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Seattle Sports: In the Morning
Published 1/27/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry of the Seattle Times have a special investigative report on the 2000 Huskies, based on documents that weren't available at the time. Their conclusion: "An unprecedented look behind the scenes — based largely on documents unavailable at the time — reveals a disturbing level of criminal conduct and hooliganism by the players on that team. Former coach Rick Neuheisel and athletic director Barbara Hedges accepted most of it, demanding little discipline or accountability from their athletes. And other community institutions, including prosecutors, police, ...

Neuheisel's Out of Control Huskies
Published 1/28/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... A gripping series of investigative stories this week by the Seattle Times, detailing Washington's 2000 team, winners of the Rose Bowl, owners of an 11-1 record and ranked No. 3 in the nation. ...

Neuheisel's Dirty Program
Published 1/28/2008 by classof2000 <info@thebandisoutonthefield.com> at The Band Is Out On The Field
This week the Seattle Times is running a truly damning series, Victory and Ruins. It focuses on the "disturbing level of criminal conduct that was often excused or overlooked" while Neuheisel was at the team's helm. Sure, the UW won the 2001 Rose Bowl that year (mostly with players Slick Rick inherited from Jim Lambright) but the cost was enormous. ...

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. Link to series. Rick Plumlee, Wichita Eagle: Kansas' Mark Mangino, 51, was expected to be released from the intensive care unit at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after being admitted Sunday night for undisclosed reasons. Mike DeArmond, Kansas City Star: Larry Smith, 68, who coached at ...

The 2000 Washington Huskies Were Horrible People [Jerramy Stevens]
Published 1/29/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... If you haven't had a chance yet to dive into the Seattle Times amazing -- and ongoing -- investigation into the 2000 Washington Huskies, please do so right now. Today's section is ...

Required Reading: Victory and Ruins
Published 1/29/2008 by Cecilio's Scribe at The Legend of Cecilio Guante
... It seems incredibly strange to post something so serious following a few of our previous musings, but this special series from the Seattle Times is getting a lot of deserved attention. Entitled "Victory and Ruins," it provided a deeper look at the 2001 Rose Bowl Champion Washington Huskies. According to the paper's own Web site, it offers an "unprecedented look behind the scenes reveals an unsettling level of criminal conduct that was often excused or overlooked." If you're a fan of sports, you need to read it (today the third installment ...

Nuneslinks
Published 1/29/2008 by MariusJanulisForThree at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... I of the 2008 Men's Lacrosse preview...SUAthletics Otto finishes in sixth in the College Cheerleading & Dance Team National Championships...The Axeman The Women's Lacrosse team is picked to win the Big East...LaxPower Former Syracuse sportscaster makes his ESPN debut tonight...The Axeman The 2000 Washington Huskies were a bunch of a-holes...Seattle Times Trev Alberts reads blogs...EDSBSNeed proof that Kristof! actually started? Look no ...

2nd Chance Points
Published 1/30/2008 by Under Review at Play is Under Review
The Seattle Times is running a fascinating series on the 2000 Washington Huskies football team. Pay particular attention to the piece on ...

Victory and Ruins - The Story of the 2000 Rose Bowl Champion Washington Huskies
Published 1/30/2008 by yerfatma at SportsFilter
Victory and Ruins - The Story of the 2000 Rose Bowl Champion Washington Huskies : Pity Ty Willingham who inherited a program that protected and enabled: UCLA fans, ask Rick Neuheisel what price you're paying for victories next year. Tampa Bay fans, stay off the roads. ...

The Sports Guy: A Super edition of the links
Published 1/31/2008 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... on chemistry and the Trail Blazers (a must-read for NBA fans), and a Seattle Times investigative series on Rick Neuheisel's tenure at UW that includes an ...

Huskies Rose Bowl 2000 team was a mess
Published 2/3/2008 by Vince Mullins at on 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 ...

Slick Rick in Action
Published 2/4/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Given the rock star status Slick Rick has at the moment, it's clear no one in Pauley Pavilion had read the Seattle Times' gripping four-part series, "Victory and Ruins," which detailed Neuheisel's 2000 Washington team. ...

The Roundup: Super Bowl Edition
Published 2/4/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Pedro Martinez will NOT wait for a table, dammit! (Page Six) The Patriots lose an epic Super Bowl and this blogger’s first thought is Bill Simmons. (Hakim Drops the Ball) The owner of the Grizzlies swears he doesn’t want to sell the team; we’ll be exploring the Gasol deal further later in the day. (Commercial Appeal) Sorry, but we can’t take Rick Neuheisel seriously after that series of articles in the Seattle Times. (Gutty Little Bruins) Apologizing to Rich Rodriguez? (Charleston Gazette ...

False Dichotomies
Published 2/7/2008 by Oops Pow Surprise <info@blackheartgoldpants.com> at Black Heart Gold Pants: Front Page Posts
... UCLA fans most certainly took notice of the Seattle Times' withering expose on the complete lack of institutional control on Rick Neuheisel's Washington teams. There's not much we can say about it, other than that Jerramy Stevens is a vile, horrible human being who doesn't deserve another waking moment as a free man. ...

Reporters' Notebooks
Published 2/12/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Construction on a $35.9 million expansion to Boise State's Bronco Stadium is on schedule despite a snowy winter. John K. Wiley, Associated Press: Only three emails sent to Washington State president Elson Floyd last fall urged the firing of Bill Doba as coach. Jonathan Martin and Ken Armstrong: A lawsuit over the University of Washington's response to an alleged rape by former Husky Roc Alexander, a freshman on the Rose Bowl-winning 2000 team, has been revived. Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star: The ...

A (Past) Culture of Disarray
Published 2/20/2008 by Charley West at West BY GOD Virginia
... Now, before we go any further, let’s be clear on one thing: Rodriguez was not a cheater. Win at all costs certainly did not extend to recruiting violations, etc. In that regard, Rodriguez ran a clean program. He also was not Rick Neuheisel. But Rodriguez’s (now very visible) ego kept him on a path of winning which did not include dismissals or suspensions. The starters played. ...

Husky Fans Still Rabid at Times
Published 2/21/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... In case you're wondering whether your obsessive Husky fans are still upset at the Seattle Times over that Victory and Ruins series, the answer is ...

Last Stand for Willingham?
Published 2/26/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
Welcome to Washington football. A disgruntled fan base. A series of stories by the Seattle Times detailing the disturbing story behind the 2000 Rose Bowl team. A murderous 2008 schedule that includes nonconference games against Brigham Young, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Welcome to Tyrone Willingham's world. Add in that Todd Turner, Willingham's biggest supporter, was fired as athletic director. It's a mess right now in Seattle and Willingham finds himself occupying Hot Seat #1 in rankings by Coaches Hot Seat. What will it ...

Bucs Fans Rise Up Against Jerramy Stevens
Published 6/4/2008 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... , and an arrest on rape charges while he was a player at the University of Washington. Those charges were dropped, but thanks to Stevens' history, the story hasn't gone away. ...

Brace Yourself for Muckraking, Coug Fans
Published 6/19/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... Stadium Way speculates that this may be an attempt by the Times to get back in the good graces of Husky fans after the Victory and Ruins series in January that tore the UW a new one. ...

Pullman Is a Really Fun Town
Published 6/23/2008 by Brian Cook at FanHouse
... The Seattle Times has decided to leave no instate Division I-A program unbashed, following up their epic series on Washington's wacky ways under Rick Neuheisel with an expose on the ...

Are Newspapers - and Everyone Else - Conceding Investigative Journalism to ESPN?
Published 7/22/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... one troubling trend is emerging as newspapers tighten budgets and trim staffs: some of the best investigative sports journalists are migrating online, right into the willing arms of ESPN. With newspapers unable to invest the manpower in a months-long investigation that may or may not result in anything, and sections fading toward hyper-local coverage, the role of the investigative reporter in newspaper sports departments is disappearing. There was a masterful series by the Seattle Times on the University of Washington earlier this year, but how come ...