Today's Washington Post has a major article at the top of its Sports section. Title is " Should Federal Resources Be Used To Enforce NCAA Rules." Right below that are two pictures -- one of Rick Pitino and the other of Jim Larranaga.
Basically, the two page expose rehashes what has already been reported, with an emphasis on the probe entering a "legal gray area."
Couple statements from the piece re Larranaga:
- "One morning late last August, ... Jim Larranaga was about to board a flight to North Carolina for a recruiting trip when he got a phone call from his wife. Two FBI agent were at the house, Liz Larranaga told her husband. She then handed the phone to one of the agents, who asked Jim to remain at the airport until they reached him."
- "While criminal complaints allege ... Pitino and Larranaga arranged bribes for recruits, neither has been charged with a crime. Nor has Miller, the NBA agent whose office was raided."
- "Pitino ... adamantly maintains he has never arranged payment for recruits. So has Larranaga, who spoke with FBI agents for several hours last August and has turned over reams of (records) ... in an effort to clear his name, according to his attorney Stuart Z. Grossman. 'We're baffled,' said Grossman, who provided the account of the coach's experience last August. 'They won't charge him, and they won't tell us what it is they have or think they have."
Basically, the two page expose rehashes what has already been reported, with an emphasis on the probe entering a "legal gray area."
Couple statements from the piece re Larranaga:
- "One morning late last August, ... Jim Larranaga was about to board a flight to North Carolina for a recruiting trip when he got a phone call from his wife. Two FBI agent were at the house, Liz Larranaga told her husband. She then handed the phone to one of the agents, who asked Jim to remain at the airport until they reached him."
- "While criminal complaints allege ... Pitino and Larranaga arranged bribes for recruits, neither has been charged with a crime. Nor has Miller, the NBA agent whose office was raided."
- "Pitino ... adamantly maintains he has never arranged payment for recruits. So has Larranaga, who spoke with FBI agents for several hours last August and has turned over reams of (records) ... in an effort to clear his name, according to his attorney Stuart Z. Grossman. 'We're baffled,' said Grossman, who provided the account of the coach's experience last August. 'They won't charge him, and they won't tell us what it is they have or think they have."