Morning Hot Reads: Knowledge Is Power

YAHOO SPORTS wrote Adidas execs Merl Code and Jim Gatto, both arrested last week as part of the men's college hoops scandal, "could control the fate of college basketball," as they are "benevolent dealmakers, behind-the-scenes shakers and confidants of the sport’s boldfaced names." No one has "more wide-ranging information of the inner-workings of the black market of agents, shoe companies, financial advisers and college basketball recruiting." Could their "knowledge of the basketball scene lead to more firings, charges and chaos?"

More on college hoops landscape:

• What are the 10 most pressing questions on recruiting scandal?
• PROVIDENCE JOURNAL on "how to disinfect college basketball."
• A look at schools' "addiction to shoe-company cash."
• AAU, shoe companies tied to "end of modern NCAA basketball as we've known it."

• Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum "full of memories for longtime fans."
• A look back at S.F.'s initial coverage of Colin Kaepernick's protest.
• Lions punter doubles as financial advisor.
• Deserted stadiums at LSU, Tennessee "illustrate misery."
• A look at football fans' behavior during typical national anthem.
• NBA turning players "into running, jumping billboards?"
• Fair to compare Kaepernick with late Muhammad Ali?
• Wizards' tie to China stretches back "nearly 40 years."
• Bill Simmons on President Trump and the NFL's "Unsolvable Crisis."