Here’s the latest installment of Ron Steiner’s Likes and Dislikes. This week, the subjects range from Former U of L head football coach Bobby Petrino (pictured left) to former Cards playing in ArenaBowl XXI.

Counting Crows, Live and Collective Soul to share stage August 3rd.

J.K. McKnight doesn’t look like your typical captain. He doesn’t don a sailor’s cap and he’s more likely to discuss environmental activism than wind patterns. But captain — or, rather, Forecastle Festival Captain — is exactly how McKnight, 26, describes himself.

On Monday, August 6th, O'Shea's Irish Pub will donate 100% of the day's proceeds directly to the Lasitter family.

This most recent series of quilts by Penny Sisto features the faces and symbols of America's immigrant families.  She has captured their spirit as people-fearful and hopeful, lonesome and lonely, proud and industrious-as only she can.

First, she emerged as an exciting, go-to basketball player for the Louisville Cardinals. Then, as a sophomore, Angel McCoughtry led U of L to its finest season (27-8) while averaging 21.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Now, the Big East Player of the Year has emerged as a new force on the international scene.

Former NFL football star and current local AF2 team owner (and talk-show host) Will Wolford wants to help give Louisville something it has been seeking for decades – a significant new major league sports team. His plan calls for an immediate escalation of involvement by local, passionate sports fans. It deserves serious consideration – today – because Wolford has the wisdom and the Will-power to make it work.

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This year’s Big East Conference media day in Newport, R.I., conducted by Commissioner Mike Tranghese (pictured left), attracted more writers and broadcasters than ever before. Here’s a sampling of notes and quotes that were generated by this week’s festivities:

Don't miss this national gathering of fine vintage automobiles of every description. August 2-5 at the NSRA Street Rod Nationals.