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- ↑ Pat Forde biography at Harper Collins Publishers.
- ↑ "Pat Forde Joining Sports Illustrated to Cover College Sports". Sports Illustrated. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ↑ Rick Pitino (with Pat Forde), Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0 This book is often used by his detractors as proof that he is biased against the University of Kentucky and John Calipari, with whom Rick Pitino has had a long-running, public feud. (New York: Harper Collins, 2008).