Month: June 2010

Forever until September. July only now arriving, still only one-third of the way through a record hot summer. Dog days. Boring. Not much happening in University of Louisville athletics. Wrong.…

Congratulations are in order for former University of Louisville center David Padgett who achieved a couple of milestones over the last couple of weeks. First and foremost, he tied the…

[stextbox id=”custom”] The honored jerseys of University of Louisville football icons will move to the east side of the stadium this season. They’re being moved because of the addition of…

Charlie Strong comes across as a highly-motivated and disciplined micro manager as University of Louisville football coach. He’s well connected on the college recruiting trail and attuned to what’s happening…

Must be transfer week at the University of Louisville. The best thing is the new arrivals are ready to play right away in football and basketball. The latest is Roburt…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Charlie Strong is as good on the football recruiting trail as Steve Kragthorpe was bad. Jordan Campbell, a high school All-America and sometime starting linebacker at Southern California…

The observer is not guilty of any of the following. Just curious: Do you give other drivers more slack if they have University of Louisville license plates? Do you speed…

Any kid picked late in the pecking order for a game on the playground can identify with Samardo Samuels’ plight during the NBA draft. One does everything possible to get…

In the interest of full disclosure. Cotton Top was 12 years old at an orphanage in Versailles when he became a University of Louisville devotee. Like the other kids he hated…

[stextbox id=”custom”] The Big East has released the basketball opponent matrix for the upcoming basketball season. The University of Louisville will play: At home: Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St.…

By Heather McDavitt Before we get too far along, I am not a biased fan going to the camp and sugar-coating what I saw. I am a diehard fan of…

Largely left unsaid during the conference realignment debate is how the changes will affect college basketball. The lack of respect for the sport has to be giving some administrators and…

Milestone for Louisville basketball “We are pleased that Mortensen Construction will have completed its work and will turn over the keys to the KFC Yum! Center on October 10, 2010,”…

Recruiting visits to the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus are much nicer today after completion of $2.5 million in Eastern Parkway improvements, specifically the overpass adjacent to the old Parkway…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Does the face look familiar? It belongs to Rick Scott who, as former chief executive of then Louisville-based Columbia/HCA, pledged a million dollars to the University of Louisville…

None of the recent changes in proposed or actual college conference realignments have had anything to do with basketball. Not even one. In fact, Kansas, one of the leading basketball…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Handle with care. Demar Dorsey, a highly touted safety from Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., High School, is apparently going to play football at the University of Louisville. A four-star…

Imaginations tend to run wild as video scoreboards are installed in football stadiums. Here’s the schematic for the new one going up at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Looks like it…

Compared to college football, basketball may be little more than a tiny blip on the sports scene, especially when it comes to conference expansion. But one could never convince Aaron…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Before any more time passes, congratulations are in order for the University of Louisville’s James Ramsey, recently named Man of the Year by the Louisville Advertising Club. Don’t…