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At ACC media day, Satterfield lives a dream, but paints a stark reality

Posted on July 18, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

CHARLOTTE, N.C. In the rush of a Power 5 college football coaching negotiation with the University of Louisville, Scott Satterfield didn’t have a lot of time for research. The one thing he knew: Louisville was an Atlantic Coast Conference program that, despite a rough season, had been successful in the league. And coaching in the…

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Back to life: Louisville’s Jawon Pass lays last season to rest

Posted on July 14, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. People who go through difficult times together often grow closer. They build a kind of credibility with each other that others may not have. Maybe that’s the case with the University of Louisville football team and those players who endured last season, stayed with the program and will begin work next month on…

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Favorite photos from June

Posted on July 11, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Another month in the books, and lots of baseball. That’s the majority of my favorite photos from June, but that’s not all. Without further delay, my tops from the month: Archie Miller speaks to Indiana fans at Huber’s The IU coach had a lot to talk about after last season’s struggles. I got plenty of…

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Four final thoughts on Louisville’s College World Series run

Posted on June 23, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Louisville’s College World Series experience is in the books, and a couple of days have passed to allow for some perspective. So now, a few thoughts on the Cardinals’ exciting run. 1). LUKE SMITH AFTERMATH. So many thoughts on the Louisville pitcher caught shouting F-bombs at the Vanderbilt dugout on national television. Will try to…

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Five weeks after stroke, Denny Crum says he’s making progress

Posted on June 21, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The car pulled up, and out popped Susan Sweeney Crum into the crowded lunch-hour parking lot of Kern’s Korner in the Highlands. “All right,” she said, smiling. “I’ve delivered him.” Up behind her walked Hall of Fame basketball coach Denny Crum in a red-and-grey plaid shirt, smiling and happy to be out, showing…

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Knight Move: Bellarmine embraces ‘the show’ in D-1 leap

Posted on June 18, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. This was a great day for Bellarmine. Students hung over the railings in the atrium in Centro’s McGowan Hall. ASUN (don’t call it Atlantic Sun) banners hung along the sides of the room. Dr. Susan Donovan, president of Bellarmine, announced “our athletics program will move to NCAA Division I in all sports.” Louisville…

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Louisville’s Sniders celebrate Father’s Day on a field of dreams

Posted on June 16, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The game was over and the dog pile had already begun near the pitcher’s mound at Jim Patterson Stadium. But there was another moment, off camera, that was just as memorable. And on Father’s Day, seems just as significant. Louisville baseball assistant coach Eric Snider, amid the chaos, went looking for his son,…

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Back in Omaha, Louisville, McDonnell look to take next step

Posted on June 10, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The University of Louisville baseball team has proven it can get to Omaha. The Cardinals will head to the College World Series for the fifth time overall and the fourth time in seven years when they face No. 2-ranked Vanderbilt in the CWS Opener in TD Ameritrade Park this weekend. What the Cardinals…

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Passing the Baton: Dave Stone steps down as Southeast Christian senior pastor

Posted on June 7, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) People in Louisville, I know, aren’t always sure what to make of Southeast Christian Church. When you grow to become one of the largest churches in the nation, you also become, willingly, a lightning rod for all things, and you become the center of a great deal of attention. You are at the…

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Five rule changes men’s college basketball should’ve made

Posted on June 6, 2019March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Another year has come and gone, and once again the NCAA playing rules oversight panel has messed around with the rules and declined to make the one change that could make the most real improvement in the game. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those who says the college game…

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