UofL owes Tom Jurich a major apology
On October 17th, 2017, the University of Louisville Board of Trustees voted 10-3 to dismiss Tom Jurich as the school’s Vice President of Athletics. The move was a colossal blunder,…
Louisville community says goodbye to Denny Crum
I sat in the KFC Yum Center Monday night trying to combine all the great things I remember from former Cardinal coach Denny Crum. I couldn’t, kept reaching for the…
Denny Crum expected and achieved greatness at Louisville
The name of Denny Crum will always be synonymous with University of Louisville basketball. The man who turned the ambitious dreams of UofL fans into glorious realities died at his…
Denny Crum a genuine basketball genius
I remember my first interview with Denny Crum. A small time college sports reporter from Jefferson Community College. I called his office and scheduled an interview at Crawford Gymnasium. I…
Happy 80th Birthday to The Observer, Greatest Card fan ever
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…
Payne seems to be gaining momentum on recruiting trail
The University of Louisville men’s basketball roster has undergone a major make over since that 28th loss of the 2022-23 campaign, going down as one of the worst ever with…
Louisville women’s basketball missing out on Sacred Heart stars
This writer has never been one to check recruiting services for the next great super stars. But it’s obvious that the University of Louisville women’s basketball team has missed…
2013 magic returns, UofL basketball rips Clemson
The year 2013 will always be the Year of the Cardinal as far as University of Louisville fans are concerned. The Cardinals were clicking on all cylinders in all sports…
UofL fans have fun, but team bows to Florida State again
With nine games left in the University of Louisville basketball team’s 2022-23 basketball season this writer have reached some conclusions. Wins and losses really don’t matter. What matters is having…
Scrappy Louisville can’t hang with Boston College
Not quite the same old story with the University of Louisville basketball team actually holding a six-point lead after 33 minutes in the game. Usually the threshold has been the…
Pittsburgh basketball sleepwalks past Louisville
Is this what it’s going to be like in the remaining 13 games? Sure looks like it. This University of Louisville team isn’t much good at sustaining good basketball. They…
Good old days don’t mean much to current team
Not too long ago, Pittsburgh with Coach Jeff Capel limped into the Yum Center with a horrible record and not much to look forward. They’ve turned things around this season, …
Losing a way of life for UofL basketball, Kenny Payne
The post game radio show was the same for University of Louisville fans leaving the KFC Yum! Center on the way home after the Cardinals’ 80-59 loss to North Carolina…
Clemson hangs on, Louisville drops sixth straight
In the end just another loss. Better but a similar result, Clemson beating the University of Louisville basketball team 83-70 Wednesday night in South Carolina. At times UofL played well.…
Opposing view: Payne needs time to fix Louisville basketball
By Ed Peak Lots of finger pointing connected with this University of Louisville basketball team. Most comments are not complimentary as one should expect for a team with a 2-13…
UofL comes to play, but falls short against Syracuse
By Ed Peak One could sit here and nitpick every thing this University of Louisville basketball team did to lose a 70-69 decision to Syracuse, Tuesday night at the KFC…
Kenny Payne milking University of Louisville?
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…
More of the same for Louisville basketball in loss to Kentucky
Same old story for this University of Louisville basketball team. Hang around for a while until the roof caves in. Louisville playing in spurts, predictably caving to Kentucky 86-63. Kentucky…
Louisville basketball to go through the motions at Rupp
By Ed Peak No way of spinning the University of Louisville’s basketball season as anything but poor. This might be bottom. After losing nine straight, a brief two game winning…
Louisville basketball gets worse if that’s possible
By Ed Peak The blank stares, the inexplicable plays, the lack of emotion or purpose. It’s going sound repetitive. All of the thing this University of Louisville basketball team does…