Month: April 2010

Want to know how to plan your weekend? Just pay attention to what Dan McDonnell does. The University of Louisville baseball coach keeps a sharp eye on weather patterns, rescheduling…

Before Wednesday’s baseball game, Josh Richmond was out in the outfield throwing and catching with his teammates. Not fly balls, mind you, but he was active enough that an observer…

And here’s that winning blow by Zak Wasserman: The University of Louisville baseball team owning a 6-4 lead over Kentucky going into the top of the ninth inning, with ace…

Jim Host deservedly gets the lion’s share of credit for the construction of the University of Louisville’s brand new KFC Yum Center basketball home. But Dan Ulmer, former chairman of…

Someone who does it all. With apologies to Art Carmody, the University of Louisville’s kicking game has been woefully inadequate ever since anyone can remember. Carmody was good but had…

By Paul Sykes The addition of Gorgui Dieng to the University of Louisville basketball team is significant. U of L fans should mark the date on the calendar because it…

Just what the doctor may have ordered for University of Louisville basketball. Gorgui Dieng. The towering  6-foot-10, 205- pound center from Huntington, W.Va., announced Monday that he’s coming to Louisville,…

By Tom Stosberg Rumors abound that the Big East may be on shaky ground, but the University of Louisville’s athletic program may be in store for its best years ever.…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Trent Guy, everybody’s favorite wide receiver from the University of Louisville football team, wasn’t picked during the 2010 NFL draft. However, he has signed a contract with the…

Let’s hear it for Stewart Ijames and Phil Wunderlich, hitting their sixth and 13th home runs, respectively, in the fourth inning of the University of Louisville baseball team’s 3-1 win…

Life seemed so simple, so good, especially during the Eighties, the peak of the Denny Crum era in University of Louisville basketball: Thanks to U of L fan Joey Strader…

University of Louisville shortstop Adam Duvall bounces a pitch off home plate during the eighth inning of Friday’s baseball game against Seton Hall. Not the best day for Duvall who…

The best entertainment dollar, well, it’s free for now, in town is University of Louisville baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium. U of L is scheduled to take on Seton Hall…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Interesting that Elisha Justice’s reaffirmation of his commitment to the University of Louisville basketball program sparked as many, if not more, visitors and comments, than the fight with…

Reliever Tony Zych is welcomed to the mound in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s game against Western Kentucky University. Zych shut down the Hilltopper bats, striking out five batters and…

By Paul Sykes Whether  Marquis Teague attends Louisville, Kentucky, Bellarmine or Ivy Tech is a decision that is mandated by the absurd rule that basketball players must be removed one…

The Marquis Teague winds appeared to suddenly switch direction late Wednesday, taking an easterly course from Louisville to Lexington. Teague is expected to finally announce his decision Thursday. Most reports…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney says Big Ten not even close to making an expansion decision. Link [/stextbox]

University of Louisville fans are immensely proud of greatly improved athletic facilities, everything fans have dreamed about for decades — a brand new 22,000-seat basketball arena and the 56,000-seat football…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Western Kentucky visits Jim Patterson Field at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a game against the University of Louisville baseball team. WKU is coming off a 24-8 lambasting of…