USA v. Evans et al

  1. September 03, 2019

    NCAA, Yahoo Denied Access To Hoops Corruption Evidence

    A New York federal judge rejected bids by the NCAA and the parent company of Yahoo Sports to access proposed evidence from last year's college basketball corruption trial that has the potential to break open NCAA infractions cases against a slew of other schools and parties.

  2. June 07, 2019

    Ex-Okla. State Coach Gets 3 Months In Prison For Bribes

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced former Oklahoma State University assistant basketball coach Lamont Evans to three months in prison Friday for taking bribes to steer students toward a government informant he thought was a financial adviser.

  3. June 06, 2019

    Ex-Arizona Basketball Coach Gets 3 Months In Bribe Scheme

    A onetime basketball coach for the University of Arizona was sentenced Thursday in New York federal court to three months in prison for accepting $20,000 in bribes in exchange for steering young athletes to a sports agent, the first prison term for a coach in the scandal.

  4. June 05, 2019

    Ex-USC Basketball Coach Avoids Prison For Taking Bribes

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday allowed a former University of Southern California assistant men's basketball coach to avoid prison time for taking bribes from financial advisers in exchange for directing athletes to retain their services.

  5. May 24, 2019

    NCAA Compliance A Duty Of Coaches, Post-Trial Ruling Says

    Even if it is not the job of college basketball coaches to recommend financial advisers to players, they can still be criminally liable if they do so in exchange for bribes, a New York federal judge said in an opinion fleshing out an earlier ruling that forced two men to face trial on bribery charges.

  6. May 21, 2019

    Ex-U Of Ariz. Coach Wants No Prison In Hoops Bribery Case

    A former University of Arizona assistant basketball coach is asking a New York federal court not to sentence him to prison, saying the public humiliation and loss of his job has already severely punished him for accepting bribes to steer college recruits to a pair of financial managers.

  7. May 15, 2019

    College Hoops Probe May Fall Short On Thwarting Corruption

    New York federal prosecutors wrapped up their college basketball corruption probe with more bribery convictions last week, but the investigation's failure to expand beyond its initial scope tempers the potential impact it will have on alleged corruption throughout college sports.

  8. May 10, 2019

    NCAA Seeking Evidence From Latest Hoops Corruption Trial

    The NCAA said it is asking a New York federal court for access to the information and evidence from the latest college basketball corruption trial that wrapped up Wednesday with two men being convicted of conspiring to bribe assistant coaches.

  9. May 10, 2019

    More NCAA Hoops Convictions, But Are Schools Victims?

    New York federal prosecutors scored another win in their crackdown on corruption in college basketball with convictions against two men for conspiring to bribe assistant coaches, but acquittals on several other charges highlight a problem with the prosecution's overarching theory that the schools implicated are the actual victims.

  10. May 08, 2019

    2 Convicted Of Bribing NCAA Basketball Coaches

    A federal jury in New York on Wednesday convicted an aspiring sports agent and a former shoe company basketball consultant of conspiring to bribe assistant college basketball coaches, handing the government a limited win in the latest trial stemming from a federal investigation into corruption in NCAA basketball.