Category Archives: Pitino

The Rick Listens, Reggie Rocks, Cards Roll

Before we delve more deeply into Louisville’s W over the depleted Razorbacks, I gots to ask a question.
Who was the guy who not so long ago wrote that Reggie Delk and Jared Swopshire were the weak links in this year’s version of the Cardinals, that they are the fellows most likely to get lost in [...]

Musin’ on a Tuesday Afternoon

Revised 11/18. 10:25 a.m. An alert reader advises that Lou Holtz does not have bad dentures, but suffers from a speech impediment. In fact, he has become and advocate for people suffering similar speech disorders. Thus my attempts at humor regarding his speech are seriously ill advised. I thus have edited my comments in this [...]

Opening Night Observations II: The Team

It is difficult, and more than a bit unfair, to judge a team after one exhibition. Especially when it’s played less than two weeks after the start of practice.
But, hey, I’ve never let such reasoning get in the way before. And it’s too late to stop now.
As ragged as the performance was, it didn’t disappoint. [...]

Opening Day Jitters & Quibbles

And the Opening Day I’m talking about ain’t the November Madness we used to call the World Series. It shouldn’t take the Bronx Checkbooks more than five games to finish that. Hopefully before the first blizzard of the season. And I don’t mean baseball season.
I am talking about U of L hoops tipoff, which is [...]

Cardinal Hoops Media Day: Pitino

Not much I like better on a gray autumn day than the squeak of sneakers on hardwood.
Observations from Chairman Rick at Media Day:
“The team has a great attitude, maybe the best since I’ve been coaching.
“Reggie Delk will be much better than (we) witnessed last year. TWill simply dominated him so in practice. (Later, during one [...]

The Latest Sighting

Revised 10/22 @ 10:18 a.m. I stand corrected. I’m advised that the gentlemen were spotted eating dinner not lunch. My apologies for any inconvenience this misinformation might have caused.
From a source both reliable and intelligent, a fellow not inclined to gossip or engage in idle chatter, this nugget, which he swears to be true.
Spotted [...]

Can I Get A Witness?

Put your hands on your computer screens, children, and give me a big Hallelujah.
Basketball practice starts today. (And, while my favorite team — U of L’s Cardinals — don’t have a Midnight Madness, my guess is The Rick has already put the boys through their first practice. If not, it will be soon enough. And, [...]

U of L’s Next Coach

And I’m not talking football, but the sport that was, is and always will be #1 in the Land o’ Red & Black: Basketball.
My source is a person of reasonable reliability with no reason to pass along anything so spicy unless he/ she believed it was with merit, a person who has been part of [...]

Seedy K’s Tuesday Scopes & Scoops

Guess which upper echelon hoops program nabbed the best junior forward in the land over the weekend? Ho hum, it’s the Tar Heels. The rich continue to get richer. Kid’s name is James McAdoo. That sure sounds familiar. I wonder if he’s relatedto   . . .
No American man has made it to the quarter [...]

Random Sports Musings On A Sunday Night

The Film Babe and I are going to see the late show of “In The Loop.” But it doesn’t start for another hour and a half. So here I am killin’ time, thinking about the world of sports.
Is Rachel Alexandra the sportsperson of the year?
My Detroit Tigers are 7 games up in the AL Central. [...]