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Former Auburn assistant basketball coach avoids prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person’s lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge…
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JOC gets new leader in wake of Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal
TOKYO (AP) — A former gold medalist was elected Thursday to lead the Japanese Olympic Committee, which is mired in a scandal that forced the former president to step aside in an alleged vote-buying scheme…
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The Latest: Blatter says Paris meeting swayed vote for Qatar
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French investigation involving Michel Platini (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he insisted for years that a meeting in Paris involving then-French President…
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FIFA vice president Ahmad questioned by French authorities
PARIS (AP) — FIFA vice president Ahmad was detained and questioned by French authorities on Thursday in the latest criminal investigation to hit officials in positions of power within the governing body of world soccer.…
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Infantino says FIFA scandals gone, despite corruption cases
PARIS (AP) — Ahead of his re-election as FIFA president on Wednesday, Gianni Infantino said he has banished scandals and corruption from the soccer body despite losing members of his council for misconduct. Infantino faced…
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PSG president targeted by French corruption probe
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi is under investigation for corruption related to Qatar’s bids to host the 2017 and 2019 track world championships, a judicial official said Thursday. The official told The…
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Businessman gets 4 years in prison for NYPD corruption scam
NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman described by prosecutors as the “gravitational center” of a conspiracy to bribe New York police officers in one of the worst scandals to hit the department in recent decades…
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Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s success this week in getting his child-endangerment conviction overturned capped a seven-year fight to save his reputation and stay out of jail, a period during…
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The Latest: Ex-Penn State head paid as he fought charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a judge’s decision to throw out the conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The cost of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation…
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Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday, less than a day before he was due to turn himself in to begin serving…
4 months ago