The pain, Rick Pitino said, has been steadily increasing over the past few weeks. In the last few days, it became excruciating. So much so that the 51-year-old University of Louisville basketball coach called a timeout on his season yesterday, taking an indefinite medical leave of absence. (Full Article: 423 Words)

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