—Per On3’s Pete Nakos, Lincoln Kienholz has signed a six-figure deal with Adidas.
—The Three-Man Weave crew has Jackson Shelstad at No. 55 in their preseason countdown of the 100 best players in college basketball. Shelstad is sandwiched in between a pair of familiar names: Marquette’s Sananda Fru and Kentucky’s Malachi Moreno.
Flory Bidunga is the highest-ranked Cardinal at No. 4 overall.
—Jeff Brohm stressed on Thursday that overcoming adversity will be one of the biggest keys to the 2026 Louisville
football season.
—Meet the Cards next Wednesday at the Planet Fitness on Hurstbourne.
—Clev Lubin is the highest-ranked ACC defensive player in the College Football ‘27 game.
—C.L. Brown writes that Jim Phillips’ overwhelming faith in Congress to fix college sports is misplaced.
—Athlon ranks the ACC as the fourth-best conference in college football for 2026.
—The CJ’s Brooks Holton continues his player-by-player breakdown of the 2026-27 Louisville men’s basketball roster with a closer look at Jackson Shelstad.
—A nice couple of weeks of work for Ryan Conwell.
—C.L. Brown writes that Louisville football’s performance in week one against Ole Miss will set expectations for the remainder of the season.
—Five-star guard King Gibson’s recruitment is taking shape with Louisville, Arkansas, UConn, NC State and more making him a priority.
—After appearing in just eight innings as a freshman last season, Louisville LHP Nicholas Ballard is transferring to Mercer.
—Louisville’s Hotel Bourré Bonne has been recognized in Travel + Leisure’s 2026 World’s Best Awards as the No. 3 Best City Hotel in the Continental U.S.
—The Louisville women’s basketball team will play in this year’s Great Alaska Shootout.
The Cardinals are one of four teams in the tournament with Seattle, Chicago State and hosts Alaska Anchorage.
The Tournament will be held at Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska from November 21-22. The Cardinals will play the second game on Saturday, November 21, when they face Alaska Anchorage at 11:30 p.m. ET. Seattle and Chicago State will open the tournament at 9:15 p.m. ET. On November 22, the championship game will be first at 6 p.m. ET. The third place game will conclude the tournament at 8:30 p.m. ET.
This will be the second time in program history that the Cardinals will participate in the Great Alaska Shootout. The previous appearance came in 1999 when they defeated Alaska Anchorage in the opening round and fell to Kansas in the championship game. That is the only time the Cardinals have ever faced Alaska Anchorage and they have not played Seattle or Chicago State in program history.
No one loves a team bonding trip quite like Jeff Walz.
—Andy Beshear isn’t thrilled that UK still found a way to give Mitch Barnhart a $3.2 million golden parachute.
—Louisville Report’s Matt McGavic wraps up his 2026 season simulation series. Louisville won the natty once in his 25 sims.
—USA Today projects Louisville to finish third behind Miami and SMU in this year’s ACC.
—ESPN’s Bill Connelly writes about what the College Football Playoff could learn from this year’s expanded World Cup.
—Friday Irrelevance can’t get enough English football Schadenfreude.
—Lou City will play at Pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon in a match that will be televised nationally on CBS. Here’s a preview from the opposing view.
—You can still get discounted tickets to Saturday night’s Ali-themed Racing Louisville match by going here.
—Vikings Wire has an early 2027 NFL Draft profile of Clev Lubin.
—And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is wrapping up the week from 2:30-5:30 this afternoon on 1450AM/96.1 FM and streaming on YouTube. State of Louisville’s Jacob Lane will be in the house with me.
