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Editor’s Note: Paul Sykes, guest columnist, moderator of Cardinal Couple and an old friend, weighs in on UofL’s upcoming first football season in the ACC. Remember that gift Tom Jurich…
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Editor’s Note: Paul Sykes, guest columnist, moderator of Cardinal Couple and an old friend, weighs in on UofL’s upcoming first football season in the ACC. Remember that gift Tom Jurich…
By Paul Sykes Michael Stewart drew interest from several colleges as a high school player, including Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Centre and others but he wanted to play football at the…
By Paul Sykes No fun betting favorites in the Kentucky Derby. They disappoint more often than not. Animal Kingdom, last year’s winner, went off at 20-1 odds. Though this was…
[stextbox id=”custom”] Gong to have to make a choice at 5 o’clock Sunday, U of L or NFL. An ESPN-2 game for Jeff Walz and his 15-4 University of Louisville…
by Paul Sykes Shelby Harper is always ready on the bench, never knowing if her name will be called. Lately, it hasn’t been often. Two minutes in the last two games. But…
[stextbox id=”custom”] by Paul Sykes Maybe it’s the age factor. Maybe it’s standing in 30 m.p.h. winds and 40 degrees temperatures. Maybe it’s the fact that the Belk Bowl was…
[stextbox id=”custom”] An on-the-scene report from our correspondent in Charlotte, following the Louisville football scene: The music was rocking and the fans were hopping at the UofL Fan Appreciation Party…
By Paul Sykes Time to let bygones be bygones. Charlie Strong has the chance to do what no Louisville head football coach has yet accomplished. Beat South Florida at South…
by Paul Sykes With three starters out of action … The University of Louisville women spent the first four minutes of the game against Texas A&M trying to figure out…
By Paul Sykes It’s bad enough having to play the 2011 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champions on their court for your second game of the year. To do it without three…
By Paul Sykes Noon in the Pizza Oven. I promise not to say anything bad about noon kickoffs ever again. It’s almost starting to have a melodic ring to it.…
Editor’s note: The writer has been on target this season and may know something. by Paul Sykes The scoreboard operator at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown has a full time…
By Paul Sykes So which Syracuse football team should the University of Louisville expect this Saturday in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium? The one that spanked WVU by 20+ points last…
Editor’s note: The writer picked U of L to beat Rutgers so … by Paul Sykes The University of Louisville football team has five games remaining. In order to get…
By Paul Sykes So how does a 2-4 team become a favorite to beat a 5-1 team? When that 5-1 football team is Rutgers. Like Louisville, they lost to North…
by Paul Sykes When was University of Louisville football team ever a 17-pont underdog to Cincinnati? Gloomy prospects ahead for Charlie Strong’s crew up the Ohio River. UC leads the…
by Paul Sykes Just who is the pressure on in the Commonwealth Stadium contest between University of Louisville and Kentucky? Certainly not the team in red. U of L is predicted to…
The University of Louisville’s youthful defensive backfield will be tested often against Florida International by a one-man wrecking crew embodied in wide receiver T. Y. Hilton. The senior speedster needed…
By Paul Sykes A wakeup call for University of Louisville fans. ESPN columnist Pat Forde has picked Murray State to upset U of L in the season football opener Thursday. Before rushing out and having Forde…
[stextbox id=”custom”] Bria Smith, the women’s basketball Player of the Year in New York, had planned to announce her college choice on May 10th, with Louisville, Tennessee and Oklahoma holding…