Rick Pitino was one of them. Wearing a blue quarter-zip adorned with a white UK logo, the former Kentucky coach was greeted with raucous applause from a crowd that spent years booing him after his ...

BUT ALSO A NIGHT TO PAY RESPECT TO THE PAST. EARLIER THIS WEEK, FORMER CATS HEAD COACH RICK PITINO TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONFIRM THAT HE WOULD ATTEND THE UK VERSUS VANDERBILT FOOTBALL GAME ...

He waited to gather his thoughts. Then, he spoke. A visibly emotional Rick Pitino, back at Rupp Arena donned in Kentucky blue for the first time in decades, was a fitting finale Friday night to a ...

He waited to gather his thoughts. Then, he spoke. "I am so happy to be back," Pitino said after grabbing a microphone. "I said, 'Before I pack it in in coaching, I want to go back to Camelot for ...

Rick Pitino came home Friday night. Nearly three decades after he led Kentucky to the 1996 national championship, Pitino walked onto the floor at Rupp Arena and was cheered loudly by fans during ...

A thing of the past. Pitino returned to Rupp Arena in familiar Wildcats colors Friday as part of Big Blue Madness ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. He addressed the crowd in what was clearly an ...

He waited for the all the cheers and applause to die down. He waited to gather his thoughts. Then, he spoke. "I am so happy to be back," Pitino said after grabbing a microphone. "I said, 'Before I ...