Ex-Fordham player named in massive college basketball point-shaving scandal

A former Fordham University men’s basketball player was one of the college hoopsters named in a sweeping point-shaving racket involving upward of 39 players from at least 17 NCAA Division I programs. Four players involved in the scandal, Simeon Cottle (Kennesaw State), Carlos Hart (Eastern Michigan), Camian Shell (Delaware State) and Oumar Koureissi (Texas Southern), participated in games within the past week. The federal indictment, which was unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleges that ex-Fordham player Elijah Gray conspired with defendants Jalen Smith, Antonio Blakeney and Marves Fairley to fix a game against...