UConn defies the implausible
So I was wrong. No tears in sight. All’s well that ends well: UConn 60, Kentucky 54. Unbelievable, the inconceivable run was for real. Implausible it seemed, unimaginable, improbable, unthinkable,…
UofL basketball refocuses as practice begins
The defending national champion University of Louisville basketball team begins practice Saturday, the beginning of a new season only four weeks away. My, how time flies. Just yesterday, April 8th,…
NCAA Championship goes postal
Postmarked and ready-to-frame art commemorating the University of Louisville’s national championship and national runner-up teams in college basketball went on sale at the Main Post Office on Gardiner Lane in…
Derby Day another excuse for UofL fans to party
University of Louisville alumni will have plenty reasons to celebrate across the nation Saturday in addition to the traditional Kentucky Derby parties, and many will be wearing championship apparel. Alumni…
Pitino gets his NCAA tattoo
Rick Pitino makes good on his promise, and there’s room for more.
Home again for a UofL fan
Once a year the observer’s livelihood requires that he transport his butt to Las Vegas for the annual trade show of the national association that employs him as a consultant.…
The Ville claws its way back and into NCAA Championship game
A game not unlike some of the five losses the University of Louisville basketball team has incurred this season, a rugged Wichita State team clogging up the middle, making life…
Louisville tradition reaches 30-year mark
Thirty years ago this Saturday a young fan at Freedom Hall was unable to sit still any longer, jumping to his feet, standing on his seat, hopping down, running around,…
Mom and Crazy Aunt: A Chance At History
By Sonja Sykes Dez Byrd, talking with a reporter during preseason, coined the monikers for Candyce Bingham and Angel McCoughtry. How Bingham was the “mom” to the younger players, bringing…