Report: SI to publish report on Miami

With the University of Miami just days away from its hearing in front of the NCAA’s infractions committee, two sources confirmed to The Miami Herald that Sports Illustrated is in the final stages of writing an expose about the NCAA and its investigation into the school’s athletics program, including not-previously-published allegations from former UM booster Nevin Shapiro.

Shapiro told SI that he used inside information obtained from Miami coaches to gamble on Hurricanes football games, according to the sources.

According to a third source, the NCAA previously investigated Shapiro’s gambling claims but found no concrete evidence and did not make any allegations regarding gambling in Miami’s Notice Of Allegations.

Shapiro was friendly with several former Miami assistants, but it’s unclear which, if any, of the coaches will be named by Sports Illustrated.

It’s also unclear how the release of the story would affect the case, if at all.

WNBA REF CAM MAKES DEBUT

The WNBA debuted a new camera Saturday worn by official Lamont Simpson during the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever game that was nationally televised. The camera was mounted above the ear on the right side of a device that looked like a pair of glasses. Simpson said it took a little while to get used to it.

By the second half, Simpson said he barely noticed he was wearing it. It also drew rave reviews from WNBA players. “I think it’s hilarious when I’m not on it,” Los Angeles Sparks star Candace Parker said.