Keeping Up With Elvis
Elvis Dumervil continues to do for the Denver Broncos in the NFL what he did best for Louisville on the collegiate level. Through nine games, Elvis has 28 tackles (23…
Darius Ashley Watch
U of L recruit Darius Ashley carried for 85 yards on 14 carries in the first half Saturday as his Cincinnati St. Xavier team defeated Centerville 31-6 in the Ohio…
Rick Pitino Is Calling
Watch for a message from Rick Pitino on your answering machine. He’s making automated calls to all football and basketball season ticket holders. The message is simple: He wants the…
Wherefore Art Thou Going Offense?
People who closely follow other college football teams have to wonder whether Louisville fans are nuts when they talk about a lack of offense in a game where the Cardinals…
West Virginia Vignettes
You just know that many cynics and doubters among the local fan base were watching in disbelief, having convinced themselves that U of L had absolutely no chance against West…
What To Expect vs. West Virginia
Few rivalries in collegiate sports have reached such a high level of intensity in such a short period of time as Louisville versus West Virginia. You know what they say…
Bad Trip To Morgantown in 2005
Memories of the first Big East football game between Louisville and West Virginia two years ago: — Minutes before getting into the car to drive to West Virginia, learning that…
Churchill Downs Gets A Taste of its Own Medicine
Cheers for Judge Denise Clayton who overturned a provision in a Metro Louisville ordinance exempting Churchill Downs from the smoking ban. Serves Churchill Downs right for throwing the bar owners…
Bad Trip To Morgantown in 2005
Memories of the first Big East football game between Louisville and West Virginia two years ago: — Minutes before getting into the car to drive to West Virginia, learning that…
Voters As Sheep?
Much manipulation went for naught as a proposed new library tax went down, leading some observers to conclude that they had outsmarted themselves. The margin of defeat exposed them as…
Stadium Expansion Wheels Are Turning
Vision. Imagination. Confidence. These are unquestioned characteristics of members of the Papa John’s Stadium Expansion Committee, each successful in many separate endeavors. They want the University of Louisville athletic program…
Monday Morning Memos
To Lee Corso: Predict that West Virginia will win the football game. Please. (Nobody can remember the last time he correctly predicted a Louisville game.) To fans going to theaters…
Darius Ashley Watch
Darius Ashley continues to dazzle fans and opposing defenses in the Queen City. The Louisville football signee rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns Saturday evening in leading Cincinnati St.…
U of L Postage Stamps
Did you know you can buy official U.S. postage stamps featuring the University of Louisville logo or with the Old English “L”? I sure didn’t know. Other schools, including the…
Got A Passport Yet?
Fans who have grown accustomed to following U of L to bowl games might want to be applying for or renewing passports just in case. If the Cards win a…
U of L Fans May Need Shades at West Virginia
Fans across West Virginia are pumped up for the U of L-West Virginia football game next Thursday. They don’t seem to be too concerned about whether they will win, that…
Keeping Up With Francisco Garcia
Francisco Garcia remains one of the all-time U of L fan favorites, even though he elected to make himself eligible for National Basketball Association draft following the 2004-05 basketball season…
Pitino Making Good On Promise
One thing is clear after two exhibition games: This year’s basketball Cards are light years ahead of any Rick Pitino team since he arrived in Louisville in 2001. He appears…
Haunting Image
It’s Halloween, easily the most dizzily dissonant holiday of the year. Ancient tradition holds that Halloween is the time of year when ghosts of the past make contact with the…
Going our way
Steve Kragthorpe apparently pulled off quite a coup in notching a verbal commitment from Darius Ashley, a speedy 5-9 running back from St. Xavier in Cincinnati who has put up…