If you remember, critics derided the assumed nickname of the downtown basketball arena when Yum! Brands assumed the role of title sponsor. How could they not name the arena after KFC? Would there be the same connection to the community if they had called it the Long John Silver’s Yum! Center? Continue reading “Other Scenes at the Bucket”
When you find yourself lucky enough to cover a top 10 NCAA college basketball team, you want to do it right. When you’re an alum of the school, you want to do it even better. That’s the answer I give my family when they ask why I get to the game so early which is typically 90 minutes before tip-off. In that time period, you get to do your homework, pick out the match ups you want to make sure to get shots of and enjoy the stuff going on behind the television cameras. Continue reading “What else happens at Louisville basketball games”
Last night the University of Louisville basketball Cardinals made another appearance on ESPN’s Big Monday broadcast by taking on old rival Cincinnati. The Cards rolled the team from up I-71 67-51 as they look to go into the Big East tournament. Thankfully, Louisville.com had enabled me to see every home game with my camera. Continue reading “The Louisville basketball Cardinals continue to cruise, Rick Pitino gets number 300”
On Saturday, I found myself inside the KFC Yum! Center for a battle between the University of Louisville Cardinals and the Seton Hall Pirates. And during the game, I tried a different method of covering with the express purpose of filing my story faster and more efficiently I’m not sure it will work for the two home games we have left, but it felt good. Continue reading “Louisville basketball in the second half”
Okay, the two subjects in the title don’t have much to do with each other, if anything, but it was a way to work in the fact that the two entities broke out in something new. Continue reading “Louisville basketball back on track, This Is Louisville displays a new look”
In the annual renewal of the Battle of the Bluegrass, conventional wisdom said that the University of Louisville Cardinals would come through as the odds on favorite over the University of Kentucky. Story lines popped up everywhere. Coach Rick Pitino had never beaten John Calipari since Cal came to Kentucky. Continue reading “The basketball Cards beat the Cats and we’ve to the photos”
Occasionally on my Instagram feed, I’ll run themes. I’ve done the 30 days, 30 pictures themes. When I had a daily photo project, those would often find their way to Instagram. This past week, Continue reading “Louisville is Russdiculous”
I may have mentioned this before, but last night made me think it again. I love my job. All the I’s got dotted and the t’s got crossed and I got my credentials to cover the #2 ranked Continue reading “Covering Louisville Cardinal basketball”
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