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The Death of Steve McNair
The police concluded in the investigation of the death of Steve McNair that it was a murder-suicide. He was killed by his girlfriend, who later shot and killed herself. But CBS News investigated the murder and found a different conclusion. This investigation revealed significant mistakes and contradiction made by the police, which raised critical questions.
Tags: National Football League (NFL); quarterback; Sahel Kazemi; Adrian Gilliam; Tennessee; Titans; Nashville; weapons; guns; mystery
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Football Scholarships
This story investigates how a number of football players that play for Kent State received full ride scholarships. They received these scholarships without the ACT scores to receive them or any scholarships for that matter. Furthermore, there are a number of other students who have the grades and ACT scores to receive these scholarships, but don’t because the money is all used up.
Tags: college; athletics; athletic department; students; education; football field; players; Kent State University; Director of Admissions
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"Coaches' Salaries 2009: College Football Special Report"
The average pay for college football coaches has increased 46 percent in the last three years. Amid a floundering economy, cutbacks have spread across higher education budgets, but college football coaches continue to see a rise in their salaries. In 2009, 25 coaches made at least $2 million, which is double that of their salaries just two years ago.
Tags: Pete Carroll; Bob Stoops; Urban Meyer; college football; coach salaries; Nick Saban; NCAA; Gary Pinkel; Mizzou; Missouri Tigers; Tiger football; David Yost; Brent Pease
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The Toughest Tickets in Town
The Washington Redskins continue to sellout the stadium and thousands of fans are left on a waiting list for general admission tickets. It turns out though, these tickets can be found online through ticket brokers. Further, the Redskins ticket office can be moderately blamed for this happening, which allowed the brokers to buy the general admission tickets. The team did this because it leveraged these tickets and caused fans to buy the more expensive premium seat tickets.
Tags: Washington Redskins; stadium; sellouts; seats; football; games; tickets; online; brokers; secondary market
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Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility Collapse
After the collapse of the Cowboys' indoor practice facility, reporters investigated the company behind the design to find they have a spotty track record. The Cowboys also took structural advice from an ex-convict who was not qualified.
Tags: facility builder; Dallas Cowboys; Texas; football; Summit Structures; Irving; Joe DeCamillis; Valley Ranch
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NCAA: Mixed Messages
The series of nine stories focuses on the major changes in college athletics. “Academics and leaders of the reform movement have debated and lobbied for two decades about the need for change.” But the magnitude of college athletics suggests a change is impossible. This series focuses on, “the biggest and best football conference, looked at the money brought in and the issues raised by the rush to be successful, the disparity between coaching salaries and the scholarship money afforded the athletes, what top athletes might be worth in an open market, and the creative efforts universities go to in order to fund athletic programs.”
Tags: College; Athletics; Academics; Football; Southeastern Conference; FOIA
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Searching For Answers
"An investigation into the death of Ereck Plancher, a redshirt freshman wide receiver at the University of Central Florida who collapsed and died following an offseason conditioning session."
Tags: UCF; sickle-cell; workout; football; blood flow; athletic trainer; George O'Leary;
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Concerns in Happy Valley
Penn State's football coach Joe Paterno is the winningest coach in Division I history despite the many criminal charges against his program's players over the years. A database was created using computer assisted reporting to analyze players' Pennsylvania court records over the last seven years.
Tags: Nittany Lions; off-campus; scholarship; NCAA; CAR; Football Bowl Subdivision; Big Ten; linebacker;
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Victory and Ruins
The series revealed how a community's blink embrace of a successful team compromised judges, prosecutors, police agencies, a university and the media. The University of Washington's 2000 team was its last to go to the Rose Bowl, but at least two dozen players on that team were arrested while at UW.
Tags: athlete; football; scholarship; corruption; FERPA; higher education; lawsuit; sports; National Football League
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The high price of Rutgers sports
For a decade, Rutgers Univeristy pushed hard to become a college football powerhouse. But a six-month investigation of Rutgers athletics -- including a new review of public records the university fought to keep confidential -- found big-time college football came at a greater price than the school disclosed and still refuses to fully document. The investigation found that Rutgers has hiked tuition, canceled classes and eliminated six other varsity sports while doubling its football spending budget; hid millions of sports expenses, including salaries and charter flights, from public view; rushed into a $102 million expansion of Rutgers Stadium to retain coach Greg Schiano and refused to reveal several other financial and fundraising efforts.
Tags: Rutgers University; college football; financial records; private universities; expense reports; stadiums