Enough With The Basketball Obsession
A new football season is less than a couple of weeks away now. While expectations for University of Louisville football are tempered, there is some sense of anticipation. But just…
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A new football season is less than a couple of weeks away now. While expectations for University of Louisville football are tempered, there is some sense of anticipation. But just…
Anyone surprised that the next great player on the University of Louisville’s basketball recruiting list is suddenly interested making a visit to Lexington? That would be Marquis Teague, considered the…
The NCAA has scheduled a news conference at 3 p.m. today in Indianapolis to release findings of its investigation into violations committed by the University of Memphis. The school has…
The 2009 Big East bowl affiliations include a BCS game for the league champion, the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville for either the Big East runnerup, the Brut Sun Bowl in…
By Tom Stosberg In today’s style of college football, is it even possible to win a league championship or, for that matter, a single Big East game without a major,…
The Big East has inked a deal with the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando that essentially replaces the Gator Bowl as the conference’s most prestigious bowl affiliation. A Big East…
By Paul Sykes Al Parrish noticed the towering crane with what appeared to be a University of Tennessee flag flying atop on the day the crane went up at the…
More surprising news for the future of University of Louisville football on the recruiting front. Steve Kragthorpe has received a verbal commitment from Nick Robertson, a 6-foot-5 kicker from Trinity…
The blinding heat of the media spotlight has zeroed in on Rick Pitino and his basketball program, providing relief for Steve Kragthorpe from the scorn of many University of Louisville…
By Jim Reed The thing so perplexing about the serialized Rick Pitino scandal is this: Most everyone you talk to offers a knowing wink and mutters that there’s “more to…
Guess who or what made Google’s top five keyword search list on Friday? No it wasn’t Rick Pitino, even though the local and national sports media, and every sports blogger…
Yes, And Fans Will Like ‘Willie Ball’ By Tom Stosberg It’s not that I don’t believe Tom Jurich when he says he’s one million percent behind his coach …it’s that…
The focus was back where it belonged — on football — among University of Louisville fans during the annual Kickoff Luncheon. More than 1,100 partisans packing the Crystal Room at…
Life moves on after Rick Pitino’s public apology. Good thing the mea culpa is already on record because 1,100 University of Louisville fans will be on hand today for the…
University of Louisville basketball fans held their collective breath as Rick Pitino leaned over the podium, dark lines prominent under his eyes. Would he stay or would he go, giving…
By Sonja Sykes So the dirty rumors have finally been confirmed. As a member of the Catholic faith like Rick, I know abortions don’t endear you to the parish priest.…
Lots of people doing weird things in connection with the Rick Pitino-Karen Sypher affair. An unpredictable mix of local luminaries and loonies caught up in the soap opera, sometimes making…
The only good thing about this basketball news it that the story didn’t break on the Thursday before the University of Louisville’s football opener, as many big basketball stories have…
Season ticket sales for University of Louisville football have eclipsed 31,000 for the upcoming season, according to Courier-Journal columnist Eric Crawford. That’s a significant increase from a couple of months…
By Paul Sykes Shall we gather at the river? Apparently not. One of the most popular summer traditions for many University of Louisville fans, a chance to mingle with coaches…