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Report: Louisville Fires Rick Pitino After One Too Many Scandals

Louisville fired Rick Pitino Wednesday, according to ESPN, shortly after letting go athletic director Tom Jurich, who reportedly refused to fire Pitino himself. The axing follows yet another scandal for the Cardinals head coach, this one involving payments made to a recruit by Adidas officials in ex...

Rick Pitino's Campaign Against NCAA Sanctions Is A Shameless, Repetitive Mess

Kentucky Sports Radio published a two-page letter sent to Louisville fans and donors from Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino Wednesday, in which the embattled coach (yet again) invoked 9/11, Bernie Madoff, and his infamous Italian restaurant sexcapade in an attempt to convince Louisville donors and fa...

NCAA Orders Louisville To Pay Back Millions In Tournament Money Over Prostitution Scandal

Louisville’s attempt to convince the NCAA that it should avoid punishment because it only hired cheap prostitutes that barely assisted their recruiting efforts has, predictably, failed. ...

Rick Pitino Is A Ruthless Gunner On The Perimeter

Louisville coach Rick Pitino is currently enjoying his offseason down in South Florida, but basketball never stops, so he’s taking part in a Miami-based master’s league along with former Louisville assistant coach Reggie Theus and others. He claims today was the first time he’s played organized hoop...

Pissed Off Rick Pitino Blows His Top At Fan, Has To Be Restrained By Coaching Staff [Update]

Rick Pitino was mad tonight! How mad? Mad enough that he had to be held back by his assistant coaches as he and a North Carolina fan got into a shouting match....

Who Could Ever Forget That Amazing Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl Win?

ESPN’s Mark Adams related a story he says Rick Pitino told him years about about the resilience of the 2008 Arizona Cardinals, who lost to the Patriots 47-7 and went on to win the Super Bowl. Perhaps Pitino turned the game off with 40 seconds left?...

Louisville: Sure, We Hosted Sex Parties, But They Were Cheap And Didn't Help With Recruiting

Rick Pitino and the University of Louisville have accepted the majority of the NCAA’s accusations relating to their stripper recruiting scandal, but the two have singled out a few interesting points to push back on in their official responses....

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Rick Pitino Denies Responsibility For Louisville Prostitution Scandal, Once Again Invokes 9/11

Last year, a book written by a self-described madam detailed allegations that the Louisville basketball program provided strippers for team parties within the dorms, and that some of the strippers were paid to have sex with athletes, as a means of attracting recruits. Former graduate assistant Andre...

Louisville Self-Imposes Postseason Ban Over Prostitution Scandal

The Cardinals, ranked 19th in the nation, will not be part of the NCAA Tournament, or the ACC tournament, or any tournament at all: according to the Courier-Journal, Louisville is set to announce a self-imposed postseason ban amid an NCAA investigation into reports that the program plied recruits an...

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Rick Pitino: "I Will Not Resign"

Rick Pitino said in a statement today that he will not resign as Louisville men’s basketball coach, as the university and the NCAA investigate allegations that the school held parties with strippers and prostitutes to entice recruits. ...

Rick Pitino Says Players Should Be Allowed To Skip College

It's only been since 2006 that high schoolers were banned from jumping straight to the NBA, so it's not as if the current system—which has mainly supplied a series of one-and-dones—has inertia on its side. But basketball programs want more: the Pac-12 presidents have pitched the Power Five on making...

Report: Dismissed Louisville Basketball Player Threatened Girlfriend

Louisville basketball player Chris Jones—who was suspended from the team, reinstated, and finally dismissed yesterday—allegedly threatened to hit his girlfriend last week, according to a University of Louisville Police Department report obtained by Insider Louisville via an open record request. The ...

Louisville Basketball Player Dismissed Days After Being Reinstated

Louisville announced the dismissal of point guard Chris Jones today, two days after the starter was reinstated, and six days after Jones was originally suspended....

Rick Pitino Looks Terrific!

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Montrezl Harrell Ejected For Throwing Punch, Making Contact With Ref

Shit kind of hit the fan near the end of the first half of today's Louisville-Western Kentucky game. After a post-rebound scrum between the two teams, Louisville forward Montrezl Harrell tried to throw a punch, and apparently hurt a referee in the process. Shortly after, head coaches Rick Pitino and...

Rick Pitino Tried His Best Not To Embarrass Savannah State

"I tried everything," Pitino said of attempting to avoid running up the score in Louisville's 87-26 win over Savannah State. "We played four white guys and an Egyptian."...

Louisville And Cincinnati Swap Lead Three Times In Final 30 Seconds

After Cincinnati (7) went on a 10-0 run in the last four minutes to get themselves back in it against Louisville (11), the lead changed three times in the final 30 seconds. Thanks to Russ Smith, the Cardinals were on the right end of the eeny-meeny-miny-moe finish and won 58-57....