Month: October 2010

Colin Rolfe gets the first of two goals in the University of Louisville’s win over Villanova, wrapping up a 14-0-2 season for the Cards. He got the go-ahead goal in…

Second trip to the KFC Yum! Center … Those third level seats are up there in the clouds. Several spectators murmuring about parachutes. Keenly aware, apprehensive of the elevation. Definitely…

“You haven’t reached your destination yet, guys. This is just a stop along the way. We have much higher goals, and the key is preparation.” Ken Lolla, indeed, has set…

A promising start nullified by a nothing ending. Someone owes the Louisville football team’s defensive unit an apology. Aggressive from beginning to the end and everywhere in between. Limiting Pittsburgh…

Today’s game against Pittsburgh just got a boost in the importance department.  With West Virginia losing to UConn Friday, the Big East Conference just found itself wide open, especially since…

Busy, busy weekend for University of Louisville fans. Or how to avoid opening the door 150 times for Trick or Treaters on a Halloween weekend when no one is certain…

Freshman (!) Dylan Mares celebrates after scoring his team-leading eighth goal of the season in the University of Louisville soccer team’s 2-1 win at Syracuse on Wednesday. The Zionsville, Ind.,…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Thanks to everyone who voted for Steve Springer in the “Biggest Fan of the Big East” contest, as well as the sites like Rivals, Scout, Cardinal Dominance, Card…

Gorgui Dieng was made available to the media Thursday, a first time opportunity to describe his feelings about being cleared by the NCAA to play basketball for the University of…

The word is not good on Jared Swopshire, the only returning starter from last season’s University of Louisville basketball team. “My guess is he’s not coming back anytime soon,” said…

The University of Louisville soccer team remains undefeated today following a 2-1 win at Syracuse Wednesay. UofL is now 13-0-2. Goals by Dylan Mares and Colin Rolfe accounted for the…

[stextbox id=”custom”] Editor’s Note: Vote for junior, please. If you’ve been with us here at Card Game, you probably already know that we covered Big East Media Day, courtesy of…

Card Game photographer Menefee Seay often gets distracted from the football action during University of Louisville football games, and Card Game hitters are the beneficiaries. Iveth Alfonso and Lindsay Johnson…

Common sense wins for once. Even at the NCAA headquarters. Louisville freshman Gorgui Dieng, all six feet, 10 inches of him, has been cleared by the NCAA and is immediately…

Not basketball or football but there is the English accent … and the squeaky tennis shoes. Ian McIntyre, Syracuse soccer coach, discusses the upcoming match against the University of Louisville…

So much going on in all areas of University of Louisville athletics these days … Charlie Strong’s football team, with a winning 4-3 record, having an opportunity to win its…

Paul Rogers, the University of Louisville play-by-play announcer, will be back in front of a Clear Channel microphone for the UofL-Pittsburgh football game Saturday. Over the weekend, Rogers missed the…

Chris Philpott, of the University of Louisville, has been named Big East Special Teams Player of the Week after making four field goals in four attempts in the UofL football…

Downtown revitalization. We wrote about it a lot when the observer was an editor at Louisville Magazine in the late seventies and early eighties. The next great project would be…

When surrounded by kids and grandchildren for the weekend, one is eternally thankful for the invention of photography. The Cardinal Bird mascot chose to arrive at the University of Louisville-UConn…