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Federal Indictment Suggests Rick Pitino Knew Of And Participated In Bribery Of A Recruit

A federal indictment released yesterday against Adidas executives Jim Gatto and Merl Code and agent Christian Dawkins includes a key, previously undisclosed detail that may implicate fired Louisville coach Rick Pitino in the investigation into the bribery of NCAA basketball recruits....

Brian Bowen's Fate Is Now In The Very Capable Hands Of Louisville And The NCAA

An attorney for Louisville’s incoming five-star recruit Brian Bowen—the player at the center of the school’s involvement in the FBI investigation that resulted in the firings of Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich—announced Thursday that Bowen has been cleared by the FBI of any “investigati...

Brian Bowen Is A Bargain At $100,000<em></em>

Rick Pitino couldn’t believe his good fortune. For months, high school basketball star Brian Bowen had been pursued by the sorts of programs that would ordinarily pursue such a talent—Texas, Arizona, Michigan State. Then, in early June, the lanky, 6-foot-7 small forward suddenly and unexpectedly com...

The Battle Between Tom Jurich And Louisville Is Going To Get Nasty

In a scathing letter of termination, Louisville interim president Gregory Postel wrote that since-fired athletic director Tom Jurich’s “willful misconduct” was the reason Louisville gave him the boot last week, claiming that in addition to setting up the university’s Adidas deal in the shadows, Juri...

Tom Jurich Follows Rick Pitino Out The Door At Louisville<em></em>

Two days after the Louisville Athletic Association’s board canned men’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino, the university’s board of trustees voted Wednesday to fire athletic director Tom Jurich with cause....

Rick Pitino Files Federal Lawsuit Against Adidas For Emotional Distress

Rick Pitino was officially fired by Louisville and dropped by Adidas yesterday, and it took him exactly one day to file his first lawsuit. This afternoon, Pitino sued Adidas in United States District Court on grounds of intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming that Adidas’s alleged pay...

Rick Pitino Releases Statement Right As Louisville Announces His Replacement  

In what is almost certainly a coincidence and not at all a product of a notoriously calculated, petty former head coach being calculated and petty, Rick Pitino released a lengthy statement Friday afternoon regarding Louisville’s decision to fire him, minutes before the Cardinals announced his replac...

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...