NCAA Punishes U. of Southern California

The National Collegiate Athletic Association placed the University of Southern California on two years' probation last month for academic fraud involving three athletes and three tutors at an office that helps athletes with their work.

The NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions found that the three instances of fraud occurred between the summer of 1996 and the spring of 1998, and all involved tutors who composed significant portions of athletes' papers, which the athletes then

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