Pride (in the name of hate)

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Kentucky and Louisville.  The big one.  The bitterest of bitter rivalries.  A juxtaposition of U2's famous Pride (in the name of love) seems the perfect allegorical starting point. This is a burning question we seem to ask ourselves every year, especially when we hear Dickie V. on television during the annual Duke/North Carolina games going on and on about how that is college ... [link]

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Louisville Increases Kentucky's Frustrating Season
Published 1/5/2008 by Charles Rich at FanHouse
... settled on hired by Kentucky, obviously something in the back of Kentucky fans' minds was that Gillespie outcoached former Kentucky and present Louisville Coach Rick Pitino in the NCAA Tournament. For about 10 minutes of first half, it looked like Kentucky would have reason to believe that Gillespie might be on his way to outcoaching Pitino once more. The Louisville-Kentucky game may not get the attention of the Duke-UNC game, but it is a big battle that matters as much as anything else in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Both teams needed ...

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