Meet The Opponents: Minnesota Golden Gophers

Selection Sunday went exactly how Louisville fans thought it would. Louisville earned a 7-seed and received a matchup that perfectly fit the NCAA’s agenda, 10-seed Minnesota. The NCAA successfully created a front page story and, of course, threw the game into the very first time slot of the tournament. Since the Selection Show, the talk…

Rick Pitino Is Ready To Work Again

Rick Pitino has announced he has hired an agent to help him with his next career move. This comes about 5 months after he was fired from the University of Louisville and just a few weeks after stating that he was “dead in the water” when it comes to coaching. Only time will tell if…

Kevin Willard Has No Love For UofL

Photo Courtesy of Double G Sports Now that it is December, we have found our first Grinch of the holiday season. His name is Kevin Willard. Willard was an assistant to He Who Shall Not Be Named (Pitino) from 2001-2007 and even recruited David Padgett. While he compliments how well David has handled everything the…

Pitino UofL For Breach Of Contract

Today, former head coach Rick Pitino announced he will be suing the University of Louisville athletic association for a breach of contract. He is looking for over $35 Million. In a statement released through his lawyer he is claiming his contract was breached when he was suspended and ultimately fired. Jeff Greer with the Courier…

Adidas Fires Back At Pitino

Adidas has come forward and asked a judge to dismiss Pitino’s case against the company. They have no new evidence, but they stand by the original findings and say that Pitino knew fully of the exchange of money to Brian Bowen’s family. It seems this is just the beginning of a very long, and ugly,…

Pitino Releases Statement Following Latest FBI Accusations

Rick Pitino released a statement through his lawyer today following yesterday’s accusations. Coach Pitino condemns the latest allegations to be false and defamatory in nature. He maintains his innocence and will continue to fully cooperate with the government’s ongoing investigation. JUST IN….Rick Pitino, through his lawyer, has released a statement on about Wednesday's unsealing of…

Top Stories 10-5-17

  Here are the top stories from yesterday October 5th at CardinalSportsZone.com! Open Basketball Practice Photo Gallery Louisville Vs Murray State Photo Gallery Coach David Padgett’s Presser Vince Tyra Presser 10-4-17 Louisville Vs Kent State Photo Gallery – Part 2 Louisville vs. Kent State Photo Gallery – Part 1 Nunnsense: Is Tyra The Answer Or The Relief Pitcher?…

Top Stories 10-4-17

Here are the top stories from yesterday October 4th at CardinalSportsZone.com! Louisville Vs Murray State Photo Gallery Coach David Padgett’s Presser Vince Tyra Presser 10-4-17 Everything You Need to Know: Louisville at NC State Open Basketball Practice Photo Gallery Q & A with Red and White Podcast’s Evan Roberts Bovada Heisman Odds One College Basketball Writer Thinks UofL…

Top Stories 10-3-17

Here are the top stories from yesterday October 3rd at CardinalSportsZone.com! Louisville Vs Murray State Photo Gallery Vince Tyra’s Introductory Presser UofL Baseball Will Host Scout Day Former Cardinal Chad Green Making Playoff Debut Vincent Tyra Will Be Named Acting Athletic Director UofL To Hold A Press Conference At 3:45PM To Name Interim AD Jon Rothstein Ranks Cards 10th…

Top Stories 10-2-17

Here are the top stories from yesterday October 2nd at CardinalSportsZone.com! Louisville Vs Murray State Photo Gallery Post Practice Interviews 10-2-17 UofL Coaches Rally Around Tom Jurich Jurich’s Attorney Sends Letter To Postel Pitino’s Contract To Be Terminated Game Day Information Released For Boston College TWICA: October 2 BOT Meeting Wrap Up Interim Athletic Director Expected To Be…

Pitino’s Contract To Be Terminated

Today officially begins the end of the Pitino era. For better or for worse, the board unanimously voted to begin the process of terminating his contract. What do you think about this latest development? JUST IN: Board moves to start termination of Rick Pitino's contract. Passes unanimously. #Louisville #L1C4 #UofL #Cards — Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) October…

Pitino Maintains His Innocence

Rick Pitino had a brief phone call with the Courier Journal’s Jeff Greer, in which he continues to say he is an innocent bystander in the FBI’s investigation of bribery in college basketball. Pitino also mentions that he hopes this team wins the national championship and he loves them, and David Padgett. David was announced…

Players Show Support For Pitino

Some of the current and former players of the University of Louisville Men’s Basketball team, have come forward to show the world what Rick Pitino meant to them. https://twitter.com/AlhajiMohammed/status/913072083575492610 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anas Osama Mahmoud (@anas14mahmoud) https://instagram.com/p/BZjld25HQMY/ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryan McMahon (@ryanmcmahon)…

Details Of Pitino’s Contract

Eric Crawford with WDRB has laid out the contract details for Rick Pitino regarding what his future could look like. Rick Pitino’s contract outlines guidelines the university agreed to follow if attempting to terminate it — including 10 days notice pic.twitter.com/EYDOjDkxLK — Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) September 27, 2017