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Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 04, 2021 11:48 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur

FILE — This file combo of images shows, from left, amateur basketball league director Merl Code, former Adidas executive James Gatto, and business manager Christian Dawkins. A federal appeals court in New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2020, upheld convictions Code, Gatto and Dawkins in a college basketball scandal that spoiled the careers of several coaches. (AP Photo/File)
Appeals court OKs convictions in college basketball scandal

By Larry Neumeister Jan. 15, 2021 11:29 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York on Friday upheld

Atlanta businessman spared prison in college hoops scandal

By Larry Neumeister Oct. 17, 2019 11:56 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — An Atlanta businessman and former NBA referee was spared prison time

Former amateur basketball league director Merl Code leaves federal court after sentencing, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, in New York. Code was sentenced to three months in prison for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme that focused on NBA-bound athletes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Amateur basketball coach gets 3 months prison in NCAA case

By Larry Neumeister Oct. 04, 2019 12:42 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — An amateur coach was sentenced to three months in prison Friday for

NJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencing

By Larry Neumeister Sep. 12, 2019 05:37 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a

Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck Person arrives at federal court in New York for sentencing in a bribery scandal that has touched some of the biggest schools in college basketball, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach avoids prison

By Larry Neumeister Jul. 17, 2019 01:07 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017 file photo Chuck Person leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, after an initial appearance before a magistrate judge. Lawyers for the former Auburn University assistant basketball coach say the 13-year NBA veteran was broke and financially desperate when he joined a bribery conspiracy that cheated young athletes. They asked a judge in papers filed Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in Manhattan federal court to spare him from prison in the scandal that touched some of the biggest schools in college basketball. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
Lawyers: Ex-NBA star Chuck Person was broke in NCAA scandal

By Larry Neumeister Jul. 02, 2019 04:30 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck

Former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach Lamont Evans leaves after his sentencing in Federal Court June 7, 2019, in New York. Evans is one of four convicted in a scheme to pay coaches and families of top-tier players to choose favored managers and financial advisors. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
Ex-Oklahoma State basketball coach gets 3 months in prison

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 07, 2019 02:21 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A former assistant basketball coach at Oklahoma State and the

Former assistant basketball coach for the University of Southern California Tony Bland, right, is embraced by his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman as they leave federal court in New York, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Bland was the first of four ex-coaches charged with crimes to plead guilty to bribery conspiracy. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and two years of probation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Emotional ex-USC basketball coach avoids prison after plea

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 05, 2019 01:13 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A former assistant basketball coach for the University of Southern

Christian Dawkins stands outside federal court Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in New York. Dawkins and and youth basketball coach Merl Code were convicted on a conspiracy count, but acquitted of some other charges. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
2 convicted in college basketball corruption trial

By Larry Neumeister May. 08, 2019 03:12 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — An aspiring sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach

Atlanta clothier pleads guilty in basketball corruption case

By Larry Neumeister May. 07, 2019 05:32 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — An Atlanta clothier and former NBA referee pleaded guilty in a

FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, Christian Dawkins arrives at federal court in New York. A prosecutor says greed led a fledgling manager of basketball players to bribe college coaches but defense lawyers say it was all an FBI setup. The characterizations came during opening statements Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in the second trial to result from a prosecution that has exposed a seedy side of college basketball recruitment. On trial are business manager Christian Dawkins and ex-amateur league director Merl Code. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Likely NBA top pick Zion Williamson referenced at NCAA trial

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 25, 2019 03:37 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The player widely projected to be the NBA draft's top overall pick

Witness at NCAA trial says he paid football recruits

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 24, 2019 01:59 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness at a trial highlighting corruption in

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, Merl Code leaves federal court in New York. A prosecutor says greed led a fledgling manager of basketball players to bribe college coaches but defense lawyers say it was all an FBI setup. The characterizations came during opening statements Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in the second trial to result from a prosecution that has exposed a seedy side of college basketball recruitment. On trial are business manager Christian Dawkins and ex-amateur league director Merl Code. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Prosecutor: Greed fueled college basketball coaches' bribes

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 23, 2019 11:53 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A scandal in which college basketball coaches were bribed to steer

Jury selected in 2nd trial over NCAA recruitment

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 22, 2019 11:45 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear evidence in the trial of an

FILE -- In this Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, former Auburn University assistant men's basketball coach, Chuck Person, leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, after an initial appearance before a magistrate judge. Person is scheduled to plead guilty on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 to a conspiracy charge in a scandal that involved bribes paid to families of NBA-bound young athletes to steer them to top schools and favored money managers and agents. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
Ex-Auburn assistant basketball coach pleads guilty

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 19, 2019 12:09 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn University assistant coach and 13-year NBA veteran

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, Chuck Person leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. The former Auburn assistant basketball coach is scheduled to plead guilty on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, to a conspiracy charge in a scandal that involved bribes paid to families of NBA-bound young athletes to steer them to top schools and favored money managers and agents. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
Ex-Auburn assistant coach Chuck Person to plead guilty

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 15, 2019 05:46 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person is scheduled to

This combo of images shows, from left, amateur basketball league director Merl Code, Former Adidas executive James Gatto, and business manager Christian Dawkins. The three men were sentenced Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in the widespread college basketball recruiting scandal that has tainted two dozen schools. Gatto got nine months in prison. Dawkins and Code got six months each. (AP Photo/Bebeto Mathews, left, Seth Wenig, center and right)
3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 05, 2019 01:12 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Adidas executive and two others who paid families to

Ex-Oklahoma State coach pleads guilty in bribery case

By Larry Neumeister Jan. 30, 2019 11:26 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach pleaded guilty

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, University of Arizona assistant men's basketball coach Emanuel Richardson leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. Richardson, no longer with the team, is expected in federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, for a development in a criminal case in which he is charged with taking bribes from a sports agent. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
Ex-Arizona assistant coach pleads guilty to bribery charge

By Larry Neumeister Jan. 22, 2019 12:09 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Former University of Arizona assistant coach Emanuel "Book"