Billy Reed
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Billy Reed: Cold shooting keeps Cards from earning big-game stripes
They came to Rupp Arena expecting a basketball game, but doggone if they didn’t get Stripes II, the sequel to comedian Bill Murray’s hit movie from 1981. The difference was that this one wasn’t about the stripes Army guys wear on their shirts. → Read More
Billy Reed: CBS baffles with afternoon tip time for UK-UofL game
I don't want to go all Grinchy so soon after Christmas, but can somebody please tell me why CBS put the Kentucky-Louisville basketball in a time slot where it butts heads with the LSU-Oklahoma College Football Playoff game on ESPN on Saturday? → Read More
Billy Reed: Remembering UofL’s first NCAA title team 40 years later
You see Darrell Griffith today and you swear he still could do one of the creative slams that earned him the nickname "Dr. Dunkenstein" during his senior year at the University of Louisville in 1979-80. → Read More
Billy Reed: Bowl-bound Cards’ turnaround happened faster than expected
If you’re a University of Louisville football fan still waiting to exhale, you can breathe again. → Read More
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Had 7-foot freshman center James Wiseman kept his commitment to Kentucky instead of reneging in favor of Memphis, the chances are good the college basketball world wouldn’t be talking Wednesday about the Wildcats’ shocking 67-64 loss to Evansville in Rupp Arena. → Read More
Crafty shelter cat releases kitty comrades, getting ‘in trouble’ and famous on social media
When rescue workers reviewed security footage to find out how the cats kept getting out, video showed Quilty was the culprit. He would jump up and pull the handle down on the door. → Read More
Jawon Pass to miss UofL’s game agianst Western Kentucky
University of Louisville junior quarterback Jawon Pass will miss today’s game versus Western Kentucky with a lower extremity injury, UofL head coach Scott Satterfield announced on Saturday. → Read More
Billy Reed: Cardinal football is back!
Welcome back, college football. A lot of us around the University of Louisville missed you last season. → Read More
Billy Reed: During turbulent times, highly-paid coaches need to lead, set examples for their players
In 38 of our 50 states, the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach. → Read More
Billy Reed: Breeders’ Cup takes huge gamble with Santa Anita decision
A lot of knowledgeable thoroughbred racing experts thought it was a foregone conclusion that the Breeders’ Cup board would move this year’s event from Santa Anita to another site, most likely Churchill Downs. → Read More
Billy Reed: As interest in Preakness wanes, so, too, does excitement for Pimlico
The Preakness, which began two years before the Kentucky Derby in 1873 but has not been run continuously, has fallen apart, which is fitting when you consider the dilapidated condition of Pimlico Race Course. → Read More
Stars party the night away ahead of Derby
Take a look at some of the galas around town. → Read More
Billy Reed: NCAA Tournament is all about Zion
From its opening until this very moment, this college basketball season has belonged to Duke’s Zion Williamson. To quote the late Thurman Munson, he has been the straw that stirs the drink. → Read More
Billy Reed: Where is Zion’s shoe?
I am wondering what happened to the shoe. Surely the basketball managers at Duke didn’t throw it out. Maybe Zion Williamson still has it somewhere. He should, because it’s already the most famous shoe in college basketball history. → Read More
Billy Reed: Absent UofL fans missing out on surprisingly good basketball
Heading into Thursday night’s home game against N.C. State, the University of Louisville men’s basketball team is averaging 15,816 fans per game in the KFC Yum! Center, a drop of 5,030 from Rick Pitino’s final season in 2016-2017. → Read More
Billy Reed: Schnellenberger’s Hall of Fame omission is embarrassing
My fellow Americans, I rise again today to beseech the National Football Foundation to do the right thing by Howard Schnellenberger, one of the most successful and respected coaches in football history. → Read More
Billy Reed: Alabama, Clemson prepare for Southern California showdown
So when the Clemson and Alabama fans check into their Santa Clara hotels, go out to the bars and restaurants, and walk the city’s streets, they surely will find they have more in common with each other than with their hosts. Then again, maybe the meeting of the cultures will be a good thing that tea → Read More
Reed: Kentucky young talent shines in victory over Louisville
After the Cats’ 72-59 thumping of the Cards Saturday in the KFC Yum! Center, Calipari didn’t do any gloating. But the did smiling state the obvious: “We’re getting better and better.” → Read More
Billy Reed: Mack’s better-than-expected Cards could beat UK on Saturday
We'll all be watching on Saturday afternoon to see how new Louisville basketball coach Chris Mack handles himself and his team in his first confrontation with John Calipari and his 10th Kentucky team. → Read More
Billy Reed: Worst-ever UofL team too toxic for Brohm to want to take over
Some of the pundits keep saying the final 2-10 record was UofL’s worst season since 1992 or somewhere back there. But it’s worse than that. Much worse. This was the worst Cardinal football team ever. → Read More