rick pitino

College basketball coach Rick Pitino has been around. (And that's even before his restaurant fling with Karen Sypher.) It seems so long ago that he led the University of Kentucky to an NCAA basketball championship, but sure enough, that was all the way back in 1996. He's taken two other teams to the Final Four: Providence and Louisville. He even ventured into the NBA in short stints with the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics, where his "Larry Bird is not walking through that door" speech ranks high in the annals of coach press conference meltdowns.

All of that fantastic stuff, of course, is probably not what made Pitino extra famous on the Internet. No, that'd probably be his extramarital affair, complete with sordid details.

During an official investigation of an extortion/rape case surrounding the coach, Pitino told police that he had consensual relations with Karen Cunagin Sypher at a restaurant, but the Internet blew up on the news that he admitted giving her $3,000 to pay for an abortion. See, that's the kind of thing that'll make you well known in blogging circles.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “rick pitino”

• in Sports
  MSU Coach Izzo(ut) Of Running In Cleveland
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  Rick Pitino Reportedly Would Consider Coaching The Nets
  Rick Pitino's interest in the Nets job makes sense, but it won't lead to on-court success.
  by patrickhayes / on Feb 11, 2010
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  Rich Rodriguez Compares Football Adversity to Hurricanes
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• Where are you Old Commonwealth?

  
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  Don’t get me wrong. I’ll be among those first in line when the first Makers Mark bottles honoring Rick Pitino are released. His will be displayed right beside the Charlie Strong edition issued last year. The company is to be lauded for its commitment to excellence at the University of Louisville, having pledged ...
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• Rick Pitino caught an 80-pound marlin

  
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  The Rick Roll continues. So, Rick Pitino caught an 80-pound white marlin in the Bahamas. #hesonaroll twitter.com/jdemling/statu… — Jody Demling (@jdemling) May 9, 2013
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• The Week in Sports

  
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  NFL Draft: The popular NFL Draft was held over the weekend and it was, as usual, a big attraction. The true popularity of the league was on display as millions and millions tuned in over the three-day event. The NFL not only has the most popular on-field product in American sports, but has managed to [...]
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• Russ Smith to return to Louisville for his final year

  
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  After being indecisive on whether or not to go to the NBA, Russ Smith announced Wednesday that he will be returning to Louisville for his senior season. “I really realized how much I enjoyed playing with my teammates and how much fun it is to win,” Smith said. Minutes after Louisville won the national ...
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• Louisville guard Russ Smith to return for senior season

  
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  Conventional wisdom held that Russ Smith, Louisville’s leading scorer from it’s NCAA championship team, would be headed to the NBA after a remarkable junior season. That wisdom was apparently way off, as Smith has announced he will return for his senior season. The 6’1″ guard averaged 18.7 points per game ...
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  There is a whole lot of idiocy in sports. I write about a lot of it here on a weekly basis, although there is far more of it than I could possibly cover in this small space. Aside from the material it gives me, though, I do genuinely wish that most of it would go away. Things like what happened Thursday night in San ...
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