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Calipari, Kentucky steal momentum from Louisville (AP)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:19:47 PST

There's a joke Rick Pitino likes to trot out when describing the difference between coaching at Louisville and coaching at Kentucky. When you're the coach at Kentucky, Pitino says, you're with 100 percent of your friends. When you're the coach at Louisville, you're with 52 percent of your friends and 48 percent of your enemies.

No. 19 Louisville cruises past Bellarmine 88-65 (AP)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:24:57 PST

Samardo Samuels had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 19 Louisville to an 88-65 victory over Bellarmine in an exhibition game on Wednesday night. Preston Knowles added 15 points and Edgar Sosa had 12 points and four assists for the Cardinals, who shot 50 percent and had little trouble with the Knights, an NCAA Division II school located in Louisville.

Louisville sprints past cross-town Bellarmine, 88-65 (Rivals.com)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:00 PST

Louisville got 18 points and 14 rebounds from sophomore Samardo Samuels during an 88-65 exhibition win over...

Cards play Bellarmine in final exhibition (Rivals.com)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:08:00 PST

Louisville will play its second exhibition game of the season as the Cardinals face Bellarmine on Wednesday.

Judge: No mental eval in Pitino extortion plot (AP)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:52:39 PDT

A federal judge has denied prosecutors' request for a psychiatric evaluation of the woman accused in a plot to extort $10 million from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson ruled this week that there was no "reasonable cause" to question Karen Cunagin Sypher's competency.

Cards pause tweets enough to get 80-68 exhib. win (Rivals.com)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:47:00 PDT

Several Louisville players have professed their love for the popular messaging site Twitter.

Cards open preseason against Georgetown (Rivals.com)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:16:00 PDT

Louisville will play its first game of the 2009-10 season against outside competition as the Cardinals face...

Cards complete high-scoring scrimmage on Media Day (Rivals.com)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:01:00 PDT

Louisville's men's basketball team split into teams and completed a 40-minute refereed scrimmage after...

Pitino focused on future, not sex scandal (AP)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:49:37 PDT

Rick Pitino has been through the gauntlet before. After three decades of pacing the sidelines the Louisville coach has developed some pretty thick skin. He'll need it following the most tumultuous offseason of his career. Pitino's admission this summer of a sexual encounter six years ago with a woman charged with trying to extort millions from him made national headlines and provided plenty...

Louisville picked fourth in Big East by coaches (Rivals.com)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:57:00 PDT

A year after winning both the Big East regular-season and conference tournament titles, the Louisville Cardinals...

2 Ky. basketball players reach plea deal (AP)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:28:40 PDT

Two University of Louisville basketball players were sentenced to one year of probation on Monday after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from an altercation with off-duty police at a southern Indiana restaurant earlier this month. Guard Jerry Smith, 22, and forward Terrence Jennings, 20, must complete 40 hours of community service and pay about $500 in court costs as part of their pleas on a...

Louisville Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:05:41 PDT

If the offseason is any indication, Louisville fans had better be prepared for a wild ride in 2009-10.

The big story involved its coach, Rick Pitino, who found himself in the news as the alleged victim of a $10 million extortion plot that involved lurid tales of extra-marital sex and the resulting consequences. Later, as the start of practice loomed, Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings were arrested on misdemeanor charges for an incident that happened at a homecoming party.

Oh, and the Cardinals also have to replace a pair of first-round picks in Terrence Williams and Earl Clark. But Pitino has always been known as a good recruiter, so it's no surprise that there is talent in place to make another run at the Final Four.

The backcourt starts with veterans Smith and...

Two UofL basketball players arrested (Rivals.com)

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:37:00 PDT

According to UofL officials, two Louisville basketball players were arrested late Saturday night or early Sunday...

Pitino says he's having one of his best years (AP)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:11:52 PDT

Rick Pitino insists that he's having one of the best years of his life. From the outside looking in, though, things may not look so rosy. There's the matter of a pending federal case against Karen Cunagin Sypher, who is charged with attempting to extort $10 million from him. Pitino, in August, admitted to and apologized for a sexual encounter with Sypher that happened six years ago.