Weird one going on regarding Louisville hoops coach Rick Pitino and woman accused of extorting him.

Certainly looks like that the Courier-Journal cropped a photo it had posted on its Web site rather than allow a sign mentioning “an abortion” to appear in the hands of a pro-Karen Sypher protester.

Like I said, weird.

Update: Guess I should mention I interviewed Pitino back when I was working for Investor’s Business Daily and Rick was the hottest thing going at UK. That’s one intense dude.