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Report links USC Heisman winner to marketing agents' wallets

Charles Robinson and Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports conducted an eight-month investigation and reported that <a href=http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ys-bushprobe&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&league=top""Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush and his family appear to have accepted financial […]
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Steroid abuse in NFL

Using federal court documents filed in the case against Dr. James Shortt, Charles Chandler of The Charlotte Observer uncovered an alarming case of steroid abuse in the NFL. Shortt prescribed […]
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Hundreds of Texas racehorses fatally injured

John Tedesco of the San Antonio Express-News examined the Texas Racing Commission's database of horse injuries, which never had been analyzed by outsiders, and found that "at the state's five […]
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Utility district spent ratepayers' money on sports

Andrew McIntosh of The Sacramento Bee found that "the Sacramento Municipal Utility District has spent more than $1 million in ratepayers' money on partnership deals with the Sacramento Kings and […]
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Taxpayers subsidize college athletics

Mark Alesia of The Indianapolis Star finds that "athletic departments at taxpayer-funded universities nationwide receive more than $1 billion in student fees and general school funds and services." The investigation […]
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Sonics' owners are a secretive team

Jim Brunner of The Seattle Times used public records to construct the most complete roster to date of the investors of Seattle's basketball team, the Sonics. "Some were announced when […]
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Prep players enroll in questionable schools

Pete Thamel, with contributions from Thayer Evans, Jack Begg and Sandra Jamison, of The New York Times found more than a dozen institutions claiming to be prep schools, some of […]
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Ex-adviser gets out of jail early, but victims get little

Brent Schrotenboer of The San Diego Union-Tribune used court records in an investigation of John W. Gillette Jr., a former financial adviser to high-profile athletes. He is four years removed […]
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High school coach recruits players, violates rules

Christine Willmsen and Michael Ko of The Seattle Times investigated the Chief Sealth High School girls basketball team's head coach, Ray Willis, and found that the coach had violated numerous […]
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NFL players dying young because of weight-related ailments

Thomas Hargrove of the Scripps Howard News Service tracked the deaths of 3,850 pro football players to show that athletes of the National Football League are dying young at an […]
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