To Huskies fans a tragic hero, to the courts a wanted felon

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Reporters' Notebooks
Published 1/29/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry, Seattle Times: The paper continues its fantastic series on the 2000 Washington Huskies. To Washington fans, Curtis Williams was a tragic hero. To the courts, he was a wanted felon. ...

Seattle Sports: In the Morning
Published 1/29/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... The awful stories about the 2000 Huskies continue to pour in--this time about the repeated domestic abuse allegations against Curtis Williams that were ignored by the local media. Not quite as stomach turning as the Jerramy Stevens story, but close. ...

The 2000 Washington Huskies Were Horrible People [Jerramy Stevens]
Published 1/29/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... . Today's section is about strong safety Curtis Williams -- who broke his wife's arm -- but we're still absolutely transfixed by the tale of ...

Not Your Average Athlete Behaving Badly Story
Published 1/30/2008 by Shinsano at East Windup Chronicle
... into trouble are so commonplace they no longer have the effect they ought to. In a sense we expect these things to happen, but in the process of becoming numb to them we also become complicit – indirectly allowing them to happen again. But this is an extraordinary story brought to you by The Seattle Times, part 1 of a 4 part series about the football program at the University of Washington, taking place around the turn of the millennium. Two of the other parts are nearly as vile, and the fourth attempts to end things on a hopeful note (too late guys), ...

Huskies Rose Bowl 2000 team was a mess
Published 2/3/2008 by Vince Mullins at on college football
02 Feb 08 Huskies Rose Bowl 2000 team was a mess post info By Vince Mullins Categories: college football If you haven’t seen the ruin that Rick Neuheisel left at the University of Washington, check the Seattle Times latest expose on the 2000 team. It suggest all that is wrong about college athletics. Some tidbits: TE Jerramy Stevens dodged the law repeatedly , and Neuheisel never punished him. Safety Curtis Williams broke his wife’s arm . DT Jeremiah Pharms had a family man persona, but lots of evidence pointed to ...

Rounding out tales of U-Dub
Published 2/6/2008 by DC Trojan <info@conquestchronicles.com> at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... Strong safety Curtis Williams was constantly in trouble for spousal abuse, a deadbeat father, a convicted felon, and managed to get arrested each of the five years that he played for the Huskies. Williams came to a sad end, dying at age 24, a year and a half after a spinal injury on the field left him paralyzed from the neck down. ...