January 20, 2013 – 2:52 pm
Here’s some perspective, Louisville Cardinal faithful, on yesterday’s home L to Syracuse. Fourteen teams in the Top 25 lost last week. And that doesn’t include not-in-Top-25 Wisconsin, who gave a Top 10 performance in Bloomington before going Bottom 150 in a loss to Iowa. It’s conference play time. So much fun it is. * * [...]
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October 29, 2012 – 10:38 am
So, yesterday I couldn’t help but think of the somewhat famous Tennessee Williams’ quip: “There are but three cities in the United States. New Orleans, New York and San Francisco. All the rest is Cleveland.” Thinking of New York because of the justified hullabaloo about Hurricane Sandy and all the mess going on in the [...]
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October 25, 2012 – 10:22 am
The Lord taketh away. The Lord giveth. My Tigers were five, six runs down in the World Series opener. It was obvious that San Fran’s scintillating play at the end of the NLCS was not about to abate. Pablo Sandoval had already gone yard twice. Justin Verlander was off, pitching as he did in his [...]
October 23, 2012 – 4:04 pm
Anybody out there watching Celtic take on Barcelona in a Champions League match at Camp Nou? Didn’t think so. Surprisingly, Celtic is up early, 1 nil. But you really really don’t care, right? I’ll move on. * * * * * Despite all the negative tests, Lance Armstrong did take performance enhancing drugs, it seems. [...]
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October 19, 2012 – 11:10 am
Pity the poor housekeepers in Motor City today. The brooms they normally use are not to found in their normal spot in the cleaning closet. They are firmly ensconced in flag poles around this proud but rusting city. Sweep. There’s no need to recite the stunning statistics bearing out Detroit’s dominance over the fabled New [...]
October 17, 2012 – 11:06 am
When exactly was last night’s nail biter over? Verlander, Coke, Delmon and Miggy had led my beloved Tigers to a Game 3 W over the hated Yankees in the ALCS, taking a 3 nil lead, and I was on the phone talking with my pal David, who is usually in bed and asleep by 9:00. [...]
October 14, 2012 – 2:35 pm
One game in down in the ALCS. Already had a whole series worth of drama. A blown save. A blown ankle. The continuing demise of a $30 million man. The escalating decisions facing two managers, Series winners both. Game 2′s first pitch is at 4:07, about a half day after Detroit salvaged an overtime W [...]
October 9, 2012 – 10:09 am
“It’s a generational thing.” It was my pal Bob weighing in. He was talking about baseball. Not just his lack of interest in the playoffs which started over the weekend. But about the game itself. Bob’s a fortysomething. He’s not into the National Pastime. He grew up playing soccer. Arsenal is his team. He knows [...]
October 2, 2012 – 1:11 pm
Some anathemas never go away. Yesterday I ate lunch with a bunch of fellows, U of L fans all, except for John, who likes the Cards but favors blue a bit more. Soon enough the conversation got around to comparing column inches of Courier-Journal coverage between you know who(m) and you know who(m). Of course, [...]
September 7, 2012 – 10:06 am
Revised 9/07 10:20 am U of L finally released its men’s (and women’s) basketball schedules. Last year’s Final Four team warmed up for the conference campaign with the most ambitious home schedule of the Pitino Era. Long Beach State, surprising Ohio, College of Charleston, Vanderbilt and Memphis all visited the Yum!. Cardinal fans actually had [...]
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