Papa John’s Stadium Expansion Update
The most visible symbol, the second level concrete platform, of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium appears to be 95% complete, thanks to the 40 and 50-degree temperatures of the past two…
University of Louisville News & Perspectives
The most visible symbol, the second level concrete platform, of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium appears to be 95% complete, thanks to the 40 and 50-degree temperatures of the past two…
Can anyone come up with any reason to believe this University of Louisville basketball team is going to get better anytime soon? Probably peaked somewhere between the unbelievable ups and…
Don’t Look Now The one face a University of Louisville basketball fan doesn’t want to see when things are going weird is that of Jeremy Hazell. The Seton Hall guard…
Then there’s this about University of Louisville football coach Charlie Strong from J. C. Schubburt, a recriting analyst from ESPN: It’s easy to say Strong will be able to recruit…
By Paul Sykes The University of Louisville women’s basketball bench often resembles a MASH unit with all the crutches, knee braces, tape and band aids. Nine players available, five of…
  The University of Louisville women’s basketball team takes on a powerful Notre Dame team that was humiliated by UConn, 70-46, over the weekend. The Freedom Hall game has…
Why is that a person who spends about half of his waking hours on a basketball court is unable to hit a shot from one to two feet away from…
The college football signing period for high school seniors this year is Feb. 3 through April 1. The vast majority of them will sign the first available date.
Edgar Sosa was in tears at the airport following the Louisville-Pittsburgh basketball game. That was the report from Bob Valvano, U of L’s play-by-play announcer, on WKRD’s Early Birds show…
Exciting stuff, people. Check ’em out, the football recruiting verbals to Charlie Strong and the University of Louisville football program this weekend. And you know he’s only just begun. Torrian…
Increasingly one gets the feeling that this season is one of preparation for seasons to come. Going chin to chin with the looks-deprived, muscle-bound, blue collars at Pittsburgh was a…
 The NCAA approved a recruiting rule this week that would prohibit schools from hiring a person who is associated with a recruit for a two-year period before or after…
The Louisville community suffered a huge loss today with the death of Francene Cucinelli, a talk show host at WHAS. Whether the topic was sports or politics, Francene had done…
There’s a new blog in town and it’s managed by a couple of fellow University of Louisville fanatics — Paul and Sonja Sykes — who are regular contributors to Card…
The observer likes the sound of that, Louisville vs. Duke on the marquee at the opening game of U of L’s new 22,000-seat downtown arena. Two of college basketball’s premier…
 It’s official. Skip Holtz is the new South Florida football coach, leaving East Carolina. That’s going to create a bitter rivalry if and when East Carolina ever joins the…
by Paul Sykes Say hello to Charlie Strong, then get out of the way. The new University of Louisville football coach has taken to the recruiting trail like Gen. Sherman…
The pre-game motivational stuff from Rick Pitino, Terrence Williams, Andre McGee and company was enough to get their Louisville team sufficiently pumped for the first 15 minutes or so. Somewhere…