The Cardinals need all the publicity they can get. Bridgewater wants the focus on the team. But the team may only go as far as his publicity takes them.
The Cardinal quarterback requested to the school that they don't focus on his personal achievements rather the team's accomplishments. Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater requested to the school that they don't focus on his personal achievements rather the team's accomplishments.
Peyton Siva, the star Louisville point guard, got engaged last weekend according to The Cardinal Connect. Here’s a photo of Siva on bended knee asking his girlfriend – the same one from the Kentucky Derby, I suppose – to marry him. I wonder if his Dad celebrated like this. I’m curious whether or not Siva [...]
Sporting events can bring a community together, such as when the Louisville Cardinals won the NCAA championship and University of Louisville campus was filled with camaraderie. They also can fuel bitter rivalries, such as the long-standing animosity between the St. Show More Summary
Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater is already on the watch list for the 2014 Heisman, but being a trendy preseason pick doesn't count for much. Just ask Matt Barkley. But rest assured Cardinals fans. Bridgewater will still be a leading candidate come November and he has as good of a shot as any to win it all. Show More Summary
Rick Pitino's offseason is shaping up nicely. Yahoo! Sports spotted evidence that Pitino is a far better fisherman than he previously let on. Here is a tweet from Cardinal Authority's Jody Demling showing coach with his new best friend, an 80-pound marlin. Show More Summary
The 2013-14 season marks the dawn of a new era for the ACC. The conference welcomes three schools with some fantastic basketball tradition in Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. Then, the Louisville Cardinals are scheduled to join the ACC prior to the 2014-15 season as Maryland departs to the Big Ten. Show More Summary
The last two national champions in college basketball both hail from the state of Kentucky. That is where the similarities end. These two programs could not be any more different than... well... blue and red. Kentucky is a program run by a coach who believes championships are won on the recruiting trail. Show More Summary
There are a lot of things Louisville Cardinals guard Kevin Ware can't do since suffering one of the more gruesome injuries in sports history... but he told our photog yesterday in DC... he can still get down with the ladies.And really... that's…
National champion Louisville is losing some key contributors to graduation and the NBA, but the Cardinals still have talent to burn. With a solid recruiting class joining a wealth of returning standouts, Rick Pitino has plenty of firepower as he prepares his team to defend its crown. Show More Summary
After the Louisville Cardinals lost an epic, emotionally-draining quintuple-overtime game to Notre Dame back in February, Rick Pitino made a promise to his crestfallen players: if they won the last seven games of the regular season, the Big East Tournament, and then the National Championship, he would get a tattoo commemorating the achievement. Well, right [...]
Give Rick Pitino credit. He could have gotten a discreet yet fierce little cardinal tattooed on his shoulder and he’d have fulfilled the promise he made to his Louisville players to get inked if they won a national championship. Or … Continue reading ?
Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino may be a 60-year-old grandfather of four, but that didn't stop him from fulfilling his promise of getting a tattoo if the Cardinals won the 2013 National Championship. According to Louisville senior associate athletic director Kenny Klein, Pitino got a tattoo on his left shoulder blade. Show More Summary
It always feels a bit ridiculous to rank college basketball teams in April or October. How teams or players will develop is a mystery at those points, especially in the one-and-done era. But experience and consistency is usually worth gambling on, even if it's of a "Russdiculous" variety. Show More Summary
Despite winning the national championship, Louisville Cardinals guard Russ Smith reportedly isn't finished with college. According to Louisville radio host Drew Deener, the electrifying junior will return to school for his senior season:...Show More Summary
The starting center for the national champion Louisville Cardinals, Gorgui Dieng, saw his draft stock soar over the final portion of the season. Dieng 's signature game of the NCAA tournament came in the Elite Eight, when he went for 14 points, 11 boards and four blocks in a convincing win over Mason Plumlee and Duke. Show More Summary
We were treated to yet another thrilling and entertaining NCAA Tournament, concluding with Rick Pitino and the Louisville Cardinals outlasting the Michigan Wolverines to take home the 2013 NCAA Championship. Following up such an exciting season highlighted by Michigan’s Trey Burke winning the 2013 Wooden Award, given out to the nation’s most outstanding player, we [...]
In the middle of the season when the college basketball world was watching Indiana and Duke, Rick Pitino made Louisville Cardinals a promise: win the national championship and he would get a tattoo. Now, after his team defeated Michigan on Monday, the 60 year old coach is about to get inked. Show More Summary
Rick Pitino promised his Louisville players that he’d get a tattoo if they won the national championship. They did and now he will. Pitino knows just what he’ll get and where he’ll get it. “I said it … not believing … Continue readi...
With the Louisville Cardinals' national title conquest bringing the 2012-13 college basketball season to a close, it’s time to start looking ahead to the upcoming NBA draft in earnest. There are a number of players that seem to be aShow More Summary