Rick has been a member of the WFPL News team since 2001 and has covered numerous beats and events over the years. Most recently he’s been tracking the Indiana General Assembly and the region’s passion for sports, especially college basketball.
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater passed for two touchdowns, ran for another, and running back Jeremy Wright added another score as the Louisville Cards defeated Florida International 28-21 Saturday night in Miami.
The 18th ranked Cards improve to 4-0 on the season.
They’ll travel to Southern Mississippi next Saturday for the second of three straight road games.
The Kentucky Wildcats fell to number 14 Florida 38-0 today in Gainesville.
UK played without starting quarterback Max Smith, who’s recovering from a shoulder injury.
Replacement quarterback Morgan Newton struggled against the Gators, throwing three interceptions as the Wildcats lost to Florida for the 26th straight time.
Kentucky is now 1-3 on the season and will take on number 7 South Carolina next Saturday in Lexington.
The Louisville Cardinals begin a string of three straight road games tomorrow.
The first stop for coach Charlie Strong’s team is Miami, where U of L faces the Florida International Panthers.
"I just told them this team came in here last year and beat us, so we’re going to respect this football team," Strong said this week. "This is a good team. They returned 18 starters, so you guys know what you’re up against and you’re on the road, now you’re going to their place."
The 3-0 Cards are ranked 18th and 20th in the latest polls. Tomorrow’s kickoff is 7:00pm.
A report from the Kentucky auditor says the Kenton County School District spent excessive amounts of money on out-of-state travel and was lax in monitoring its finances.
Auditor Adam Edelen says the district’s food services department has spent more than $116,000 on out-of-state travel since 2007.
Historians now estimate that 750,000 people died in the American Civil War, two-and-a-half percent of the population.
The Union and the Confederacy were both ill-equipped to deal with the carnage as the fighting escalated.
Filmmaker Ric Burns’ new documentary, Death and the Civil War, which premieres tonight on public television, focuses on how the war forced Americans to improvise ways of coping with battlefield casualties and honoring their war dead.
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. is asking New York's top court to overturn his 10-year ban by the state Racing and Wagering Board for equine drug violations, saying it raises substantial civil rights issues.
In asking the Court of Appeals to hear Dutrow's case, attorney Michael Koenig says it should decide whether the appearance of bias by racing board Chairman John Sabini cost the trainer his right to a fair proceeding.
The University of Louisville football team will be on the road for the next three games, starting next Saturday night at Florida International. U of L is 3-0 for the first time since 2006, but nearly blew a 29 point halftime lead last Saturday against North Carolina. The Cards held on for a 39-34 victory.
Coach Charlie Strong says his team hasn’t yet learned how to play a complete game.
The Kentucky Theatre in downtown Lexington is preparing to celebrate its 90th birthday and a group of local volunteers is working to raise up to $1.5 million for renovations to the movie house.
The two-day conference will include sessions on selling historic properties, best practices for preserving endangered historic sites and converting schools and other public buildings into affordable housing.
Diane Comer with the Kentucky Heritage Council says this is the first year the biennial conference will be held away from a major metropolitan area.
