This Feb. 2, 2011, file photo shows Miami head coach Al Golden during an interview in Coral Gables, Fla. Golden says some of his player may have made mistakes that prompted an NCAA investigation into convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro’s role with the program. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – At a time of new beginnings, they’re slapped with new allegations.
Payments. Prostitutes. A booster gone wild.
In a year about tomorrow’s hope, they’re blindsided by yesterday’s reported dopes.
Allegations about basketball coaches. Football players. Maybe the university president, too.
The University of Miami is back in the headlines in every way it doesn’t want with former players making claims, athletic leaders playing defense and the school’s image chained to cheats again and dragged around the country.