Tommy Amaker hasn’t officially done anything wrong, but the Harvard basketball coach sure is dangerously close to crossing the line of illegally recruiting top-flight basketball players to the Ivy League. This is his third stop (Seton Hall, Michigan) and not only has he not won anywhere (one Sweet 16 trip – oooooooo), but he’s also left each school’s basketball program in near-ruins. Also, this must be said about the New York Times – the staff has been trimmed significantly over the couple years, but there’s one constant in the investigative department, and that’s been Pete Thamel. He was among the first to blow open the Diploma Mills scandal, and, as Scott’s Shots points out, he also exposed Auburn for its grades issues. With the amount of shady business going on in college sports, it’s surprising a few more of the major papers don’t have someone employed in such a capacity.

In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards (NY Times)
Thorns of scandal nip Ivy League’s Harvard (Yahoo Sports)