Phone Call From FedEx CEO Leading To Memphis Investigation By NCAA

FedEx Express president and CEO David Bronczek placed a call to Abdul Gaddy's mother Oseye Gaddy, who is one of 190,000 employees for the company.

Gaddy is being recruited by Memphis, and the phone call is now being investigated as Bronczek is a booster for the program.

"We're aware of the issue," said Stacey Osburn, NCAA associate director of public and media relations.

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Kellogg To Replace Packer On CBS

On Monday, CBS announced that Clark Kellogg would replace Billy Packer after 27 years as the network’s lead college basketball analyst. Including his earlier years at NBC, Packer had done every Final Four since 1975, according to an Associated Press report.

“These are really good circumstances,” Packer told The Associated Press by phone. “This decision was made with myself and CBS over a year ago. Their timing to announce it is their business. I have nothing to do with that. I was working on a series of 1-year contracts for several years. … I did say there would be no mention during the season so as not to detract from the games and the guys involved.”

Kellogg, a game and studio analyst for CBS for 16 years, will be the man next to Jim Nantz on the 2009 Final Four broadcasts.

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Arizona Recruit Jennings Opts To Play In Europe

The University of Arizona will miss out on star recruit Brandon Jennings, who has decided to play in Europe rather than play in the NCAA, the Associated Press is reporting.

"Over the course of the last two months I have consulted a number of people in basketball before coming to this decision," Jennings said in a statement released Tuesday night through his attorney Jeff Valle. "I would like to thank the University of Arizona for their interest and support through this process."

Jennings had been awaiting the results of a third college entrance exam but decided instead to give up his scholarship, Valle said in a phone interview Tuesday night from his Los Angeles office.

"We don't know the results of the test," Valle said. "He's been trying to make this decision as he waited through the eligibility process."

He has not yet revealed which European team he'll be playing for before making the jump to the NBA.

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