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Report: USC to tell NCAA it banned Guillory from getting tickets

Updated: May 22, 2008, 5:54 PM ET
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USC is planning to tell the NCAA it did not know of any improper activity between O.J. Mayo and an event promoter alleged to have given the basketball player $30,000 in cash and gifts, according to a Los Angeles Daily News report.

School officials said the NCAA might speak with the school this week, according to the report, and USC is preparing its initial defense, including telling the NCAA that it previously had banned the promoter, Rodney Guillory, from receiving tickets to ...

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O.J. MAYO

Former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo received thousands of dollars in cash, clothes and other benefits in apparent violation of NCAA rules while he was still in high school and during his freshman year in college, a former Mayo associate told ESPN's "Outside the Lines."

News

• USC self-imposes postseason ban, forfeits wins
• Source: Mayo talks to U.S. Attorney
• Report: Floyd gave money to Mayo handler
• Johnson question by NCAA, USC, Pac-10
• Mayo hires agent who represents LeBron
• Attorney: Feds investigating funds in Mayo case
• Official probing credit card use
• Mayo arrives at pre-draft camp, pleads innocence
• Mayo cuts ties with agent
• Report: USC to say it didn't know of impropriety
• Wolves not turned off by allegations against Mayo
• Report: NBPA investigating agent dealings
• Report: Ex-Mayo associate to cooperate
• Report: Mayo's HS can keep titles
• NCAA to investigate Mayo with "new information"
• O.J. Mayo denies receiving money, gifts

Video

• Watch: Mayo pre-draft workout in Chicago
• Watch: USC campus reacts to Mayo allegations
• Watch: O.J. Mayo, others react to the OTL report
• Watch: "Outside the Lines" investigation

Analysis

• Katz: What's next in the Mayo investigations?
• Chad Ford: How "bad" is Mayo? InsiderFree
• Stephen A. Smith: What's the big deal?
• Katz: Mayo projected into the lottery Insider
• Bilas: What can be done to help? Insider
• Keown: Mayo demonstrates NBA rule a disaster
• Katz: Academic issue with one-and-dones
• TrueHoop: NBA buzzing about Mayo
• Ford: Mayo's draft stock shouldn't change Insider
• Gottlieb: Cheating rewards outweigh the risks Insider
• Vitale: Mayo mess proves one-and-done is a joke
• Forde: USC should've known better about Mayo
• Naqi: Guillory tied to Mayo, agent Bill Duffy

Audio

• Myles Brand says he favors a two-year rule Insider
• Dave Telep: Mayo isn't the only one Insider
• Forde: USC has no excuse for not knowing Insider

SportsNation

• Chat wrap with OTL reporter Kelly Naqi Insider
• Chat wrap with Pat Forde Insider

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