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The Oaks is moving to prime time. What could go wrong?
From Louisville Business First: The Kentucky Oaks is moving to primetime. Churchill Downs and NBC announced today that next year’s race is moving to 8 p.m. Typically post time for the race, which runs the day before the Kentucky Derby, is scheduled shortly before 6 p.m. NBC executives say the race will move to NBC and Peacock,…
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Be a sport: Here’s what the Ville has to offer.
Gannett keeps putting together “10 best” lists. It’s a cheap way to get content since, according to ChatGPT: Gannett owns 217 daily and 175 weekly newspapers, as of the end of 2022. This is a reduction from 261 daily and 302 weekly newspapers in 2019. So why are we talking about this? Four Louisville attractions are…
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Expo Center says, ‘nevermind’
The Nike EBYL girls’ basketball tournament in Louisville was cancelled Sunday afternoon because of this: A falling ceiling tile and a simultaneous medical emergency are now believed to be the cause behind an evacuation at the Kentucky Exposition Center July 13, Louisville Metro Police officials said in a statement. Emergency calls were made to area first responders…
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Police surround Fair and Expo Center
The day’s events at the Nike EBYL girls’ basketball tournament in Louisville were cancelled this afternoon because of this: UPDATE: A reminder that thousands of middle- and high-school girls have been spending the weekend at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center for the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (or EYBL) tournament. And some asshole has…
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Hoop dreams in the Ville
Thousands of middle- and high-school girls are spending the weekend at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center for the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (or EYBL) tournament, which started Friday and goes through Monday. It’s an impressive gathering of student athletes that involves access to 80 basketball courts all having games at the same time.…
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Since the CJ isn’t going to edit itself
Two annoying stories in the local paper today that should be simple reader service but are problematic in their lack of information. The first has this headline, Tom Jurich, ex-University of Louisville AD, has stretch of Floyd Street named after him, and says: A portion of Floyd Street that runs through the University of Louisville‘s campus…
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College World Series All-Stars
The University of Louisville baseball team made the Final Four of the College World Series tournament, and it’s players made a great impression on those who admire “The Greatest Show on Dirt.” Three Cardinals were names to the All-Tournament team.
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UofL strikes out
Well, the Cardinals baseball season is over, but the big consolation here is that against all expectations, they made the Final Four in the College World Series. Here’s a game recap: From the university: The University of Louisville baseball team saw its season come to a close on Wednesday with an 11-3 loss against Coastal…
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Bluegrass baseball update
Louisville baseball season continues with a nail biting win over Oregon State. Here’s the ninth inning: Only one Kentucky team is left in the college baseball playoffs. Murray State, the Cinderella team of the tournament, was ousted a day earlier, the victim of the first no hitter in the tournament since 1960. It went something…
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The College World Series Cinderella team is from Ky.
Louisville played its first game in the College World Series last night against Oregon State in Omaha. But the Cinderella team this year is another Kentucky School that goes on the field today. From the CJ: Bobby Bonilla gets paid more every year to not play baseball ($1.19 million) than Murray State spent on its entire program during…
