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The Pitino Press

Jan 8, 2019

Rick is joined by basketball hall of fame coach, Jim Boeheim. Jim has led Syracuse to five final fours and three national championships games including a title in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony. The guys discuss the old days of the Big East and what the move has been like to the ACC for Syracuse and some of the best players...


Dec 18, 2018

Rick welcomes the legendary voice of college basketball, Dick Vitale to the podcast. Dick is one of the pioneers of ESPN and talks about the early days of the network and how it contributed to the growth of college basketball. He also talks about how he contributed to the Celtics title runs in the 1980s and shares...


Dec 11, 2018

Rick welcomes longtime friend and female sports media pioneer, Lesley Visser to the podcast. Lesley is the only sportscaster (male or female) who has worked the Super Bowl, Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics and U.S. Open tennis. Lesley shares stories from traveling...


Dec 4, 2018

Rick is joined on the podcast by one of the legendary figures in sports talk radio history, Mike Francesa. Mike was part of the WFAN’s Mike and the Mad Dog Show for almost twenty years in New York City and is now into his fourth decade on WFAN. Mike draws some fascinating parallels from Bob Knight to Coach K and...


Nov 27, 2018

Rick welcomes Terry Rozier from the Boston Celtics to the podcast. Terry played for Coach Pitino at Louisville so they discuss the process and great story that led to the Celtics drafting him. They also talk about his breakout season with the Celtics and whether he expects to be in Boston long term. Terry also talks...