rick pitino

The man who single-handedly crippled the Celtics franchise and crawled out of town like a weasel is headed to the Basketball Hall of Fame: Rick Pitino, who will coach Louisville in the NCAA championship game Monday night, is among seven people elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Joining Pitino in the class [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “You know, I had a great experience with him,” Pitino told the Herald in a phone interview. “He spent four years with me, and I had a [...]

I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here’s a dose of ‘enemy chatter’ from New Jersey. Defining moment: The second quarter, when the Celtics’ full-court press unraveled the Nets completely. New Jersey couldn’t get the ball up court without serious issue and [...]

I am proud to bring you another edition of the segment I like to call Foreign Born Celtics.  The league has seen its fair share of quality French players like Tony Parker and Nicols Batum, however, no one can do it quite like Jerome Moiso. I am kidding of course.   Jerome was born in [...]

It was quite a decade for Celtics fans. While we've enjoyed a great deal of success over the past few seasons, lets not forget the misery we endured for the first seven years of the decade. Here's my list of the worst Celtics moments in the 2000s. If you agree or disagree, let us know [...]

If you didn't already want to punch Rick Pitino in the face, you will after reading this column Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. Even more despicable than Rick are "his crew of sycophants and enablers – with and without basketball credentials – who accompany him job to job, restaurant bar to restaurant bar." First, there was [...]

I know, I'm being petty. And I should move on from the whole Rick Pitino-destroyed-my-favorite-team grudge. But I cracked a smile this morning upon hearing the latest news regarding slick Rick: University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with Karen Cunagin Sypher at a Louisville restaurant where [...]

There's one name that makes NBA fans cringe when his name comes up for a coaching vacancy:  Rick Pitino.  It makes me break out in hives just thinking about how much he set the Celtics back.  So fans of the Sacramento Kings, who have been teased a lot with lofty expectations and less-than-desirable results, must [...]