Greg Anthony reportedly arrested in prostitution sting

Retired basketball player and TV analyst Greg Anthony has been arrested in connection with a prostitution sting. According to reports from WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington D.C., Anthony was arrested in a vice operation for soliciting a prostitute. A brief note at the station's website says that Anthony is in lockup as of this writing.

The report was first posted on Twitter by a member of the ABC7 news team:

#Breaking @ABC7Jennifer confirms CBS sportscaster Greg Anthony arrested in prostitution sting

— Adrienne Winston (@AdrienneABC7) January 17, 2015

Jennifer Donelan then credited her colleague Sam Ford with first obtaining the relevant information:

@ABC7Sam was first w/info that cbs sportscaster greg Anthony locked up at 2nd district for solicitation of a prostitute. My sources confirm

— Jennifer Donelan (@ABC7Jennifer) January 17, 2015

Anthony rose to prominence as a member of the iconic UNLV Runnin' Rebels teams of the late '80s and early '90s. He joined the New York Knicks as the 12th-overall pick of the 1991 NBA Draft and went on to play for five more teams until his retirement in 2002.

More recently, Anthony has been in the public eye as an analyst for Turner Sports and CBS, including as the lead color commentator for the latter during the NCAA Tournament. He is also a contributor to Yahoo Sports as a basketball analyst.

As noted by Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing, Anthony was scheduled to call Saturday's game between Michigan State and Maryland in College Park for CBS:

Ian Eagle and Greg Anthony will call the Michigan State-Maryland game for CBS on Saturday. Mark Wolff produces; Bob Fishman directs.

— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) January 15, 2015

We will continue to update this story as it develops.

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