72°F11:55 PM Louisville Magazine's staff shared its reasons for loving the Kentucky Derby in the April issue. Now it's your turn...
In collaboration with Kynecktid, we took to the streets to discover your 138 top reasons for loving Derby.
Riot police were involved during Kentucky's celebration win over cross-state rivals, Louisville, in which two cars were flipped and then torched.
According to the Courier-Journal:
College antics in alcohol-fueled celebrations of UK’s Final Four victory quickly escalated, as young people set couches and two cars ablaze and hurled beer cans into clusters of party-goers.
There was a break in the space-time continuum that is the UofL-UK rivalry—and, arguably, it was a lot more interesting than anything Cats or Cards fans have cooked up in a long time.
Previously, I looked through video at some of the classic sports moments in the city’s history; today I continue that look.
The most iconic baseball team in the city shared its name with the first professional basketball team, the Louisville Colonels basketball squad suited up in 1947 for the Professional Basketball League of America.
Over the past couple of months I’ve researched the history of Louisville sports. Mostly from a personal curiosity I went in simply wanting to know what sports landscape led us collectively to where we are. Around the world sport tells so much about the people of an area at a time.
I looked into the individuals, the landmarks, the games and events- the times.
Recently, on 11.11.11 to be exact, I had the opportunity to witness a friend of mine create one of the most phenomenal art performances I’ve ever seen. Hailing from Owensboro Kentucky, Aaron Kizer, of Kizer Arts, who's proficient at speed painting and street art, created the above tribute painting of Steve Jobs in just minutes.
On August 29, thousands of zombies descended upon the Highlands, and when I say thousands, I mean it.
Check out this video by Donnie Yeoman to get an idea of the madness that was Louisville Zombie Attack 2011. May the irony of the song he chose not be lost on you. Don't miss the zombie band at the end playing Gaga's Poker Face with Percussion, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and clarinet.
The Fat Friday Trolley Hop gets underway with another entertaining round of featured stops along Louisville's Historic Frankfort Avenue. It's expected to be a hot one, with heat indices hanging out around 100F.
According to a press release, Verizon Wireless is hoping to expand its 4G LTE coverage area to cover most of Louisville.
According to the press release noted by Business First Louisville, Verizon Wireless plans to have most of Louisville covered by July 21 and will include most of the area inside Interstate 265.
Welcome to the 4G LTE family, the newest device vying for room at the table – the Samsung DROID Charge via Verizon Wireless. The second smart phone introduced to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network rocks out with the following specs: