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Friday, April 26, 2013  The Louisville coach followed through Friday on his promise to get a tattoo if the Cardinals won the NCAA championship, adorning his left shoulder blade with the school's old-English `L' emblem in red. He got it done at Tattoo Salvation, a parlor east of campus, and the emblem is perpendicularly surrounded by the words `2013 NCAA champions, 35-5.'

Monday, March 04, 2013  With the win, Syracuse finishes the regular season at 23-6 and has earned a double-bye in the Big East Tournament by finishing 3rd in the conference standings---only behind #2 UConn and #3 Louisville.

Monday, January 21, 2013  The Syracuse Orange have climbed back into a top three national ranking after their upset win at Louisville on Saturday.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  For the first time since 2006, Syracuse has defeated the #1 team in the nation.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  It's never easy for a basketball team to lose their third leading scorer, but when the Orange are preparing for a trip to Louisville this Saturday without their "sixth man" able to play, that stings even more.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Louisville, taking advantage of weekend losses by Duke and Michigan, is number 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  The Louisville Cardinals came from behind to beat Rutgers 20-17 in the final Big East game of the season, allowing the Cardinals, Rutgers and Syracuse to finish with a 5-2 Big East record, and a three-way share of the Conference title.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Wednesday that its presidents and chancellors have unanimously voted to add Louisville to the conference.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its presidents and chancellors have unanimously voted to add Louisville as the replacement for Maryland.

Saturday, November 24, 2012  It's mathematically possible. Syracuse Orange Football has a chance to win a share of a Big East championship, and possibly a bid to a BCS bowl.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  The SU Football team is celebrating their first win over a top ten team since 2002 after knocking off 9th ranked, and previously undefeated, Louisville 45-26. Not only was it a huge win to keep SU's bowl hopes alive, but it was a senior day victory for the ages.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  A war of words between SU's Head Coach and Rick Pitino erupted after the Louisville Head Coach reportedly stated that Syracuse and Pittsbuirgh were making a big mistake leaving the Big East.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Werth led off the bottom of the ninth inning by driving Lance Lynn's 13th pitch into the left-field stands to give the Nationals a 2-1 victory over the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals and force a Game 5 in their NL division series.

Saturday, October 06, 2012  Freshman Jordan Vale (Auckland, New Zealand) registered his sixth goal of the season, but Louisville (7-4-0, 3-1-0 BIG EAST) scored twice to hand the SU men’s soccer team (8-4-0, 2-2-0 BIG EAST) a 2-1 setback on Saturday, Oct. 6 in front of a record crowd at SU Soccer Stadium.

Monday, June 04, 2012  Allen Craig hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals found a bit of missing pop, beating the New York Mets 5-4 Monday and stopping their season-worst losing streak at five.