GORDON ERNST, a former University of Rhode Island tennis coach, has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into Georgetown University. / STEVEN SENNE / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
A former University of Rhode Island tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama's family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids' way into Georgetown University. The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the…