The seemingly harmless site known as Facebook may be home to athlete stalkers. Although adding athletes seen on campus or in class seems innocent enough, that doesn't necessarily make them a "friend." While for most at the University of Louisville, adding athletes on Facebook as friends is no big deal.
University of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said tonight he is leaving the Cardinal football program to become head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Petrino reportedly spoke after leaving a meeting tonight at which he informed his players. According to The Courier-Journal, Petrino declined further comment, saying, "I just met with the players.
The famed "Coaching Carousel" has claimed former University of Louisville football head coach Bobby Petrino. Late Sunday evening Petrino officially signed a tentative contract with the National Footbal League's Atlanta Falcons to take over as head coach for the 2007-08 season.
Nationally renowned legal scholar Jim Chen has been named the new dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Chen leaves the posts of associate dean and James L. Krusemark Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he taught a panoply of legal fields such as administrative, agricultural, constitutional, criminal, and environmental law.
District Judge Joan "Toni" Stringer and Glenda Dickerson, the only living black woman who has directed a broadway play will speak in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's honor on Jan. 12 and 15 at the University of Louisville Belknap campus. Stringer will speak on Jan 12 about the state of Civil Rights in the 21st century from 11:30 - 1 pm in Room 100 of Bingham Humanites.
After a highly competitive and rigorous search, the University of Louisville announced that the world-renowned researcher Dr. Manuel Martínez-Maldonado will be the new executive vice president for research. Martínez-Maldonado is a highly recognized educator, administrator, researcher and has an extensive background in clinical care.
The University of Louisville men's basketball team hoped to improve on last year's NIT run and also bolster their record. Big East coaches took notice. They picked the Cards to finish sixth in the Big East, even with their 11th place conference finish last season.
Most people this time of year have been expecting headlines from the University of Louisville men's basketball team, but recently the women's team has been stealing the show. The Cards are near perfect, with a 16-1 record. Their only loss of the season was an upset from the Providence Friars, who are still unranked.
Well it happened again. The University of "We think we are far superior than you are because of our tradition" (as the almighty King of Smack Jim Rome would say), Notre Dame, was handed a BCS Bowl bid and $14 million plus. But once again they dropped the ball, getting embarrassed 41-14 by LSU in the Sugar Bowl Wednesday night.
Baseball players make first team Big East The University of Louisville baseball is already off to a positive start, even before actual play has started. The baseball team was picked to finish third in Big East play, and has three infielders on the preseason team.
