ADIDAS EXECUTIVE, OKLA. STATE COACH IN COURT

As new details emerge in the federal probe into corruption in college basketball, two additional defendants named in the complaint filed by prosecutors last month made their initial appearances in a New York court Thursday and were released, one on his own recognizance and the other on $100,000 bond. Adidas executive Jim Gatto, who the company has placed on leave, was released without bond after his lawyer made the case that Gatto posed no flight risk. Gatto will next attend a preliminary hearing Nov. 9. Gatto sat silently as the court read the four charges included in the complaint: three involving wire fraud and a fourth for participation in a money laundering conspiracy. Also appearing in court Thursday was former Oklahoma State assistant La

mont Evans, one of four college basketball coaches named in a complaint alleging widespread fraud and conspiracy. The other three coaches — Auburn’s Chuck Person, Southern California’s Tony Bland and Arizona’s

Emanuel Richardson — appeared Tuesday and were released on bond, as was a second Adidas employee, former Clemson player Merl Code, and former NBA referee-turned-Atlantabased tailor Rashan Michel.

The individuals named in the complaint will reappear in federal court Nov. 9.