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Sean Miller FBI wiretap story: ESPN, Mark Schlabach stand by report as scrutiny increases

Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller met with the media Thursday to decry an ESPN report that linked him with potential payments to a recruit. Arizona Athletics

As questions surrounding its report about Arizona Wildcats coach Sean Miller being caught on an FBI wiretap allegedly offering Deandre Ayton $100,000 to play at the University of Arizona mount, ESPN and some of its writers have strongly defended its work.

The reporter who published the story, Mark Schlabach, hasn't tweeted since Feb. 25, but he did go on SportsCenter Thursday night, not long after Miller's statement Thursday.