Corruption in sports
Omaha forward Marquel Sutton (10) and Kansas center Ernest Udeh Jr. (23) battle for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lawrence, Kan., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
No. 5 Kansas opens with 89-64 rout of Omaha without Self

By Dave Skretta Nov. 07, 2022 10:02 PM EST

FILE - Louisville NCAA college basketball head coach Rick Pitino answers a question during the Atlantic Coast Conference men's media day in Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 26, 2016. An independent panel has fined Louisville $5,000 and placed the men’s basketball program on two years' probation, but sparing the school major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation of corruption in college basketball. The Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) also declined to penalize former Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, whom the NCAA initially cited for failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)
Louisville escapes major sanctions in hoops bribery case

By Gary B. Graves Nov. 03, 2022 10:40 AM EDT

FILE - Kansas head coach Bill Self, left, is held by assistant coach Kurtis Townsend after being called for a technical foul by referee Marques Pettigrew, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisiana Lafayette in Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 16, 2018. Kansas suspended Hall of Fame coach Bill Self and top assistant Kurtis Townsend for the first four games of the season Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, along with imposing several recruiting restrictions, as part of the fallout from a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
Kansas suspends Self for 4 games in ongoing infractions case

By Dave Skretta Nov. 02, 2022 11:13 AM EDT

FILE - Kenny Payne, newly named coach of the Louisville basketball team, gestures during a news conference in Louisville, Ky., March 18, 2022. As if being a rookie head coach wasn’t challenging enough,Payne must rebuild a Louisville program where he was part of its storied past while learning the ropes. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Payne faces many challenges as rookie coach with Louisville

By Gary B. Graves Oct. 19, 2022 11:07 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 31 1927 — Detroit first baseman Johnny Neun records an unassisted triple play in the ninth inning to end the 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians....

AP source: Louisville to hire Kenny Payne as men's coach

By Gary B. Graves Mar. 16, 2022 04:37 PM EDT
Louisville and Kenny Payne have agreed on a deal for the former Cardinals player and current New York Knicks assistant to become the men’s basketball program’s first...

Chattanooga guard David Jean-Baptiste, right, is congratulated by teammates as he holds the championship trophy after his team defeated Furman in an NCAA college basketball championship game for the Southern Conference tournament, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Ex-Kansas standout De Sousa back in NCAAs with Chattanooga

By Teresa M. Walker Mar. 16, 2022 01:51 PM EDT

Villanova head coach Jay Wright gestures to supporters while cutting down the net after the final of the Big East conference tournament against Creighton, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Arizona's Lloyd leads Wildcats' rapid rise to a No. 1 seed

By Aaron Beard Mar. 13, 2022 09:10 PM EDT

Kansas head coach Bill Self abnd guard Ochai Agbaji hug after their NCAA college basketball championship game against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, March 12, 2022. Kansas won 74-65. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas earns No. 1 seed in Midwest Region; Auburn gets No. 2

By Dave Skretta Mar. 13, 2022 06:54 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

Louisville men's basketball coach Chris Mack speaks to reporters outside the team's practice facility in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Louisville’s Board of Trustees and the school's Athletic Association have scheduled a joint meeting for Wednesday amid a report that coach Chris Mack will soon be out. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Mack out as Louisville hoops coach, Pegues named interim

By Gary B. Graves Jan. 26, 2022 06:10 PM EST

NC State put on NCAA probation following investigation

By Gary B. Graves Dec. 20, 2021 04:18 PM EST
North Carolina State men’s basketball program has been placed on probation for one year for NCAA recruiting violations following an independent investigation. ...

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl signals in during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Yale, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
NCAA puts Auburn hoops on 4 years probation, suspends Pearl

By John Zenor Dec. 10, 2021 01:05 PM EST

Louisville athletic director Tyra resigns after 4 years

By Gary B. Graves Dec. 09, 2021 03:57 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Vince Tyra has resigned as Louisville’s athletic director, ending a challenging four-year tenure in which he shepherded the Cardinals’ men’s...

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 basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to get them to steer...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. ...

FILE - Former assistant basketball coach for the University of Southern California Tony Bland, left, and his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman, leave federal court in New York, in this Wednesday, June 5, 2019, file photo. The NCAA hit Southern California’s men's basketball program with two years’ probation and a $5,000 fine as the result of a former assistant who violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when he accepted a bribe to steer players to a business management company. The Division I Committee on Infractions on Thursday, April 15, 2021, announced the penalties, which include a 1% loss of the school’s basketball budget. The probation runs until April 14, 2023. Tony Bland, the former associate head under coach Andy Enfield, wasn't mentioned by name in the NCAA report. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, FIle)
NCAA hits USC basketball with 2 years' probation, fine

By Beth Harris Apr. 15, 2021 12:33 PM EDT

West Virginia's Emmitt Matthews Jr., back, and Miles McBride try to steal the ball away from Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, March 11, 2021. Oklahoma State won 72-69. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Possible postseason ban didn't deter Cowboys' Cunningham

By Steve Megargee Mar. 18, 2021 05:43 PM EDT

FILE - Former amateur basketball league director Merl Code, leaves federal court in New York on Oct. 4, 2019 after sentencing for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme that focused on NBA-bound athletes. Hanover Square Press announced Tuesday that Code’s “Black Market” will be published in March 2022. Hanover is calling the book an “explosive insider account of the dark underworld of college basketball.” (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Former point guard jailed in bribery scheme has book deal

Mar. 16, 2021 08:29 AM EDT

Iona head coach Rick Pitino, from left, Isaiah Ross and Dylan van Eyck pose with the trophy after winning an NCAA college basketball game against Fairfield during the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Pitino back in the NCAA Tournament with MAAC champs Iona

By Dan Gelston Mar. 13, 2021 07:52 PM EST