The Drive w/ Mark Ennis

Mark Ennis has been a steady voice in Louisville sports media for years, and The Drive gives him a daily platform on ESPN 680 to work through the latest Cardinals news. The podcast version captures the full radio show, giving fans a way to catch every segment on their own time. It's one of the few daily options in the Louisville podcast world, which matters when news breaks at awkward hours. Ennis runs the show with a rotating set of co-hosts including Phil Baker and Matt McGavic, and that variety keeps the format fresh. Some days you get deep basketball analysis, other days the focus shifts to football transfer portal chaos or broader college sports drama. Recent episodes from early April 2026 have been all over the roster shakeups -- Sananda Fru hitting the portal, coaching staff additions, NCAA tournament fallout -- exactly the kind of fast-moving stories that benefit from daily coverage. The basketball content gets particularly strong during the heart of the season. Ennis doesn't shy away from tough questions about Pat Kelsey's lineup choices or the program's direction, and he has the local connections to get real answers from people who actually know. That journalistic instinct shows up in how he frames discussions -- there's always context, always a why. With 125 episodes available on Apple Podcasts and a 4.4-star rating from 41 reviews, The Drive has a loyal following among serious Louisville fans. Episodes run around an hour and drop daily throughout the week. If you want the closest thing to a Louisville sports newspaper in audio form, this is probably it.