CRAWFORD | The Triple Crown is still broken, and not just because of its calendar

Maryland moved the Preakness. Churchill and NYRA built a new championship. But horse racing still lacks the authority to hold the Triple Crown together.

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CRAWFORD | As Indiana opens camp, Stephen Daley takes the field for a surprise second chance

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WDRB) — For months, Stephen Daley believed he knew how his college football story ended.

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Robbie Albarado, one of Churchill Downs' most accomplished riders, dies at 52

Robby Albarado, whose resilience and skill carried him through more than three decades in racing and into the record books at Churchill Downs, has died. He was 52.

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CRAWFORD | Indiana won the national title. College football voters still want to see its ID.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — College football has always had a velvet rope.

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CRAWFORD | Will Stein's Kentucky blueprint comes with an eraser

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) — The first thing Will Stein served at his first Kentucky football media day wasn't a play.

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CRAWFORD | The remarkable second act of Mary T. Meagher Plant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Warmups were over. Most of the swimmers had climbed out of the competition pool at Lakeside Swim Club, leaving a single lane occupied on a gray

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CRAWFORD | Peyton Siva’s move to Rick Pitino’s staff feels like the next natural step

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Some coaching moves feel jarring.

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CRAWFORD | Kelsey stacking heavyweights on early schedule with reported addition of Michigan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Pat Kelsey hasn't made any "all the smoke" pronouncements this offseason, but he's steadily building a schedule that should provide plenty of heat for his highly

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CRAWFORD | Batting cleanup at Big Ten Media Days, Indiana's Cignetti takes a swing at SEC

CHICAGO, Ill. (WDRB) — Curt Cignetti is almost aggressively ordinary.

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CRAWFORD | After Louisville's Bahamas win, apologetic Kelsey agrees it should've been streamed

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville basketball spent the summer producing trailers. Then nobody got to see the movie.

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Louisville picked third in ACC football preseason poll, highest since 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville enters the 2026 football season with some of the highest expectations the program has carried in years.

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Louisville pulls away in second half to rout Bahamas Raw Talent 101-52 in exhibition

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — No television. No radio. No problem. At least not for the Louisville men's basketball team.

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Live (remote) updates (via stat sheet): Louisville at Bahamas Raw Talent exhibition game

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Sportswriters once built entire football games from telegrams. Broadcasters turned box scores into drama. Walter Cronkite learned the craft that way. Ronald Reagan did, too.

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PREVIEW | What Louisville's Bahamas exhibition may reveal about the Cardinals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The most important part of Louisville's trip to the Bahamas has already happened.

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Louisville basketball gets date for return trip to Kansas, Phog Allen Fieldhouse

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville has a date for its return trip to one of college basketball's most iconic venues.

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Back to Work: Golden Tempo 'at a good spot' after first Saratoga workout

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo completed his first workout over the Saratoga Race Course main track Sunday, another encouraging step in his return

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CRAWFORD | Louisville still sees value in Bahamas trip. The broadcast didn't make the cut.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The value of Louisville's trip to the Bahamas didn't disappear Saturday. But it did narrow.

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Journalism, Preakness winner and 2025 Kentucky Derby favorite, retired to stud after injury

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Preakness Stakes winner Journalism has been retired after suffering an injury before last weekend's San Diego Handicap, his owners announced Friday.

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CRAWFORD | Before Kentucky players could wear the jersey, Mark Pope made them earn it

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — College basketball players are handed a remarkable collection of things these days. Scholarships. Apartments. Meal plans. Charter flights. Nutritionists. Trainers. Salaries th...

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CRAWFORD | La Familia won Game 3 over The Ville. The availability report won the series.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) — The biggest announcement before Game 3 wasn't the starting lineups. It was the availability report.

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CRAWFORD | Ty Bryant is the old soul at the heart of Will Stein's new Kentucky team

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — When Kentucky changed almost everything around Ty Bryant last winter, the obvious question wasn't why he stayed.

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CRAWFORD | Harrell's 35 lead The Ville to TBT rout of La Familia; Matthews' dunk is exclamation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Most players spend timeouts listening. Montrezl Harrell spent one Monday night delivering a sermon.

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CRAWFORD | Amid football title drought, Sankey's message: The SEC still sets the agenda

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kings don't usually begin speeches by reminding everyone they're kings.

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La Familia withstands late rally from The Ville, wins 72-68 in TBT opener

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — La Familia built a 17-point lead, then survived a furious comeback.

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CRAWFORD | The 3 biggest things Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said at ACC Media Days

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB). — ACC Media Days are less about headlines than breadcrumbs.

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CRAWFORD | Ohio State prepared Lincoln Kienholz. Louisville hopes to finish the job.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — It's been a strange three years for Lincoln Kienholz.

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CRAWFORD | At ACC Media Day, Brohm revealed the soundtrack of Louisville's offseason

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WDRB) — Every football season has its own soundtrack. Some are full of hope. Some hum with rebuilding. Some sound like a coach asking for patience.

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CRAWFORD | The ACC can't beat the SEC's wallet. It can try to beat its television show.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Every July, the ACC gathers its coaches and players in a hotel ballroom and spends three days trying to answer the same question.

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CRAWFORD | For Louisville women's basketball, scar tissue could make the difference

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Every offseason, somebody says they're hungry. Somebody says they're closer. Somebody says this is the year.

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Lucas Glover survives cold putter, keeps 1-shot lead entering ISCO Championship final round

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Lucas Glover finally looked human Saturday.

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