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Attorney: Louisville has ‘effectively fired’ Rick Pitino

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation. Interim university President Greg Postel said at a news conference Wednesday that Jurich is on paid leave, while Pitino is on unpaid leave. The coach’s attorney, Steve Spence, told the Courier-Journal that Louisville has “effectively fired” Pitino. Neither Pitino nor Jurich attended the news conference. “I’m more angry than embarrassed,” Postel said.

 

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