Sports briefly: College basketball corruption trial set to begin

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of an aspiring agent and a former amateur coach charged with bribing big-school coaches to boost their business prospects with amateur basketball players.

Opening statements will be Tuesday in the trial of business manager Christian Dawkins and ex-amateur league director Merl Code, being heard by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan.

It's the second of three cases resulting from arrests made 19 months ago, when prosecutors described a widespread bribery scheme in which financial advisers and business managers allegedly paid assistant coaches and athletes' families to steer players to big programs. This trial has the potential to reveal other programs' involvement because it involves bribes to coaches instead of to players' families.

Testimony is expected to center on bribes paid to assistant coaches at South Carolina and later Oklahoma State, an assistant coach at Arizona and an assistant coach at USC.

The trial already has been revealing. Ramos told prospective jurors Monday that the scandal also affected Creighton and TCU, explaining why assistant coaches at those schools had recently been placed on administrative leave.

Virginia guard Kyle Guy announced via social media that he is fully committed to remaining in the NBA draft pool and won't return to the Cavaliers for his senior year.

Guy, the Most Outstanding Player for the Final Four in Minneapolis, is the third player to say he won't return to the national champion. De'Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome and Mamadi Diakite also have entered the NBA draft, and only Diakite left open the chance he will return to college.

Dr. Lyle Cain said Saban, 67, is expected to make a full recovery and "should be able to return to work in the very new future." He's so confident he said Saban could now have "a few more yards off the tee" in his golf game.

Saban said he sought the surgery "because I don't want to coach for one more year, I want to coach for a lot of more years."

Gennady Golovkin, once winner of a record 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses, unveiled the approach for a comeback: "The return of the people's champion," a banner said as he touted a June 8 bout at Madison Square Garden.

The implication is that he was cheated when he drew once and lost later against Canelo Alvarez. He's 38-0 otherwise.

If Golovkin beats Steve Rolls (19-0) in June, he'll angle for a rematch with Alvarez.

Gambling: New Jersey gambling regulators fined PokerStars $10,000 for taking bets on New Jersey college basketball teams in violation of the state's sports betting law. Documents filed by the state indicate that PokerStars accepted 216 wagers on a game involving Rutgers and Eastern Michigan totaling more than $2,700.