Pitino insists he's having a great year (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Rick Pitino insists that he's having one of the best years of his life. From the outside looking in, though, things may not look so rosy. There's the matter of a pending federal case against Karen Cunagin Sypher, who is charged with attempting to extort $10 million from him. Pitino, in August, admitted to and apologized for a sexual encounter with Sypher that happened six years ago.

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