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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For just a moment, Louisville basketball fans in the packed KFC Yum! Center and those watching at home on ESPN got a taste of what it was like to be back. This was a buzz that hasn’t been felt in the building since before the postseason ban. For 30 minutes, No. 16…
By ERIC CRAWFORD, Feb. 1, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This one was a long time in the making. Through a trip to the NCAA championship game in 2009. Then another one in 2013. Through years of trying to carve into conference and college basketball domination by the Huskies. Through years of Louisville recruiting classes, through…
I have to admit, Romeo Langford has been a Rick Bozich story. Good luck prying that one away! In Rick’s old stomping grounds of New Albany, Ind., and Indiana University, he was uniquely qualified to share the color and unique nature of Langford’s run to Mr. Basketball, his signing with Indiana University and his eventual…
Justify became the second Triple Crown winner in four years — after a 34-year drought.
It had been a while since Kentucky fans had a season like this one to celebrate. In October, the Wildcats were 7-1 and ranked No. 9 in the nation when the first College Football Playoff rankings were released. Moreover, they were about to get Georgia on their home field, and the winner would earn the…
Louisville City wins its second straight USL Cup.
Remembering the life, and death, of John Asher, Kentucky Derby ambassador.
It’s just past midnight on Christmas Day, and the house is quiet save for the crackling of birch logs in a fireplace. On Netflix. The children aren’t really children anymore, they’re older, but they are nestled snug in their beds. And I am keeping a promise I made several months ago. This piece has little…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The most well-known international athlete at the University of Louisville can walk across campus without causing a stir. Google, her, though, and you’ll experience celebrity buzz. Ayeisha McFerran is one of the top field hockey goalkeepers in the world. In fact, for a time last summer, the Larne, Northern Ireland, senior…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Whenever anyone in horse racing died, and there was a story to be done, my first phone call was to John Asher at Churchill Downs. He always knew exactly the right thing to say. Today, the track confirmed that Asher died of an apparent heart attack this morning while in Orlando…