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Pat Kelsey’s Louisville Cardinals will face Texas Tech in the first game of the Players Era Festival on Tuesday, Nov. 24 in Las Vegas. A win over the Red Raiders could set up a Thanksgiving showdown against St. John’s and former U of L head coach Rick Pitino. Here’s the full bracket for the 16-team […]
The most disappointing Louisville baseball season of the Dan McDonnell era ended the only way it could have: With a thud. Cardinal pitching surrendered five runs before recording an out as 11th-seeded U of L was blasted by 14th-seeded Pitt, 16-8, in a first round matchup from Charlotte that didn’t conclude until the early hours […]
I now dodder. I get confused. I’ve eaten with the same two guys every Wednesday for a couple decades now. We rotate who chooses where. When Mr. B proclaimed the venue in our text feed yesterday, I immediately confused it with two other restaurants along Frankfort Avenue. It happens more often than ever. Which is […]
The Basketball Tournament is looking to capitalize on the Louisville-Kentucky rivalry with a revamped format for its 2026 event. Instead of the 32-team, single elimination format that has existed since the TBT’s inception, the event is switching things up to a 16-team format that will now feature a $2 million, winner-take-all prize. The event will […]
From the moment of my fist keystroke here, there are 10 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes until the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline for college underclassman, those wishing to continue their undergraduate eduction at an institution of higher learning. Flory Bidunga, you are on the clock. And now the Louisville Cardinal fanbase, after enduring a […]
When awakening to the news, my inner Linda Richman (Mike Myers) kicked in. Like the day she and her bestie Liz Rosenberg (Madonna) were kvelling about all matters Streisand and then were visited by Barbra herself during an episode of “Coffee Talk.” Vapors ensued. Pat Kelsey, who has done more than any reasonable diehard could […]
Ever since the Louisville-Kentucky football rivalry game’s permanent move to the final week of the regular season, there has been a clamoring from both fan bases to transport the Battle for the Governor’s Cup back to week one. Now, UK’s new head coach — and U of L’s former quarterback — is joining that group […]
The latest piece of Louisville’s 2026-27 puzzle was put into place Monday night with the commitment of class of 2026 forward Boyuan Zhang. Zhang, a 6’7 lefty, came to the United States from China last year and played his senior season of high school ball at Veritas Academy in Garden Grove, California. He averaged 20.2 […]
Isaac Ellis, 6-1 PG, who was committed for Class of ’27 has reclassified. Another weekend, another new Louisville Cardinal. Briefly. (‘Cause it’s all I know on a Saturday afternoon.) Playing in the Overtime Elite league: 29.3 ppg. 8.9 apg. 4.9 rpg. 1.9 steals. He put up a fiftyburger +a half dozen in November. Or, depending […]
—The Louisville baseball team dropped its fifth straight Thursday night at Miami. The Cards and ‘Canes will play game two tonight at 7 in Coral Gables. —It’s now officially official: The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments are expanding to 76 teams in 2027. Barf. One of the primary reasons this change that no one […]
After much uncertainty, it appears the Louisville men’s basketball team will indeed compete at the third annual Players Era Festival Tournament in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving week. The event announced Thursday morning that it’s expanding to 24 teams in 2026, with two separate bracket-play tournaments over the course of two weeks in Vegas. The PEF […]
Allow me to get my recantation out of the way forthwith. Then we can move on. Mingling in the Commentariat, as I always do, I have joined recent exuberance in the threads as Coach Pat Kelsey has been piecing together next campaign’s fascinating roster. As obsessives are wont to do, there has been much conjecture […]
—The Louisville baseball team will try and snap a 4-game losing streak in tonight’s annual Battle of the Barrel game against rival Vanderbilt. The Cardinals have already put themselves in a position where their only path to the NCAA Tournament is to win the ACC Tournament. —Saturday’s Kentucky Derby was officially the most-watched in history. […]
Pat Kelsey’s first commitment from the class of 2026 is a big one, both figuratively and literally. Obinna Ekezie, a five-star center from Orlando, committed to Louisville on Sunday. The 7’1 big man is currently rated as the No. 4 overall player in the class of 2027, but he also announced Sunday (as expected) that […]
I have been MIA. Derby and all, ya know. Well, here’s this. Obinna Ezekie Jr. (Apologies for blurry image. I have to be somewhere right now, and just wanted to get this up,) Seven feet tall. Five *****. Reclassifying from 2027 to 2026. Top 5 in the land. Dad played in the NBA. It is […]
Oh, yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble/ (Oh yes we got trouble here, we got big, big trouble)/ With a “T” (with a capital “T”)/ Gotta rhyme it with “P” (gotta rhyme with “P”)/ And that stands for pool (that stands for pool) Oh yes we do. And not just here in River City. We’re talkin’ office pools not […]
Tague Davis’ historic season for the Louisville baseball team hit another milestone on Sunday as the sophomore slugger belted his 26th home run of the year, setting a new single season U of L record. Davis’ 26th bomb moved him past Randy Delph (1974) and Chris Dominguez (2009) on the single season list. If that […]
OK, so for me the last couple of days have been kinda like this. You’re a kid. You hoop with your older brother in the driveway. 21 by 2. H O R S E. He’s taller. He’s better. He has no desire to cut you any slack. Even if both are banished by Mother the […]
Pat Kelsey’s commitment to getting bigger in 2026-27 took another (very) sizable step forward Saturday with the commitment of 7’5 USC transfer center Gabe Dynes. Dynes, a Kentucky native who played his high school basketball at Simon Kenton in Independence, picked U of L over Kentucky. Before transferring to USC, Dynes spent two seasons at […]
Cards nab another TP guard. De’Shayne Montgomery, come on down He’s a 6-foot-4-inch junior. Started all 36 games for Dayton last season. 13.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg. All-Atlantic 10 3d team honors. 77 steals. I’m thinking D. Let’s get some bigs now. — c d kaplan
The great Floyd Street standoff of 2026 has come to an end. From U of L: After leading the University of Louisville to its third consecutive nine-win season, head football coach Jeff Brohm has agreed to a contract extension through the 2033 season, Vice President/Director of Athletics Josh Heird announced Thursday. The agreement was approved earlier in the day […]
It’s finally official: Iowa transfer forward Alvaro Folgueiras will play for Pat Kelsey at Louisville next season. Folgueiras, a 6’10 native of Spain, averaged 8.4 points over 21 minutes per game last season with the Hawkeyes while shooting 33% from 3. He made one of the biggest shots in Iowa basketball history in the second […]
Gotta believe that a couple of years ago when basketball icon Jerry West passed away, there were more than a few fans of lesser years who wondered about the adulation, who had what I’ve dubbed a Bing Crosby Moment.* *When the crooner Crosby died in ’77, it was front page above the fold news at […]
—The Louisville athletics program closed out the 2026 winter season in 14th place in the Learfield Directors’ Cup Division I standings. —Louisville football has landed a commitment from 2027 wide receiver/safety Brooklyn Maxey from Florida. —Tague Davis homered three times on Sunday to help the Louisville baseball team salvage a single win from its three-game […]
Roster retention! Louisville guard Adrian Wooley will return as a Cardinal for his junior season. In his first season at U of L, Wooley averaged 8.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, while shooting 45.0 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from behind the three-point line. He appeared in all 35 games […]