{"id":745126,"date":"2017-09-27T15:23:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=745126"},"modified":"2017-09-27T15:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:23:13","slug":"uk-coach-john-calipari-had-no-idea-rick-pitino-was-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/uk-coach-john-calipari-had-no-idea-rick-pitino-was-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Coach John Calipari Had No Idea Rick Pitino Was Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK b-ball coach John Calipari just walked through Senate subway area..had no reaction to Pitino firing. Didn\u2019t even know it had happened<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Weaver (@alweaver22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alweaver22\/status\/913084244070735872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Al Weaver, political reporter for the DC Examiner, John Calipari had no idea his old friend Rick Pitino was fired earlier this morning. First off, I don&#8217;t believe that for a second. Every college basketball coach knows what is going down with the FBI investigation into NCAA Basketball. Also, college basketball coaching has long been a fraternity where news passes through the masses quick. This was Calipari&#8217;s best attempt at ignoring the question and ignoring making an on-the-record comment. Who knows? 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