Rick Pitino
MIAMI, FL - MAY 30: Head Coach Rick Pitino of the Louisville Cardinals attends Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena on May 30, 2013 in Miami, Florida.
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Get him some Rick Pitino Maker's Mark. In fact, get some for yourself, too. You'll want a bottle on hand if Kevin Ware's injury is ever shown on TV again.
What really gets me boiling ... it’s not Louisville or Kentucky. What gets me boiling is the fact he knocks the Catholics at Notre Dame ... I don’t know what denomination he is or what lord he prays to, but trying to get jokes out of that, it really, really boils me. ... It’s a pompous attitude and certainly I have a major problem with him, not with Ohio State, and he’s a pompous ass for making those statements.
We don’t get the (AAC tournament) without the fans. The reason the (league) basketball coaches, including Rick Pitino, said it needs to be here is because of the fansMore quotes »
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Pletcher, Pitino and Kentucky Derby storylines
can equal a Derby week morning on Churchill Downs ' packed backstretch. On Wednesday you could see NCAA champion coaches Rick Pitino and Denny Crum , magnificent thoroughbreds and hundreds of visitors milling about, looking confused but still content.Pitino, Read more »
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Pitino Gets Basketball Hall of Fame Nod
the same day his Louisville men’s basketball team is playing for a national championship, Long Island native Rick Pitino learned he was granted induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Joining the St. Dominic’s alum are Gary Payton, Jerry Read more »
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Louisville comes back to beat Michigan for NCAA men's title
to its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1986 with an 82-76 victory over Michigan on Monday night.Coach Rick Pitino added this title to the one he won at Kentucky in 1996 and is the first coach to win a championship at two schools. Earlier in Read more »
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Where does Rick Pitino rank?
Pitinos legacy is already secured.Hes taken three different schools Providence, Kentucky, Louisville to the Final Four and will have the unique opportunity on Monday night to be the only coach in NCAA Division I history to win a title with two different schools Read more »
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Michigan makes first-half run, hangs on against Syracuse
Big East was one game shorter than he would have liked. His dream of an all-Big East national championship game against Rick Pitino and Louisville evaporated along with the Syracuse offense.The Orange held Michigan to just 25 second-half points but couldn't Read more »
Around the web
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Woman convicted of Pitino extortion in new prison
woman convicted of trying to extort millions in cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino has a new federal home. The Federal Bureau of Prisons moved 53-year-old Karen Sypher to Federal Correctional Institute-Aliceville, 3:53 PM from WHAS11.com Read more »
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Rick Pitino Calls Leaving Kentucky 'The Greatest Move I Ever Made'
arriving at Louisville in 2001, Rick Pitino has been open about the fact that he regrets leaving the University of Kentucky for the NBA back in 1997. It's a stance that is more than understandable given his subsequent struggles with the Boston Celtics, but 3:46 PM from Card Chronicle Read more »
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Taco Bell to test 'Power Protein' menu
not afraid to say so. Last week I joked that the Final Four was coming to Omaha. On Monday, the Final Four came to Omaha. Rick Pitino, Louisville's national championship basketball coach, arrived at TD Ameritrade Park to watch the Cards take on Oregon State. from Omaha.com Read more »
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Tornado spotted near Denver airport terminal
not afraid to say so. Last week I joked that the Final Four was coming to Omaha. On Monday, the Final Four came to Omaha. Rick Pitino, Louisville's national championship basketball coach, arrived at TD Ameritrade Park to watch the Cards take on Oregon State. from Omaha.com Read more »
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Mayor's budget cuts could mean library closings
not afraid to say so. Last week I joked that the Final Four was coming to Omaha. On Monday, the Final Four came to Omaha. Rick Pitino, Louisville's national championship basketball coach, arrived at TD Ameritrade Park to watch the Cards take on Oregon State. from Omaha.com Read more »
