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Chinese police question, clear 3 Georgia Tech players

Police vehicle sits outside Georgia Tech team hotel as 3 players were investigated over several hours on Tuesday in Hangzhou, China. (AJC photo by Ken Sugiura)
Police vehicle sits outside Georgia Tech team hotel as 3 players were investigated over several hours on Tuesday in Hangzhou, China. (AJC photo by Ken Sugiura)
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Nov 7, 2017

Local police were called to the team hotel for both UCLA and Georgia Tech on Tuesday morning to investigate an unknown matter. Three Tech basketball players were questioned and cleared, according to a statement from the school.

UCLA basketball players were also involved.

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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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