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New details of payments to athletes in a federal investigation that has lurked in the shadows since first rocking college basketball last fall mark the latest threat to the sport's basic foundation, showing the breadth of alleged corruption. Bank records and other expense reports that are part of the investigation list a wide range of impermissible payments from agents to at least two dozen players or their relatives, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports. The depth of the violations raises questions about the structure of college athletics, a business funded primarily through college football and basketball, including $19.6 billion in TV money for the NCAA Tournament over the past 22 years — a hoops extravaganza American sports fans know as March Madness. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 5:53:pm EST

South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner says he had not heard the latest allegations regarding current and former Gamecock players Brian Bowen Jr. and P.J. Dozier until Thursday night and pledged continued cooperation with investigating authorities. A Yahoo Sports report says Bowen and Dozier were among players alleged to receive improper payments or have meals or travel paid for by Andy Miller or his agency. Documents that are part of the FBI's college corruption case reviewed by Yahoo Sports show Bowen received $7,000, including $1,500 in plane tickets before enrolling in Louisville. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 12:52:pm EST

Bank records and other expense reports that are part of a federal probe into college basketball list a wide range of impermissible payments from agents to at least two dozen players or their relatives, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports. Yahoo said Friday that the documents obtained in discovery during the investigation link current players including Michigan State's Miles Bridges, Duke's Wendell Carter and Alabama's Collin Sexton to potential benefits that would be violations of NCAA rules. A balance sheet from December 2015 lists several payments under ''Loan to Players,'' including $43,500 to Dallas Mavericks guard Dennis Smith, who played one season at North Carolina State in 2016-17. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 11:57:am EST

Former NBA agent Andy Miller, as well as his former coworker Christian Dawkins and his agency ASM Sports, allegedly facilitated cash advances to ineligible college basketball players, as well as reimbursed entertainment and travel to student athletes and their families, according to a Yahoo Sports report Friday. Documents from the federal investigation into NCAA basketball reviewed by Yahoo Sports show players at least 20 Division I basketball programs received possibly improper benefits, including Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC and Alabama. "These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America," NCAA President Market Emmert said in a statement. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 7:46:am EST

The NBA will roll out a confidential hotline to allow league and team employees to report cases of improper conduct, in the aftermath of the sexual harassment scandal that has embroiled the Dallas Mavericks. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said the franchise had made a mistake by not firing Earl Sneed earlier. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 3:16:am EST