A Yahoo Sports report posted early Friday morning including information from documents and bank records related to the federal investigation into corruption in college basketball names one current and two former University of Kentucky players.
This is the first time that anyone associated with Kentucky’s basketball program has been publicly linked to the federal probe, a years-long investigation that led to several arrests of prominent shoe company executives, assistant coaches and others last fall.
UK Coach John Calipari and top university officials released statements Friday morning, pledging to fully cooperate with “appropriate authorities.”
Here’s how Friday’s report relates to the Kentucky basketball program, how UK has responded to the report, and what is likely to come next: