Ex-EYBL coach testifies Nike employees directed payments to basketball recruits' parents, handlers
Posted Feb 8, 2020
Gary Franklin, who founded and coached California Supreme on the EYBL circuit, testified during Michael Avenatti's federal criminal trial that he facilitated payments to Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton's mother as well as to the handlers, coaches and trainers of Denver Nuggets center Bol Bol and former UNLV player Brandon McCoy Recruiting Profile" rel="tag">Brandon McCoy when they were amateurs.
(ESPN.com)
Related: Other News
Former Major League Baseball exec Tim Brosnan chosen to be new Big East commissionerThe new commissioner of the Big East is something of a curveball. The league announced on Monday the hiring of former Major League Baseball executive...
Tue Aug 11, 2026ESPN analyst Bill Connelly's 2026 FBS college football conference previews
While top to bottom, the SEC remains the strongest conference in the land, the league is in the unfamiliar position of not having played for...
Tue Aug 11, 2026
Amid Roster Mayhem, Judge Refuses to Stay Nationwide NCAA Injunction
United States District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney late Monday denied the NCAA’s motion to stay her nationwide injunction permitting thousands of Division I college athletes...
Tue Aug 11, 2026
Pac-12, Mountain West reach settlement: Realignment legal battle resolved ahead of 2026 season
The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have reached a settlement in their lengthy legal dispute over exit fees and so-called poaching penalties, ending a court...
Tue Aug 11, 2026