Arizona's Olson files for divorce

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson has filed for divorce although his wife says she remains committed to the marriage.

The 73-year-old Hall of Fame coach filed a divorce petition in Pima County Superior Court on Thursday, the same day he announced he would extend his leave from the team through the end of the season. Interim head coach Kevin O'Neill will lead the Wildcats against Illinois today at the United Center.

"The marriage has been irretrievably broken with no reasonable prospect of reconciliation," Lute Olson's lawyer, Leonard Karp, said Friday.

Christine Olson, 50, is the coach's second wife.

Lute Olson and his first wife, Bobbi, were married for 47 years before her 2001 death from ovarian cancer. The couple had five children.