Cards End Skid With Victory Over Pitt

By Rick Howlett

Published January 29, 2013 at 2:21 AM EST

In college basketball, the Louisville Cards snapped a three-game losing streak with a 64-61 win over Pittsburgh tonight at the KFC Yum Center.U of L was without two players for the game.Wayne Blackshear sprained his right shoulder during practice Sunday and is expected to be sidelined for what the team calls “a short time.”Guard Kevin Ware has been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified reason.Earlier today, the Cards fell to number 12 in the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll and are ranked 13^th in the new USA Today coaches poll.Michigan took the top spot in the new AP poll; Kansas is number one in the coaches poll. Indiana is ranked third in both surveys.Louisville will host Marquette Sunday afternoon.

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Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.

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