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Eric Crawford
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Louisville, Ky., writer and photographer for WDRB Media.
NEW COLUMN | Jeff Brohm owned Louisville's loss at SMU. Owning the offseason will be tougher www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Brohm owned Louisville's loss at SMU. Owning the offseason will be tougher
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jeff Brohm owned the loss. You don’t have to worry about that. He might not like being the face of a three-game losing streak, but he
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November 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
COLUMN | Kentucky's third-quarter knockout punch fuels 72-62 win at Louisville www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Kentucky's third-quarter knockout punch powers 72-62 win over Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — One bad quarter. That’s all it takes.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
COLUMN | For Louisville, injuries hurt, but 38-6 loss to SMU should hurt more www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | For Louisville, injuries hurt, but 38-6 loss at SMU should hurt more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — This was always going to be a tough ask.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
NEW | Louisville QB Miller Moss expected to miss game against SMU with foot injury www.wdrb.com/sports/game-...
Game-time decision: Louisville QB Miller Moss expected to miss SMU game with foot injury
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville starting quarterback Miller Moss, who has started every game for the Cardinals this season, is expected to miss today's game with an injury.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
COLUMN | Conwell's calm, Fru's fury, Mike's moment: Louisville out-toughs Cincinnati 74-64 www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Conwell's calm, Fru's fury, Mikel’s moment: Louisville out-toughs UC, 74-64
CINCINNATI (WDRB) — Somewhere between the seven-and-a-half-minute scoring drought and Mikel Brown’s rim-rattling redemption, between the grunts and groans of another old-school scrap with Cincinnati, ...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
RAPID REACTION | Slow start, tough finish, Louisville powers past Cincinnati 74-64 www.wdrb.com/sports/rapid...
RAPID REACTION | Slow start, tough finish, Louisville powers its way past Cincinnati 74-65
CINCINNATI (WDRB)-- Yep. That’s what Louisville-Cincinnati looks like.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
HOW TO WATCH | Kentucky at No. 14 Vanderbilt, TV info, betting notes, storylines and more www.wdrb.com/sports/how-t...
How to Watch | Kentucky at No. 14 Vanderbilt, TV info, point spread, storylines and more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Kentucky will put its new-found momentum on the line when it takes its three-game winning streak on the road this weekend, facing Southeastern Conference rival Vanderbilt
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November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
HOW TO WATCH | Louisville vs. SMU: TV and streaming info, point spread, storylines, injuries, pick and more www.wdrb.com/sports/how-t...
How to Watch | Louisville at SMU, TV info, point spread, storylines, injuries, pick and more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – An outlook that wasn’t looking great before the ACC injury update hit on Thursday night is a good bit darker a day before Louisville travels to
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November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Coffee with Crawford | Second-chance Pope: Kentucky coach revisits Louisville pregame, Michigan State aftermath. Did it help? www.wdrb.com/sports/coffe...
Coffee with Crawford | Second-chance Pope: Kentucky coach revisits Louisville pregame, MSU
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- We didn’t so much get the answers as an acknowledgment, but that does matter.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW | Keyjuan Brown out, Miller Moss listed as questionable for Louisville's game at SMU www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
Louisville running back Keyjuan Brown out, Miller Moss questionable for SMU with injuries
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville running back Keyjuan Brown, who has filled in exceptionally for injured preseason All-American Isaac Brown, is now sidelined by injury himself, while quarterback M...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Tipoff Tracker | Louisville rekindles Cincinnati rivalry, TV info, storylines, point spread and more www.wdrb.com/sports/tipof...
Tipoff Tracker: Louisville rekindles Cincinnati rivalry, TV info, matchup, point spread and more
The numbers frame it simply enough. No. 6-ranked Louisville enters Friday night ranked No. 2 in the nation in offensive efficiency. Cincinnati sits at No. 2 in defense.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Coffee with Crawford | The Mind of Mendoza: Lessons from Indiana's introspective leader www.wdrb.com/sports/coffe...
Coffee with Crawford | The Mind of Mendoza: Lessons from Indiana's introspective leader
Indiana’s undefeated signal-caller, a South Florida native with Cuban roots and a knack for looking cameras in the eye, spent his bye week fielding national questions with the poise of
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November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW | Balanced Louisville women bury Morehead State 96-49 ahead of rivalry clash www.wdrb.com/sports/balan...
Balanced Louisville attack buries Morehead State 96-49 ahead of Kentucky clash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — One more tune-up, and now it’s time for the rivalry.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NEW | Racing Louisville's Bev Yanez makes history with NWSL Coach of the Year Award www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Racing's Bev Yanez makes history with NWSL Coach of the Year award
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — In just her second season as a head coach, Bev Yanez gave Racing Louisville Football Club some things it had never had: A playoff berth, a
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November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
ICYMI | Michigan State knocked off Kentucky 83-66, but Mark Pope's postgame may be the real red flag www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | MSU knocks off Kentucky, but Pope’s postgame may be the real red flag
Pope didn’t show up for the presser for 45 minutes after the loss. And when he did, he talked in quiet, clipped code.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW | Michigan State knocks off Kentucky, but Pope's postgame may be the real red flag www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | MSU knocks off Kentucky, but Pope’s postgame may be the real red flag
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Well, you can forget talking about Kentucky’s 83-66 loss to Michigan State Tuesday night. There’s a whole new bag of issues.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
RAPID REACTION | Spiral sliced: Michigan State carves up Kentucky in 83-66 win in the Champions Classic www.wdrb.com/sports/rapid...
RAPID REACTION | Spiral-sliced: Michigan State shreds Kentucky 83-66 in Champions Classic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- If there were a preseason poll for public panic, Kentucky would be climbing fast.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
NEW | Louisville's Pat Kelsey embraces -- and defends -- London Johnson, its G-League signee, officially announced today www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Kelsey embraces ‘trailblazer’ London Johnson, Louisville’s G-league signee
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Pat Kelsey didn’t just introduce London Johnson on Tuesday. He defended him.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
AN ORIGINAL | Eleven years for No. 11: Niall McCabe ends an era at LouCity FC www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Eleven years for No. 11: Niall McCabe ends an era at LouCity FC
Niall McCabe has walked off the pitch for the final time, and with him goes the last grain of sand in the original hourglass of Louisville City FC.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW | Recharged Stoops looks to fuel (and fund) Kentucky's momentum www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | Recharged Stoops looks to fuel (and fund) Kentucky's momentum
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Mark Stoops is no longer warning the fans. He’s not begging for a checkbook out of frustration. He’s done shaking trees to see what money falls
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tipoff Tracker | Previewing No. 13 Kentucky vs. No. 17 Michigan State tonight at MSG, TV and streaming info, odds, storylines and more www.wdrb.com/sports/tipof...
Tipoff Tracker | No. 13 Kentucky vs. No. 17 Michigan State, how to watch, odds, storylines
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) –Mark Pope a short while back described Kentucky’s schedule like this: “Big game, big game, big game, big game.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NEW | The enemy within: Penalties and their impact on Louisville's season www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | The enemy within: Penalties and their impact on Louisville's season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – In yet another close loss on Saturday, Louisville didn’t get out-talented. It didn’t get out-schemed. It got out-disciplined. By itself.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW | My Week 2 AP men's basketball Top 25 ballot www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | My Week 2 AP men's basketball Top 25 ballot
Week 2 of the college basketball season didn’t just shuffle the deck, it moved the dealer.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
ICYMI | It was an unusually early ACC opener for the Louisville and Clemson women. But there was a good reason why the coaches wanted to do it -- and a good performance by Louisville www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | An early gift: Louisville women deliver 65-54 win at Clemson in ACC opener
On Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum, scheduling gave way to good sense. No. 20 Louisville didn’t get sentimental. It got serious.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
AN EARLY GIFT | Louisville women deliver 65-54 win at Clemson in ACC opener www.wdrb.com/sports/crawf...
CRAWFORD | An early gift: Louisville women deliver 65-54 win at Clemson in ACC opener
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — They moved Christmas forward, just a little.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM