Sunday Cardinal Couple -- our mid-year drive.

SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


- Our mid year drive

We don't come to the site much and ask for your donations...but we are today.

Our site features no advertising and we do not have fees for premium information, exclusive boards or membership fees.

We are funded by contributions by readers and listeners.

Things slow down in the summer months when it comes to UofL women's athletic events. Unforutnately, so does the donation level to CARDINAL COUPLE.

Thus...the mid-year request for donations.

If you donate $10 or more to CARDINAL COUPLE, we'll send you a CARDINAL COUPLE T-Shirt.

Here are ways to donate:

1) Send us a check. Our address is:

CARDINAL COUPLE
PO BOX 91521
Louisville, KY  40291

Indicate t-shirt size

2) Donate through Pay-Pal. Click the link below:

DONATIONS TO CARDINAL COUPLE

3) Enter the Cardinal Couple Charity Raffle. Tickets are
$5 each. It's a "split the pot" or 50/50 concept with a twist.


At the end of the month we'll pull a ticket from the entries.


You get 50% of the "pot", we keep 25% and 25% will go to our favorite charity...Crusade for Children. Send your entry requests and payment to:

CARDINAL COUPLE
PO BOX 91521
LOUISVILLE, KY  40291

We'll send you charity raffle ticket(s) upon receipt of your entry. Winner will be announced at the end of the month, here at the site.

We'll list the breakdown of distribution here at the site and notify you by letter or e-mail if you win. Entries received after the 25th. of each month will go into the next month's charity raffle drawing.

You also have the option of declining your 50% payout and authorizing that your winnings be equally distributed between CARDINAL COUPLE and the Crusade for Children.

This is a great way to help us, help a deserving charity and also make a little money for yourself if you wish.  

Please help support our website.

Thank you,

Paulie

"Coach" passes on

The legendary basketball coach John Wooden has gone to the big fieldhouse in the sky. "The Wizard of Westwood" was 99 and died Friday night.

John Wooden changed the game of basketball. He had three basic rules. Don't be late, don't use profanity and don't disrespect you teammates. He was a man who acheived his great success at UCLA while making $35,000 a year.

I was lucky enough to meet Coach many years ago. He seemed so small, so fragile up close when you spoke with him. He spoke with a gentle confidence...no bragging, just a matter of fact acknowlegement about his successes and his life.

It took Wooden 14 years at UCLA before he won the first of 10 NCAA Championships. In today's "what have you done for me lately" coaching circus...this seems incredible.

We cover University of Louisville women's sports here at CARDINAL COUPLE...but sports as we know them...male or female...were changed by Wooden. He created a dynasty in college basketball...one that will never be equalled again in the game. You can talk about the UConn Huskies and Geno's reign over women's hoops...but his great accomplishments pale against what Wooden did.

Wooden was an Indiana farmboy. He coached in Kentucky briefly at Dayton High School. A small northern Kentucky school..right outside Covington. I played basketball in the tiny gym at Dayton back in the early seventies. A small, nondescript gym...bleachers right up against the court and deadspots in the wood. A plaque in the gym honored Wooden, unfortunately the players at Dayton that year were far removed from the skills of Wooden's UCLA teams.

As we prepared to get back on the bus to return to Louisville after drubbing Dayton by 30+ points, our coach led us out to see the plaque one more time. I don't recall exactly what he said, but he talked about Wooden's ideals. Never giving up, pride and respect for the sport and those who participate in it. Hard work and dedication.

I don't know if that small school and that small gym still exist. I do know, though the the large legacy of the coach who once patrolled those floors will live forever.

Rest ye easy, Coach. Thank you.

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Don't freak out because of all the fire engines and sirens the rest of the weekend here in Louisville. It's Crusade for Children time. Carry a little extra change around with you today and tomorrow and donate to this very worthy cause. The Crusade was my late father's favorite charity and all the volunteers that work the intersections, ride the fire trucks and walk the streets collecting money get a big tip of the hat and sincere thank you from CARDINAL COUPLE.