I wasn’t looking forward to reading author Michael Sokolove’s “The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino,” mainly because I’m sick and tired of one of the saddest stories I’ve ever watched happen.
Katina Powell, the woman who shook the University of Louisville with a sex scandal, said she’s sorry to the players.Powell's confessions and her book exposed the sex, parties and payments surrounding the University of Louisville’s basketball team.
In a statement from the office of President James Ramsey, the university said it "takes its responsibility for NCAA compliance seriously, and has cooperated with the NCAA in an effort to close this difficult chapter as soon as possible consistent with NCAA enforcement procedures."
The former stripper whose sex-for-money claims rocked the University of Louisville basketball program last week said she tried to contact the NCAA before publishing her book, according to a report.
UofL police confirmed Tuesday that it is investigating claims by a former stripper that she prostituted her underage daughters to members and recruits of the school's basketball team.
On a conference call with ESPN and Yahoo Sports on Tuesday, Pitino was emphatic in his demand that McGee, a four-year player and three -year staffer under the Hall of Fame mentor, come forward.
Did Andre McGee really come up with this idea all by himself? Did he really pay the strippers out of his own pocket? Or was he only the middle man, following somebody's orders?
Katina Powell said that from 2010-2014, she put on 22 parties with strippers at the request of ex-assistant Andre McGee in the dormitory where players and recruits stayed.
UofL basketball coach Rick Pitino spoke at his first weekly news conference since the school released its response to the NCAA's Notice of Allegations.
Details included in UofL's 200-page response to the NCAA following its year-long investigation into the school's basketball program are leaving more questions.
The highlights include strong defense of its coach, Rick Pitino, but acknowledges that serious violations -- Level 1 violations, in NCAA language -- occurred from 2010-2014.
The University of Louisville violated the state's open records law by failing to provide records related to a ban on the men's basketball team's post-season play, the Attorney General's Office determined on Thursday.
Three former UofL basketball recruits told NCAA investigators that strippers danced for them and escorts were paid cash to have sex with them, according to a report out Sunday.
After some short reflection... I have spent the better part of the weekend rolling the decision by the University of Louisville to self-impose a postseason ban for this men's basketball team around in my mind, and I must tell you, I think it's a terrible decision, more so now than when it first came out.
An ex-University of Louisville men's basketball recruit confirmed to an NCAA investigator this week that the basis of allegations being made in a new book involving paid escorts are true, according to a CBS Sports report.
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