Rick Pitino = Bad Boy [J. Mark English]

Rick Pitino, the great college basketball coach at Louisville, has admitted to paying for an abortion to cover up an 'affair'. The Los Angeles Times breaks down the scandal:

The Courier-Journal of Louisville says he told police he had sex with Karen Sypher in 2003. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to extort up to $10 million from the basketball coach.

Staff and Wire Reports

Louisville men's basketball Coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10 million, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported on its website that Pitino told police he had been drinking in a Louisville restaurant and had sex with Karen Sypher in August 2003. The police report said he denied allegations by Sypher that he raped her after the restaurant closed and at another time somewhere else. He said later he gave her $3,000 for an abortion.

Sypher went to police to report the rape allegations last month. A Kentucky prosecutor said the complaint she filed with a police sex-offense unit wouldn't be prosecuted because it lacked supporting evidence.

Sypher has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of trying to extort up to $10 million from Pitino and lying to the FBI.