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Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady taking role as strategic adviser for Wagner College basketball

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady is taking a position as a strategic adviser to the men’s basketball coach at Wagner College, where his son plans to play.

McGrady will advise the college on the development of name, image and likeness investment, along with marketing and player development, the school said Wednesday.

McGrady — who did not play college basketball — will not take a salary in his position under coach Dwan McMillan. McGrady’s son, Laymen, is joining the Seahawks after spending last season at Oral Roberts.

McGrady was a seven-time All-Star and two-time NBA scoring champion who now works as a studio analyst for NBC’s coverage of the league.

McMillan became the full-time coach last month at Wagner, where two-time national champion Dan Hurley of UConn got his first college head coaching position. McMillan led the Northeast Conference school on an interim basis last season, when the Seahawks went 14-17.

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NCAA bans ex-Abilene Christian basketball player Airion Simmons for alleged role in throwing games

By The Associated Press
A former Abilene Christian men's basketball player was permanently banned by the NCAA on Friday for allegedly helping rig basketball games for sports bettors. According to the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions, Airion Simmons — who played at Abilene Christian from 2019-2024— colluded with a teammate and agreed with a bettor to throw a March 2024 game for money. In a December 2025 interview, Simmons told NCAA investigators he was also contacted by a second bettor about losing the game for money. In January, Simmons and the two bettors were included in a sprawling indictment by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania on various charges, including bribery, fraud and conspiracy. The point-shaving scheme generally revolved around gamblers who placed bets and recruited players with the promise of a big payment in exchange for purposefully underperforming during a game, prosecutors said. Those fixers would then bet against the players’ teams in those games, defrauding sportsbooks and other bettors, authorities said.
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