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—Athlon has 11 Cardinals on its
preseason All-ACC squad, including three on the First Team.
—It’s only July 1, but the CJ’s Alexis Cubit is already on the record with
a 10-2 prediction for the Louisville football team in 2026. Included in those 10 wins is a week one upset of Ole Miss.
—The
first 2027 NBA mock draft from ESPN’s Jeremy Woo has two Cardinals, Flory Bidunga and Obinna Ekezie, going in the second round.
—WDRB’s Eric Crawford
penned the definitive tribute to Kenny Klein.
I turned around in the pew at the funeral and saw Eddie Gunter. He’s retired and works as a volunteer at basketball and football games for the sports information department, handing out credentials. If Eddie didn’t take care of me every time I forgot my pass, I’d have been fired long ago.
His wife has had some health setbacks, and he talked about Kenny texting him twice a week to check on her status.
“He was always checking in,” Gunter said. “He’s so busy and knows so many people, but here he’s texting me to see how things are.”
The night before the funeral, at dinner, Jody Demling pulled out his phone and showed us a text Kenny had sent while Jody lay in a hospital bed, unconscious, on a ventilator with COVID-19.
I thought about the texts Kenny sent me after my stroke in 2018. Or him showing up at the visitation when my mother died a couple of years ago.
I thought about the times he checked on Rick Bozich during a hospital stay.
All of those things were doubtless on our minds when we visited Kenny together for the last time in the hospital.
All of the text messages from Kenny that people have read to me over the past several days or posted on social media. All of the photos from all of the camera rolls.
After a while, you begin to wonder how Kenny ever found time to do the actual job everyone knew him for.
Then you realize those weren’t separate things. To Kenny, they were the job. It was all life, all the time.
—C.L. Brown also has a very nice column on the
legacy of Kenny Klein.
—The latest episode of the Starting 502 Podcast is
here.
—The CJ’s Brooks Holton starts his offseason player profile series with a
closer look at Flory Bidunga.
—If you don’t have plans for the 4th, Louisville City is back at home to host Hartford Athletic at 8 p.m. Saturday. The city is timing up its official fireworks show to go off at the end of the game, which is a bonus.
Card Chronicle readers can get discounted tickets to the match/firework show
by going here.
—The Field of 68 crew has a nice hour or so long discussion previewing the 2026-27 ACC.
—Louisville is still going to try to outrun opponents in Pat Kelsey’s third season, they just want
to try and erase them now as well.
—Twenty-nine Louisville track and field athletes
were named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
—Five-star big man Darius Wabbington from the 2027 class has Louisville in his final six and plans to visit U of L on Sept. 11. The Cards will be his first official visit.
—Always a cool way to kick off the season.
Headed back to the Lone Star State in 2027.
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— Louisville Baseball (@LouisvilleBSB)
June 25, 2026
—Former Louisville pitcher Colton Hartman is
transferring to West Virginia. Hartman is one of nine U of L pitchers from 2026 who entered the portal before yesterday’s deadline.
—After 14 years at Inside the Ville/Cardinal Authority, Jody Demling
has made the jump to On3 to take over the Louisville site there.
—Why can’t college sports be fixed? The Athletic’s Austin Meek says
just look at Michigan’s response to Dusty May’s exit.
Domenico Grasso, Michigan’s president, addressed the departure of men’s basketball coach Dusty May, whose decision to coach the Dallas Mavericks
blindsided a lot of people in Ann Arbor. At Michigan and elsewhere, losing one of college basketball’s brightest minds
was viewed as another canary in the increasingly toxic coal mine of college sports.
“Coach May told me that among his reasons for leaving were uncertainties and pressures involving the transfer portal and NIL support for student-athletes,” Grasso said. “He and I agreed that the future of college sports is headed in the wrong direction.”
In the next breath, Grasso voiced Michigan’s objections to the
Protect College Sports Act, a bill that is intended to address those very problems. While acknowledging that college sports are in “dire need of clarity and equitable reform,” Grasso echoed the stance of the Big Ten and the SEC, which do not support the legislation.
“We want what’s best for the Big Ten and for Michigan,” Grasso said. “We are not going to sacrifice the competitive advantage that we have built for more than a century.”
—The
latest episode of the College GameDay Podcast has an interesting discussion on Louisville’s first opponent, Ole Miss.
—Chucky Hepburn
has signed a new two-way deal with the Toronto Raptors.
—Jeff Brohm and company simply
cannot lose Ja’Hyde Brown.
—One stat that tells multiple stories.
Stat No. 7: Louisville has had the ball w/3 mins < in regulation w/the lead or a chance to go ahead in 37 of Jeff Brohm's 40 career games there.
Only P4s w/better rates: Ohio St (42/43), Mia (40/42), UGA (40/42), Ole Miss (39/41), Tex (40/43), ND (39/42).
— ️
️ (@ADavidHaleJoint)
June 28, 2026
—Clev Lubin is one of the five
best edge rushers in the new EA Sports College Football game.
—Pat Kelsey and company are expecting
a “huge leap” out of Adrian Wooley in his second season at Louisville.
—Michael McCammon
has an update on the most recent helping of recruits that Jeff Brohm and company have offered.
—Lincoln Keinholz, Clev Lubin and Lance Robinson will be the three player representatives for Louisville at this month’s ACC Media Day event.
—The Heat are already loving Ryan Conwell.
Rooks got that HEAT mentality
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— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT)
June 27, 2026
—Louisville Report’s Matt McGavic
runs down the Cardinals who could hear their names called during the 2026 MLB Draft.
—There are also
multiple players from Trinity High School’s national title-winning team who are expecting to hear their names called during the draft.
—The NCAA’s new five-for-five rule could provide an extra year of eligibility
for a handful of key players on this year’s Louisville football team.
—Karter Knox says a
“better fit” was what ultimately led him from Arkansas to Louisville.
—Sananda Fru had some interesting quotes in
this story from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
The 6-foot-11 Fru has now landed at
Marquette, which the 22-year-old big man thinks
is the right spot for him to take another big leap in his development.
“The biggest thing I was looking for was for a program – or more for a coach – that trusted me and my abilities,” Fru told the Journal Sentinel. “First of all, who cared about me as a player to develop, but also wants to push me the furthest, skill-set wise.
“I was really looking to have a big impact on the team, help as much as possible, but also be able to expand my game because I felt a little limited in my role, limited in the way I got used last season. So I was looking to have bigger usage. And then have a good bond with my coach, who really looked at you as a person more than a fixture or a player. So really looked at your personality.”Need a news break?
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Fru found the right fit
with Golden Eagles head coach Shaka Smart.
“I feel like most coaches in general, talking about the transfer portal, are looking for ‘Oh, this player fits this position, he can help me here, this player can do that,’ ” Fru said. “But he was about you as a person.
“What is important to you. How you think. The way you think. And how do you fit on my team, not only as a basketball player but also as a person. As a human being.”
—The
10 best ice cream spots in Louisville for your summer.
—Clev Lubin knows what it takes to win a championship, and he’s
brought that standard with him to Louisville.
—And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is back this afternoon from 2:30-5:50 on 1450/96.1 The Big X. You can watch live on YouTube
here.
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