New York Is the Center of Basketball. And Basketball Betting Scandals.

Point shaving. Gambling rings. Illegal poker games. Prosecutors in New York have seen it all.

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George Raveling, Basketball Coach Who Brought Michael Jordan to Nike, Dies at 88

He also worked security for the 1963 March on Washington, and ended up with Martin Luther King Jr.’s copy of the “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Is Boogie Fland the Next Legendary New York City Point Guard?

In some ways, the prodigy now starring for Arkansas in the N.C.A.A. tournament is an urban basketball archetype. But this is not the same old story.

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Can Billionaire Backer Mike Repole Buy St. John’s a Basketball Championship?

Mike Repole, who loved the homegrown team of his youth, has helped assemble a juggernaut enabled by compensation rules that one critic says created “the wild West.”

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Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal

While playing basketball at Boston College, he participated in a point-shaving scheme with Henry Hill, the mobster later portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas.”

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Why General Manager Is the Hottest Job Title in College Sports

With players being paid and routinely changing schools, universities increasingly need someone besides a coach to put together a team.

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Dartmouth College Basketball Players Halt Effort to Unionize

The decision to withdraw the petition appeared to be an effort to preserve a favorable federal ruling that could have been in jeopardy under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

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The NBA Courts That Come From Midwestern Roots and Woods

Connor Sports, in the tiny mill town of Amasa, Mich., is one of the leading makers of hardwood floors for top professional and college teams.

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