Tag: Edgar Sosa

Edgar Sosa is still earning his livelihood from basketball, traveling the world, working for his next basket and paycheck. Last we heard, he had signed a contract with the Blancos…

Tough Labor Day for Edgar Sosa. The former point guard for the University of Louisville basketball team suffered a broken knee while playing for the Dominican Republic national team against…

Two recent favorites of University of Louisville basketball fans will be playing in the KFC Yum! Center if ticket sales are brisk enough for a game between the Dominican Republic…

What … ? You expected more from this Louisville basketball team in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Expected players to emerge from a season-long mediocrity, represent the name…

And so it has begun, this NCAA basketball tournament. The question is how far the University of Louisville basketball team will advance for some. For others, how quickly the season…

One More Homecoming Wreck For Edgar Sosa One could see it coming early. Edgar Sosa pumping his chest, waving his arms, winking at the camera, the kind of stuff players…

Peyton Siva gets the call at point guard against Cincinnati. That’s what Rick Pitino was saying Tuesday anyway. Rick’s been known to change his mind as often as not or…

One never knows what to make of some of Rick Pitino’s comments, like the one he made Sunday about Edgar Sosa after No. 10 made that layup giving Louisville the…

Any time less than five points separate two Big East teams with four minutes to go, anything can happen, positive or negative, anything but passive. Fans lose all sense of…

Rick Pitino made a big point about taking care of the basketball in his pre-game remarks, pointing out how teams with fewer than 10 turnovers had done well against Georgetown.…

Something magical happened with Samardo Samuels a few games back. A flash of light. An awakening. A whole new outlook. Different approach to the game. Going from being clumsy and…

One doesn’t go into hibernation after a loss, hiding the ratty head in the sand, believing everything is for naught. Losses occur, but one has to keep advancing. Learning from…

Here goes an exercise in futility. For the University of Louisville basketball team to get to the NCAA tournament, some unlikely things will have to occur, including some unbelievable breaks…

Madison Square Garden is nothing to get excited about, only the most hallowed basketball facility in college basketball. New York City the home of the sports media elite where a…

Edgar Sosa returns to Madison Square Garden again Thursday when the University of Louisville basketball team meets St. John’s. This trip is special for Sosa because he’s a senior with…

Just when one has filed a University of Louisville basketball player in the marginal to wasted category, Rick Pitino does his thing, getting inside the player’s head, pointing out the…

By Tom Stosberg Anybody got some extra flak jackets Samardo Samuels and Terrence Jennings could borrow for a couple of hours? They promise to give them right back after Saturday.…

by Tom Stosberg Let’s clear one thing up. The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) isn’t such a bad thing. It’s televised. And usually it’s on Tuesdays when they don’t have the…

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…

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…