#Rick Pitino

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - In most markets the howling about making the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins in March. This isn't most college basketball markets. Never has been. Never will be. The howling about the NCAA Tournament outlook for John Calipari's sagging University of Kentucky team whipped into overdrive Tuesday night. That will…

Sports betting is becoming more prevalent as states continue to legalize and launch their own retail and online sportsbooks. And while sports betting itself is starting to enter the mainstream, it's been popularized in media and film for decades. Here's a breakdown of five popular sports betting scenes in movies. There are plenty of films about…

Here's a rare case where maybe stranger things haven't happened. In the modern history of the Louisville-Kentucky basketball rivalry - everything since 1983's NCAA tournament "Dream Game" - there hasn't been one quite like the Cardinals and Wildcats will stage Saturday. The Cards are 2-11. And that more than anything Kentucky has done figures to…

NEW ROCHELLE - Even after decades of coaching experience, Iona head coach Rick Pitino still gets surprised. Despite routing Niagara and Canisius to open MAAC play, he wasn't truly satisfied and sent Iona's newly-minted director of basketball operations, Steve Masiello, to relay the message after Sunday's game. On Tuesday night, Pitino was there to…

The whole idea of a knuckleball is to throw a ball that doesn't spin. It goes up there to the plate dead," Hoyt Wilhelm explained to CBS Sunday Morning's Charles Kuralt in April 1994. The famed television journalist was exploring the history of baseball's most mystifying pitch by speaking with its greatest purveyor. Few pitchers built their career…

Yuri Collins swears he's not counting assists. Well, at least not usually. But when 20 assists in a single game is achievable, you have to at least try, right? "I didn't really start hunting [assists] until I got to 17," Collins says with a laugh. "Then, I was like, 'I might as well get three more.'" Collins is college basketball's assist king, and…

Later this evening, your University of Kentucky Wildcats will host the Bellarmine Knights from Louisville in the next game at Rupp Arena. A new in-state opponent for the Wildcats, tonight's game will be Bellarmine's first-ever eastbound trip across I-64 to play the state's flagship basketball program in Lexington. Before Kentucky added Bellarmine…

The Louisville Cardinals kick off a new era in their college basketball program when Kenny Payne coaches his first game Wednesday evening when against the Bellarmine Knights. The Cardinals program will be in search of stability above all else to start heading into the season, as it has been nothing but drama for what seems like forever. The NCAAB…

Attending a reputable basketball clinic is the best approach for a budding basketball player to develop skills and get noticed. Camps are a great way to get spotted by coaches. If you stand out, the scouts might recruit you right then and there, giving you the chance to earn a college athletic scholarship or even a ticket to the NBA. Some camps…