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Louisville eliminated from CWS with 11-4 loss to Oregon St.

Louisville's Cole Sturgeon, left, is tagged out by Oregon State second basemen Andy Peterson during a run down between first and second bases in the first inning of an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 17, 2013. At right is Oregon State first baseman Danny Hayes.

This wasn't the ending Louisville imagined for the best sports year in university history.

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LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

DeNato pitches Indiana to 2-0 win over Louisville

Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense.
LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

Louisville punches ticket to Omaha

NASHVILLE — Louisville's phenomenal year in sports will end with its baseball team making a trip to the College World Series.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Mark Story: Ex-Wildcat to let Rick Pitino know what he really thinks of him

Notes column includes: Cameron Mills planning to send Rick Pitino a message; Jeff Piecoro thrilled by UK football's recruiting invasion of Ohio; slain Bardstown police officer Jason Ellis was 'arguably the best baseball player ever to play' at Cumberlands
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Mark Story: Julie Hermann has at least one defender in Lexington

Even though coaching rivals at Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1990s, Kathy DeBoer and Julie Hermann became friends. Now, as allegations about Hermann's past coaching behavior have put her future as the new Rutgers AD in question, DeBoer says "she can survive this. Julie's tough."
COLLEGE BASEBALL

College baseball gets influx of talent thanks to thriftier MLB draft

Alec Rash is a 6-foot-6 right-hander with the kind of talent that makes professional baseball scouts salivate.
BASEBALL

Baseball Cats rally from 2-0 hole, beat Marshall 8-2

Freshman catcher Greg Fettes reached base safely in all four trips to the plate and had a pair of hits, leading No. 8 Kentucky to an 8-2 win over Marshall on Wednesday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
BASEBALL

Kentucky, Louisville make strong showings in baseball polls

Louisville was ranked No. 4 and Kentucky No. 11 in the Baseball America pre-season college rankings released Thursday.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Is this the beginning of the end of the NCAA?

Poor Mark Emmert. The president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association has had to stand idly by as college football reconstitutes itself around him.
BASEBALL

Three UK baseball players named pre-season All-Americans

Three University of Kentucky players were named pre-season All-Americans by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Thursday.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Maryland leaves ACC for Big Ten

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Choosing to look toward the future rather than honor the past, Maryland joined the Big Ten on Monday, bolting from the Atlantic Coast Conference in a move driven by the school's budget woes.