LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In Rick Pitino’s words, his equipment manager’s wife was welcomed into Louisville’s close-knit basketball family. Beneath the surface, however, was an explosive secret.

In 2003, the married Pitino admitted to having consensual sex with a woman named Karen Cunagin Sypher in a Louisville restaurant. He also admits to paying her $3,000 for an abortion.

Rick Pitino, worried that his wife and kids would find out he had a one-night stand with a woman he met in a bar, acknowledged Thursday that he didn't immediately tell police about demands for ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Rick Pitino sweepstakes are officially on. Pitino's upset-minded Iona Gaels made it entertaining, competitive and had the affair in doubt for 20 minutes against No. 4 UConn on ...