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Photo of Calipari with story on college basketball corruption draws complaints of ‘fake news’

A photo prominently featuring Kentucky Coach John Calipari was used to help illustrate an OregonLive.com article titled “Basketball bribes: How Adidas bankrolled a black market for top teenage talent,” and it has drawn the notice and ire of Big Blue Nation.

The article by Brad Schmidt and Jeff Manning, published online Sunday, looks at the role of longtime basketball insider T.J. Gassnola in alleged college basketball corruption, including the 2017 FBI investigation that led the University of Louisville to oust coach Rick Pitino and athletics director Tom Jurich.

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