The Dusty May-to-Dallas story still feels like it’s sitting in the middle of a long pause.
It’s been about ten days since word surfaced that the two-year coach of the national champs was heading to the Dallas Mavericks to coach Cooper Flagg, but there’s still no official word from the NBA side. May himself hasn’t said anything either, even though he was at the Draft, where Dallas used its first pick on one of his Wolverines. Michigan, for its part, hasn’t announced a replacement.
One clue has surfaced, though. Assistant Mike Boynton, the former Oklahoma State head coach, recently said he’d been asked to serve as interim leader.
So what’s holding up the formal announcement in Dallas? Contract talks seems like the obvious guess.
Maybe salary. Maybe control over the roster.
The move has also stirred up the question of whether NIL issues pushed May toward the next level sooner than expected. Most people figured a jump like this was coming eventually anyway, in Brad Stevens fashion.
And there’s another layer to it: May wasn’t far from being Louisville’s coach.
That makes Pat Kelsey’s arrival look even better in hindsight. Kelsey has the energy to handle the yearly roster churn and the current chaos of college sports, and the Cardinals may have landed on the right guy at exactly the right time.
There’s also a little bit of a coaching exodus theme hanging over Michigan. The Wolverines have already lost three high-level coaches in recent times, with John Beilein and Jim Harbaugh leaving before May.
Beyond basketball, the World Cup has the writer’s full attention too.
There’s a clear case to be made that it’s the best sporting event in the world, and easily the biggest. A trip to Spain during the 2006 World Cup drove that point home, when the streets in Granada were empty one afternoon because the Spanish side was playing. The bars and restaurants were packed, though, with people gathered outside watching televisions in the windows.
That same kind of obsession showed up again recently at Adelita, the family-run Mexican spot on Frankfort Ave and Ewing. The whole family, including the grandmother who’s usually in the kitchen cooking, was gathered around a big screen watching Ecuador vs.
Germany on Telemundo. The guy behind the counter also had a five-game parlay going.
With the United States men’s team in the mix and North America hosting, that kind of fever is catching on here more than ever.
Still, nobody’s being recruited into it. If you don’t want to watch, that’s fine.
But the tournament expansion conversation has a real basketball angle, especially with the NCAA field growing. The idea is that if college hoops handles it the way FIBA does, more underdogs will have a chance to break through.
Ivory Coast and Cape Verde made the knockout round of 32. Bosnia-Herzegovina is in.
Italy, a longtime power, didn’t even reach the final 48.
The message for the selection committee is simple: pay attention and do it right. Think Merrimack, not 17-17 Auburn.
For Cardinals fans who want a rooting interest beyond USA, there are two names to keep in mind: Flory Bigunga’s Congo DR. and Alvaro Folgueiras’s Spain.
And then there’s the football aside: Brendan Sorsby.
No NCAA. Ever.
No NFL, at least for a year.
No help from the NFLPA.
No CFL.
Chris Redman, say no.
The point is plain enough: he’s getting a hard lesson in the realities of recovery from addiction, and he’s not in charge. The consequences are ongoing, and recovery doesn’t happen overnight. The hope is that his life finds some ballast.
There’s also a personal note running through it. The writer admits to getting a small kick out of the comeuppance, having lived through addiction and recovery himself since the early 1980s.
And the hubris of Sorsby’s “team” draws a knowing smile. Cody Campbell, there are things money cannot buy.
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Louisville Just Lost A 4-Star Commit And Fans Know What Follows
Louisvilles 2027 recruiting board took a hit when four-star commitment Allen Evans flipped to Vanderbilt, a move that stung because he had been the Cardinals top-rated pledge in the class. For a program trying to keep momentum rolling on the trail, losing a blue-chip defender always raises the temperature with fans, especially when the change comes this early in the cycle.
Vince Marrow moved quickly to calm the reaction on social media, asking supporters to be patient and signaling that Louisville is still working behind the scenes. The Cardinals are also making a late push for another four-star cornerback, Monsanna Torbert Jr., as they look for a possible answer to the opening Evans created, and the next few weeks should tell whether that pursuit turns into real traction. [Read more 🡒]
Louisville Just Took A Brutal In-State Recruiting Hit
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The next few days could tell a lot about how the Cardinals respond. Louisville is still in the mix for four-star cornerback Monsanna Torbert Jr., but the path is anything but simple with Michigan and Ohio State also pushing hard before his July 1 announcement. For a program trying to protect its footprint in Kentucky and avoid another recruiting loss close to home, this stretch carries real weight, especially after seeing one in-state opportunity slip away. [Read more 🡒]
Louisville Just Got A Preseason ACC Signal Fans Cant Ignore
Athlon Sports 2026 Preseason All-ACC teams gave Louisville a clear early thumbs-up, with the Cardinals landing 11 players across 12 selections. Only Miami earned more, and Louisvilles haul included five first-team choices, a sign that the leagues preseason conversation is already leaning heavily toward what Jeff Brohm has built heading into another pivotal year.
The names at the top of the list tell the story of a roster with star power in both trenches and in space. Isaac Brown, Lance Robinson, Clev Lubin, Tayon Holloway and Tre Richardson all drew recognition, while other Louisville standouts also found their way onto the various teams. For a program trying to turn preseason respect into something bigger, this is the kind of signal fans will notice, especially with so much of the ACC still trying to sort out who belongs in the top tier. [Read more 🡒]