Steve Springer – CardGame

The Observer poses in front of the baseball exhibit at Jim Patterson Stadium featuring the signatures of many donors, including his, for an expansion (Barbara Springer photo).

Happy 80th Birthday to The Observer, Greatest Card fan ever

Steve Springer 2 min read May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 2 Comments

This day 80 years ago, The Greatest was born. No, not Muhammed Ali. The greatest University of Louisville fan. If you’ve frequented this blog, you’re probably familiar with The Observer’s story. Growing up in Versailles, Kentucky, during the 1940’s and 50’s was the perfect opportunity

Football

Louisville high school coaches respond to Brohm & staff visits

Steve Springer 5 min read January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

Didn’t take long for the University of Louisville’s new football coaching staff to start to try to rebuild that recruiting wall around the city of Louisville that seems to have become pretty porous over the last few years. Cardinal Head Coach Jeff Brohm and his

Kenny Payne is making zero progress in making University of Louisville basketball program competitive again (Mike DeZarn photo).

Basketball

Kenny Payne milking University of Louisville?

Steve Springer 7 min read January 2, 2023January 2, 2023

By Steve Springer Recent comments and actions from University of Louisville Men’s Basketball Coach Kenny Payne have begrudgingly forced me to come face-to-face with questions that I had lingering in the back of my mind when he was hired, but never thought could be possible,

Kim Schatzel will be taking the reins of the University of Louisville as the school's 19th President (Charlie Springer & Towson Univ. photos).

Administration

UofL athletics study guide for Dr. Kim Schatzel

Steve Springer 7 min read December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

By Steve Springer @racercard, Welcome to Belknap Campus, Dr. Schatzel. We are honored that you have taken over the reins of one of the premier urban universities in this country. If I may, I would like to catch you up to speed on what the

A welcome sight at Cardinal Stadium on Saturday would be return of UofL's 2013 NCAA championship banner (Creative by Steve Springer with admiration to the original photographer).

Football

Why Rehang The UofL Banner? Some Cardinal clarity

Steve Springer 3 min read November 4, 2022

By Steve Springer @racercard There’s been quite a bit of confusion and criticism about why University of Louisville fans are trending about making a legitimate attempt to bring back the 2013 National Championship banner to the KFC YUM! Center rafters. The critical consensus, generally from

If all goes well, the Observer Charlie Springer will back tracking UofL sports by Christmas (Barbara Springer photo).

University of Louisville

Watchful eye of Observer over UofL athletics noticeably silent

Steve Springer 1 min read October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

The watchful eye of The Observer over University of Louisville athletics has been noticeably absent and silent over the past recent weeks. The latest post from the long-time Cardinal fan and correspondent surveyed the Volleyball Cards 3-1 defeat of the #11 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

502 Circle

UofL’s NIL collective ‘502 Circle’ goes live

Steve Springer 2 min read August 29, 2022August 30, 2022

At midnight Sunday, the University of Louisville’s collective to help fund Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) resources for UofL athletes went live. According to the website, the 502 Circle is: An independent NIL Collective, established to provide opportunities for UofL student-athletes to maximize their NIL based

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porkins on Denny Crum expected and achieved greatness at Louisville: “This is such a great read on a great individual.”
Barbara on Denny Crum expected and achieved greatness at Louisville: “Such a gentleman, such a great coach. Few can be favorably compared to him. He will be missed. Thanks for…”