This tiebreak solution wasn’t really fair

A federal appeals court in New York on Friday upheld convictions against a sports marketer, an aspiring agent and a financial adviser in a college basketball scandal that spoiled the careers of several coaches. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said in its written decision that it was not adequate for the defendants to argue that their actions mirrored what was commonly done in college basketball programs and that their aim was to help universities, rather than harm. The convictions grew from the 2017 arrests of 10 individuals in what authorities described as a conspiracy to pay bribes to the families of young players to ensure NBA-bound college basketball stars would pledge allegiance to certain agents and handlers or attend certain schools.

The NCAA announced major changes to men’s college basketball Wednesday, altering the distance of the 3-point line for the first time in 11 years. The men’s 3-point line is moving back nearly 1.5 feet from its existing arc at 20 feet, 9 inches, to the international line of 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches

Draymond Green’s insults toward Kevin Durant at the end of Monday’s game cut deep, and Golden State is quietly concerned it will lead to Durant’s departure.