Purdue Inquiry Grows

The NCAA is widening its investigation of Purdue’s basketball program, looking into possible recruiting violations and improper conduct by boosters.

Purdue assistant coach Frank Kendrick admitted more than a year ago that he lied when he denied giving a recruit a ride from the arena to a hotel.

Jamaal Davis was in West Lafayette for an AAU game in June 1996 and announced his college choice that night. But the ride with Kendrick was during a period in which coaches may not contact recruits.

Two Chicago men indicted in the Arizona State point-shaving scandal are negotiating for a plea agreement, a newspaper has reported.

A lawyer for Dominic Mangiamele, 61, who with his son, Joseph, 36, were indicted on charges of sports bribery, money laundering and racketeering in a scheme to shave points in ASU basketball games, told The Arizona Republic of the talks.