
Louisville coach chasing Derby win as a co-owner
Rick Pitino became a Hall of Famer and an NCAA champion on the same day. Now the Louisville basketball coach is positioned to become a Kentucky ...
Louisville's Russ Smith returns for senior season
Russ Smith is staying at Louisville to chase another NCAA championship and a degree. The 6-foot-1 guard is passing on the NBA draft to return for his ...

Good weather after 2012 heat at Boston Marathon
The heat was unprecedented and so was the offer: Any of the 27,000 runners in last year's Boston Marathon could skip the race and automatically ...

Cardinals fans celebrate both programs' success
They haven't stopped partying in Louisville. The latest celebration Wednesday was a bit more structured as the NCAA champion Cardinals' men's team and ...

Pitino heads to New Orleans without his team
Louisville men's coach Rick Pitino went to New Orleans to watch the Cardinals' women's team play Connecticut in Tuesday night's NCAA championship game

Dad says Louisville G Russ Smith leaving for NBA
Junior guard Russ Smith will leave Louisville early to enter the NBA draft, according to his father. Russ Smith Sr. said the Cardinals' leading scorer ...

Louisville's Hancock wins Most Outstanding Player
Two minutes. Four 3-pointers. Safe to say, Luke Hancock knows how to make good use of his time. The backup forward, better known as "Plan B" for Rick ...

Column: Maybe the best week a coach ever had
Someday soon, Rick Pitino is going to have to explain the tattoo to his grandkids. But first, he's going to tell them the story of how getting into ...

Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 for NCAA title
Rick Pitino held court in a tunnel beneath the Georgia Dome, going on and on about the grittiest bunch of guys he's ever coached. One of them sat in ...

Burke's big title game not enough for Michigan
With a national championship slipping away in the final minutes, Trey Burke raced back on defense and gave Michigan fans one more spectacular play to ...

FINALS WATCH: Bluegrass glory, Louisville wins
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games

FINALS WATCH: 'Russdiculous,' Beilein followers
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games

Good to be Louisville's Pitino these days
It's good to be Rick Pitino these days. Top-seeded Louisville is playing for the national championship, giving Pitino a chance to be the first coach ...

Louisville beats Wichita State 72-68 in Final Four
Russ Smith looked at the scoreboard, then at the clock, then over at the bench. Louisville needed a run, but he had no idea where it was going to come ...

Final Four: It's Louisville and The Other Guys
Tip-off time is nearing. Time to see if Louisville can live up to the hype or one of those other guys can turn the Final Four into their party.

Ware makes big, bad Louisville the people's choice
Louisville already had the bigger names, the better team and some unfinished business after coming up short in last year's Final Four. All Wichita ...

Ware's injury causes 'problems' for Louisville
His full-leg cast and crutches aside, Kevin Ware is no different than the rest of his Louisville teammates this week. He's at team meetings.

BracketRacket: Rejection, an underdog, 2 Chains
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA needs. Today's edition includes the sting of being rejected by famous ...

Ware says show of support helped him remain upbeat
Just seeing a picture of Kevin Ware up and moving around again inspired the Louisville Cardinals. Imagine the boost they're going to get having Ware ...

Louisville guard Ware upbeat despite broken leg
Kevin Ware is pretty certain how his next few months will play out. "After we win the national championship," the injured Louisville guard said with ...

Louisville continues to bask in basketball success
One by one, students walked slowly past the food court in the Student Activities Center on the Louisville campus and waited their turns to sign the ...

Louisville beats Duke 85-63 to reach Final Four
Writhing on the ground, his leg splintered, Kevin Ware had only one thing to say to his heartsick Louisville teammates. "Just go win the game." The ...

Louisville's Ware breaks leg in game, has surgery
A gruesome injury that left Louisville guard Kevin Ware with a broken leg plunged Lucas Oil Stadium into horrified silence, with coach Rick Pitino ...

Smith leads Louisville to 77-69 victory over Ducks
Louisville coach Rick Pitino is baffled by Russ Smith. Not by the star guard himself, who is managing to outdo himself each time he steps on the court

Playing Louisville means lots of pressure
The speed. The quickness. The penchant for causing chaos and mayhem. The ability to take a manageable game and turn it into a blowout in a matter of ...