Rick Pitino Buys PR Man $50,000 Lexus

Louisville University basketball coach Rick Pitino had a rough off season. In August, he held a “defiantly weird press conference” to address an “extortion-affair-abortion fiasco,” according to ESPN.com.

It seems Pitino is happy with how his PR counsel handled the situation. He recently bought Louisville sports information director Kenny Klein a $50,000 Lexus convertible. The car was given to Klein as a gift for his 50th birthday on November 21st. “I was shocked then, and I’m still shocked,” Klein told

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