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Former Cardinals are winners in the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers have won back-to-back World Series, and this time it was because of a former Louisville Cardinal: The photo at the top of the page is from Will Smith’s bio on the University of Louisville Baseball page. He had a great year in 2016, with career honors listed as: • 2016 MLB…
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A flawed list of sports sites
A month ago, we posted on Gannett’s effort to develop a top 10 list of sports attractions in the U.S. Today, the CJ named the winners: The Kentucky Derby Museum ranked highest at No. 2, followed by the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory at No. 4, Churchill Downs at No. 5 and the Muhammad Ali…
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ESPN’s Sportscenter was in town recently
As ESPN toured 50 states in 50 days, it chose this Louisville location to represent Kentucky: Yes, this is a good choice, but I would have gone for the Muhammad Ali Center, which has to be the greatest boxing museum in the world. In an earlier post, I noted that several sites in Kentucky were…
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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…
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Cause it’s root, root, root for the home teams
In our obsession with the University of Louisville making the College World Series in Omaha, we’ve neglected to point out that there could be an all-Kentucky final. Here are the brackets: The Murray State Racers are from Western Kentucky. Here’s when they clinched their position in the Championship bracket: Time to root for an all-Bluegrass…
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UofL sports: What the school should really emphasize
This just reinforces the point we made in our latest Bluegrass Blues Podcast (Episode 5). Check it out to see why we say the University of Louisville would do well by promoting itself as a place where student athletes should go to master their craft, just like a lawyer should go to Harvard or a…
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One down, one to go
The Louisville Cardinals won the first game in the best of three Super Regional playoff against the Miami Hurricanes after a brief delay because of lightning. From WDRB: Scoring two runs in the second, five in the third and one more in the fourth, Louisville hammered Miami, 8-1, to move to within one victory of…
