MORNING ROUNDUP
Report: NCAA basketball corruption case poised to take down top programs
Yahoo Sports reported Thursday that the FBI’s probe into corruption in college basketball will have a substantial impact on the sport.
One assistant US Attorney told Yahoo Sports the 330-day federal investigation has netted thousands of wiretapped conversations, documents and bank records. As many as 50 programs could be compromised by the probe, according to the report.
“This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” a source who been briefed on the case told Yahoo Sports.
One of those coaches was former Oklahoma State associate coach Lamont Evans. OSU fired Evans in September after he was accused of accepting bribes to steer players to certain agents.
Blue Jays sign Jamie Garcia
DUNEDIN, FLA. — Left-hander Jaime Garcia and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract that includes a 2019 team option.
The 31-year-old had a $12 million salary last season, when he went 5-10 with a 4.41 ERA in 27 starts for Atlanta, Minnesota and the New York Yankees.
Garcia is 67-55 in his big league career with a 3.69 ERA in 185 games. Toronto entered spring training with some uncertainty at the fifth starter spot.
Fitzgerald returning to Cardinals
PHOENIX — New Arizona coach Steve Wilks says wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald — arguably the most popular and certainly the most prolific player to don a Cardinals uniform — has told him he’ll return for a 15th NFL season.
The 34-year-old Fitzgerald is one of the most prolific receivers in the game’s history, ranking third on the NFL career lists for receptions and yards receiving. He finished second in the NFL with 109 catches last season.
Raiders saying goodbye to Janikowski
LAMEDA, CALIF. — Eighteen years after the Raiders made kicker Sebastian Janikowski a surprise first-round draft pick, his career in Oakland has come to an end.
The team told Janikowski this week that he won’t be brought back when he becomes an unrestricted free agent next month.