Rick Pitino: Just when you think Rick Pitino had put the Karen Sypher mess behind him – you know, extortion, quick sex on a table in a restaurant, all that – ESPN’s Shaun Assael got his hands on all the court documents and chronicled the entire mess from start to finish. It is worth noting that as Pitino was fielding envelopes with demands from Sypher and getting calls from her on his cell phone in the shakedown attempt, his Cardinals won a slew of important games. [The File Blog - Insider Only]