed Peak Way too many college football bowl games for some people. A team has to be really bad not to make the post season. Football fanatics love every…
By Ed Peak Some University of Louisville football fans won’t like my take. I’ll let you decide. On Monday, junior offensive tackle and all Atlantic Coast Conference First-Team selection, Mekhi…
By Ed Peak Let it be known that Eastern Kentucky is a believer in this University of Louisville basketball team. The Cardinals blitzed the Colonels 99-67 in front of 16,000-plus…
By Ed Peak Knew it wouldn’t take long. Pittsburgh came into the KFC Yum! Center Friday with every intention of knocking off No. 1 Louisville, leaving empty handed with a…
By Ed Peak Almost cliche-ish, but it bears repeating. Now that No. 1 Louisville has dispatched Michigan, Coach Chris Mack’s biggest challenge will be keeping his team humble and focused.…
Photo by Mike DeZarn By Ed Peak No love lost between these two schools, and the outcome is always unpredictable. I’ve been fortunate to cover the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry since it…
By Ed Peak Your friendly correspondent pontificated on this website in August that the upcoming football season would be better than anyone thought, predicting up to five wins and an…
By Ed Peak Photos courtesy of Cindy Rice Shelton Okay. Okay. Okay. Put the brakes on the expectations for this Louisville basketball team. But you can’t help but feel giddy.…
By Ed Peak Yes. I got way too excited last year thinking about the 2018 college football season. I predicted 10-2 for Louisville, which heralded “Speed City” on the cover…
By Ed Peak There are certain things I know about this University of Louisville baseball team. I know it is not coach Dan McDonnell’s best or most talented in his…
By Ed Peak The University of Louisville had four days to rid itself of a flat performance in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Monday’s announcement of the Cardinals as the…