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Saturday, February 15, 2025

The Mysterious Network Protecting Rick Pitino

  • Rick Pitino has faced multiple scandals throughout his coaching career.
  • Freelance Sportswriter Tim Rohan discusses what he discovered while looking into the coach’s past.
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Despite weathering multiple scandals throughout his career, Rick Pitino is revered in college basketball. Freelance sportswriter Tim Rohan joins the show to discuss the strange world of Pitino-protectors he discovered while looking into the coach’s past.

Plus, Aaron Rodgers is under consideration to join a presidential ticket, MLB is stoking hype about its top prospects, and we check in on “Spulu” and the NBA media-rights negotiations.

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