All Entries in the "Basketball" Category

Groundhog day once more for Louisville basketball

...

Louisville, Kentucky play New Year’s Eve

Basketball schedules are being announced as the opening of the football season nears. Who would have guessed?

The University of Louisville will face Kentucky in the new KFC Yum Center on Dec. 31 at noon.

The announcement coming Thursday from UK.

Now back to football.

...

As football season nears, distraction is inevitable

...

Arena coming around

Still tons of work remaining on the University of Louisville’s new basketball home but the KFC Yum Center is already providing indications of why it will be a dynamic part of the riverfront. Less than 50 days until the completion date of Oct. 10, and things should start to shape up quickly. Construction crews finally removed the ugly blue cover on the extension overlooking the river. Getting rid of the chain link fence will be a good next step. Click on photo to ENLARGE

...

Housekeeping

Just so you know.

U of L Card Game is now formatted in an abbreviated style for users of Blackberries, I-Phone, Palm, Android, and some Samsung cell phones, reducing the waiting time for the site to load.

...

Sypher ensnared in her own net

Karen Sypher just couldn’t help herself. The woman believed she could manipulate the male species indefinitely, having her way with so many men in her life.

A sexual machine, a source of gratification for many.

Two documented cases of shakedowns, unconfirmed reports of others. Using people her sense of normalcy.

Decides to add Rick Pitino, the University of Louisville basketball coach, among the used. After thinking about it for six years.

Big mistake. The beginning of the end.

• Causing threatening telephone calls to Pitino with intent to extort.

• Causing delivery of communications of demands to Pitino with intent to extort.

• Causing a letter to be mailed with threat of exposure.

• Making a false statement to FBI about telephone calls.

• Making a false statement about nature of relationship with a fellow suspect.

• Retaliating against a victim, accusing Pitino of rape.

Guilty of all counts. Game over.

...

So who’s really on trial in U.S. vs. Sypher

Karen Sypher is the one on trial, officially.

But other than a prison sentence, she doesn’t have much to lose. Her reputation was soiled a long time ago. Even people who blame her accuser for allowing himself to be seduced have a difficult time giving Sypher any respect.

The allegations against Sypher and the activities in which Rick Pitino was involved have been hashed and rehashed. Time had softened the initial shock of having a University of Louisville coach involved in the sordid affair.

As the trial nears the halfway point, the wounds have been re-opened, exposing the raw and sensitive nerve endings.

While the federal government portrays Pitino as the victim, he is very much on trial in the arena of public opinion. All the ugliness came spewing out during the first week. The details of how Pitino reacted to her demands are not gaining him much sympathy.

There will be no happy ending, whether Sypher is convicted or not. She may want to be the leading lady, but she will always play only a supporting role in the retelling of this drama.

Pitino has already apologized once to his family, the university, the community and his team. But that was a year ago — a long, long time ago, with all these new details staring us in the face. He will be compelled to apologize all over again when this trial finally concludes.

That’s unfortunate because Karen Sypher will never apologize to anyone.

...