40-character summary: In 2017, four Black college basketball assistant coaches were arrested in an FBI probe targeting corruption.
400-character summary: Four Black assistant coaches were arrested in a 2017 FBI probe targeting corruption in college basketball. The four arrested, Tony Bland (USC), Lamont Evans (Oklahoma State), Emmanuel "Book" Richardson (Arizona), and Chuck Person (Auburn), received varying punishments, including probation, prison time, and bans from the NCAA. Of the 10 men arrested, only one was white, with Richardson stating that Black men were seen as "low-hanging fruit" in the investigation.
April 02, 2024
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