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ESPN investigative reporter. Co-author "Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis"

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Paula Lavigne

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Did you know that Title IX gender equity rules also apply to publicity? ⁦ @UsernameShwe ⁩ and I looked at how schools were using one measure of social media, and found that even as women’s sports grow, most schools still promote men’s teams more.

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Majority of Power 5 schools tweeted about men's teams more than women's

ESPN reviewed posts from athletic department and team accounts of the then-65 Power 5 schools on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

As a female news reporter, I guess I'm lucky no one's ever suggested I can't cover crime because I haven't, oh, you know, stolen a laptop.

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@darrenrovell So, now that three-eyed fish should wash up on shore any day now, right?

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Before Jerry Sandusky, there was Todd Hodne. Before the serial sexual predator who ended Paterno's career, there was the serial predator who left his career untouched. Here are finally the voices of the women who want this story told #Untold w/ @TomJunod

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Before Jerry Sandusky, Penn State football had another serial sexual predator. This is the untold...

When Jerry Sandusky's crimes came to light in 2011, the world thought it was the first time Joe Paterno and Penn State had faced a serial sexual predator in their midst. But that was not the case....

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Heart issue linked to COVID-19 fuels Power 5 concern; medical sources say at least five Big Ten athletes and other athletes in the Power 5 have been found to have post-COVID heart issues.

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Heart issue linked to virus drives Power 5 concern

A rare heart condition that could be linked to COVID-19 has been found in several athletes in the Big Ten and other Power 5 conferences.

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2 years

The story says Alabama’s sports information director told reporters to ask only questions about the game. As I told a group of college journalists last week, ask any question you want. You don’t work for the SID. Your job is to get answers for the public.

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Oats on Miller's 'pat-down': 'Not appropriate'

Alabama men's basketball coach Nate Oats called freshman forward Brandon Miller's pregame introduction routine of being patted down by a walk-on before heading to midcourt "not appropriate" after his...

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3 years

Last year, our ESPN team investigated the ‘06 shooting of ex-Miami player Bryan Pata, held the police accountable, and uncovered a key suspect. Today that suspect, a former teammate, was arrested @MerrillLiz ⁩ ⁦ @ArrudaESPN ⁩ ⁦ @ScottJFrankel ⁩

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Death at The U: Who killed Bryan Pata?

Bryan Pata was 22 when someone killed him in the parking lot of his apartment complex after football practice in 2006. Fourteen years later, a police investigation had gone dormant. Then an ESPN...

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After the Jerry Sandusky abuse went public, in an interview with the Washington Post, Joe Paterno makes the comment, “I had never had to deal with something like that. And I didn’t feel adequate.” He did have to deal with something like that, and his name was Todd Hodne. 1/8

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

For more than three years, ESPN investigated the unsolved killing of former Miami football player Bryan Pata, who was shot in front of his apartment building on Nov. 7, 2006, shortly after football practice. 1/3

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Death at The U: Who killed Bryan Pata?

Bryan Pata was 22 when someone killed him in the parking lot of his apartment complex after football practice in 2006. Fourteen years later, a police investigation had gone dormant. Then an ESPN...

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Great story by @MerrillLiz on this incredible journey and this team’s loyal fans in a football state. Nebraska volleyball made more money in ticket sales in ‘21-‘22 than any other women’s team - in any sport - in the Power Five. 1/3

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How Nebraska cultivated a volleyball fan base 90,000 deep

Bold coaches, elite players and a football blueprint have put Nebraska volleyball on the brink of breaking the women's sports attendance record set in a 2022 UEFA Champions League match in Barcelona.

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7 years

@Tibricel @darrenrovell That is ... disturbing

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2 years

Hear directly from Betsy Sailor and Irv Pankey as they discuss their relationship in my recent interview with them (created by director @nicole_noren ): 12/12

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You saw “Betsy & Irv” on film ( ) reuniting in State College after 40 years – recounting the moment when the humanity of Penn State football player Irv Pankey reached the bravery of survivor Betsy Sailor. Now their special bond has become a love story.1/12

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2 years

When a popular ⁦ @Chiefs ⁩ fan and social media influencer went dark, fans worried he’d had a health issue. The truth behind the wolf suit was far more wild. Great reporting by @MerrillLiz ⁩ ⁦ @DavidPurdum ⁩ and ⁦ @smlcoello ⁩ .

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A wolf suit, big bets and an alleged robbery: The mystery of a Chiefs superfan

ChiefsAholic, a superfan in a wolf suit, was a beloved fixture of Kansas City Chiefs games. Then he turned up in an Oklahoma jail. The mystery around him only deepened from there.

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

Ex-MSU staffer: Head Coach Dantonio ignored warnings on Auston Robertson by multiple assistant coaches, including one who said he wouldn’t want Robertson on the same campus as his own daughter.

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Ex-staffer: Dantonio ignored warnings on recruit

Former Michigan State recruiting director Curtis Blackwell said under oath that Mark Dantonio ignored his assistants' warnings while recruiting a player who subsequently was convicted of sexually...

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Paula Lavigne

9 years

The law required action, but Baylor's response to women alleging rape by FB players was more silence than support

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OTL: Women say Baylor ignored sexual assaults

An Outside the Lines investigation found several examples at Baylor in which school officials either failed to investigate, or adequately investigate, allegations of sexual violence.

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

This compelling story by ⁦ @MerrillLiz ⁩ will tug at your soul. It will make you wonder how anyone could make such a choice and an eternal sacrifice: Whatever happened to Villanova basketball star Shelly Pennefather? 'So I made this deal with God.'

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Whatever happened to Villanova basketball star Shelly Pennefather? 'So I made this deal with God.'

She left her family, friends and basketball career to become a cloistered nun. Now, more than two decades later, Sister Rose Marie reaffirms her choice of faith over fortune.

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

Streaming now on @ESPNPlus is “Betsy & Irv.” It should reaffirm a belief in humanity. It's a bright light in an otherwise dark narrative of rape and murder. Because this story isn’t about an evil man. It’s about, as one survivor says, a “guardian angel.”1/5

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Cardiologist Dr. Matthew Martinez said he has received calls from physicians from at least a dozen Power 5 schools who have identified more than a dozen athletes with some post-COVID-19 myocardial injury. He said about half of them had symptoms. 1/2

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Heart issue linked to COVID-19 fuels Power 5 concern; medical sources say at least five Big Ten athletes and other athletes in the Power 5 have been found to have post-COVID heart issues.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, 33 passengers and seven crew members gave their lives preventing a group of terrorists from crashing United Airlines Flight 93 into its most likely target: the U.S. Capitol Building. It saddens me to think about the friends/loved ones of those 40 people today.

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Survey: Nearly half of Power 5 won't disclose COVID-19 athlete test data

Survey: Some Power 5 schools veil COVID data

As coaches and athletic directors champion their universities' heath and testing protocols, some schools in the Power 5 conferences won't disclose the number of positive COVID-19 cases among athletes.

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

Todd Hodne was perhaps the most dangerous predator ever to play college football. An ex-prosecutor wrote: "Hodne, to this day, remains among the three most dangerous, physically imposing, and ruthless excuses for a human being I have ever faced in court."

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Before Jerry Sandusky, Penn State football had another serial sexual predator. This is the untold...

When Jerry Sandusky's crimes came to light in 2011, the world thought it was the first time Joe Paterno and Penn State had faced a serial sexual predator in their midst. But that was not the case....

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

Title IX lawsuit filed today against Michigan State alleges that in 2015 three basketball players raped a female student

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Lawsuit says MSU hoops players raped student

In a lawsuit, a student says Michigan State subjected her to a "hostile educational environment" and failed to provide protection, instruction or adequate support after she told counselors in 2015...

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

Regardless of your opinion on Michael Vick, this is amazing. It rarely ever happens in a bankruptcy. As the story says, "Maybe, one out of 100 cases."

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Vick's final payment erases $17 million in debt

Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick made the final $1.5 million payment to creditors on Thursday, paying back more than $17 million in debt owed since his July 2008 bankruptcy.

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

Ken Starr said all sexual assaults he knew of were off campus. Baylor PD data list 10 reports of sex assault since 2010 in dorms/BU housing

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3 years

Really appreciated the opportunity to talk about the Bryan Pata case and recent arrest with @MerrillLiz on @LeBatardShow

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Paula Lavigne

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From our story today, one quote - and message - from Rhule that really needs to be read:

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Ten years ago today, I gave birth to a baby boy named Wyatt. He was with us for a little more than five months. He had a genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. 1/7

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

While I know @JacobWolf will light the world on fire wherever he goes, I'm terribly sad to see him leave. A savvy esports reporter who also does investigative work is a rare find...(Can I call him an Easter egg or am I not hip enough to do that?) Either way, he'll be missed. 😢

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Jacob Wolf 🐝

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Today was my final day at ESPN, as I requested to be let go early. Thank you to all my colleagues for everything the past four and a half years. I've got some Wolf bombs 🐺💣 of my own up my sleeve. Stay tuned.

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These new Title IX sexual violence guidelines for schools appear to maintain coaches as mandatory reporters in elementary and high schools (considering legal obligations to minors). But they give colleges discretion as to whether or not coaches should be mandatory reporters.

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Ready for some Title IX content??? Here are the new, long-awaited regulations. Colleges will have to be in compliance by August 14, 2020.

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1 year

The ESPN sportswriters are here. Now it’s an official @JasonIsbell concert. With @MerrillLiz

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

Within the story of a man who did such harm and wrong to women is the story of another man – actually a teammate – who did something so right and honorable and brave that it should be the model of how athletes (hell, men in general) can stand up for women.

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Before Jerry Sandusky, Penn State football had another serial sexual predator. This is the untold...

When Jerry Sandusky's crimes came to light in 2011, the world thought it was the first time Joe Paterno and Penn State had faced a serial sexual predator in their midst. But that was not the case....

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4 years

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo 'sought out' witness in 2017 criminal investigation of player.

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Izzo contacted witness ahead of school, police

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo approached a witness in a 2017 investigation of criminal sexual conduct involving one of his players before that witness spoke to police or school investiga...

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

Yes, a system is bigger than a coach, but a coach has such leverage for change.

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Before Jerry Sandusky, Penn State football had another serial sexual predator. This is the untold...

When Jerry Sandusky's crimes came to light in 2011, the world thought it was the first time Joe Paterno and Penn State had faced a serial sexual predator in their midst. But that was not the case....

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

Excited to accept a Gracie tonight on behalf of my colleagues for our 2016 Baylor piece #thegracies @AllWomeninMedia

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

A woman says she was sexually assaulted by MSU basketball player Brock Washington in January. Michigan State University police say there is proof. Local prosecutors say there isn’t enough. Last week, the Michigan Attorney General was asked to intervene.

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Michigan AG asked to reopen Mich. St. rape case

A woman who told police that she was sexually assaulted by Michigan State basketball sophomore Brock Washington has asked the Michigan attorney general's office to investigate her case after local...

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

Federal judge orders Baylor University to release underlying documents in Pepper Hamilton sex assault investigation with limited exceptions

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

We've been asked quite a bit over the past few days to speak about Ken Starr's time at Baylor and his role in the sexual assault scandal and investigation that led to his ouster as president. We covered much of Starr's time at Baylor in "Violated." 1/2

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8 years

If expecting US Dept of Education to act on Baylor, know that Trump's new education task force leader is the one who hired former Baylor AD

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

NCAA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brian Hainline says on morning press call that 1 to 2 percent of athletes at NCAA institutions have tested positive for COVID-19; at least a dozen have been later found to have the heart condition myocarditis.

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9 years

With Cook & Johnson, the count of FSU athletes accused of sex assault/hrsmnt/violence against women is at 20: http://t.co/NGFK25pOd4

OTL: Over two-thirds of accused FSU athletes don't face prosecution

A probe of 10 major football & men's basketball programs found FSU had the second-highest number of players named in criminal allegations from 2009-14.

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6 years

Federal campus safety investigators cite MSU with systemic, 'serious violations'

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OTL: Feds cite MSU with 'serious violations'

The U.S. Department of Education has found that Michigan State University officials for years violated federal law by failing to comply with requirements that aim to ensure a safe campus.

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7 years

ESPN: “We stand by our reporting.”

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7 years

Members of MSU basketball accused of violent incidents in 2010. Hear from former MSU player/student coach and the woman who says he punched her

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Members of MSU basketball accused of violent incidents in 2010 - ESPN Video

Paula Lavigne and Outside the Lines investigate two 2010 reports of violent incidents -- including a sexual assault allegation -- involving members of the Michigan State basketball program.

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

Full text of Art Briles' letter. #Baylor

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

One aspect of the NCAA's 2016 medical care rules was to limit the role coaches have in hiring, firing and supervising sports medicine staff, including athletic trainers. But it's apparent that some schools still haven't got the message. @OTLonESPN 1PM ET

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OTL: A&M, others may have broken medical rules

NCAA rules limit the influence of coaches over medical decisions, but allegations at Texas A&M, Tennessee and Penn State reveal concerns.

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

The amazing @SarahSpain and @JulieDiCaro receive a Gracie award for #MoreThanMean !!!!!! #TheGracies

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

But this one quote kind of sums it up: "...it was his lack of knowledge - and the many fingers pointing to his lack of involvement in the day-to-day business of the university - that led to the conclusion for some that while he didn't know, as president he should have." 2/2

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

Lakers' Ball files suit against BBB co-founder Alan Foster

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Lakers' Ball files suit against BBB co-founder

Lakers guard Lonzo Ball filed suit against Alan Foster for damages of $2 million plus interest on Tuesday, alleging that Foster "conspired to embezzle millions of dollars and then divert those funds...

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

It might be different abuse, different times. But the same system that enables one predator, enables others. The same system that denies transparency and accountability to reports of sexual violence silences not just one victim, but many. It creates a pattern and a practice. 7/8

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

Classy, classy move @BobLeyESPN to address ESPN layoffs on @OTLonESPN and show respect, concern for departing colleagues. Proud of this.

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Paula Lavigne

3 years

Eight coaches already out, many on the hot seat. What's the cost? Over 11 yrs, public FBS schools paid more than $533 mill in "dead money" buyouts to fired bb/fb coaches. We broke it down by school/conference/coach. Auburn, Nebraska & Texas top the list

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FBS schools spent over $533.6M in dead money

FBS schools paid football and men's and women's basketball coaches more than $533.6 million not to coach from 2010 to January 2021.

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Paula Lavigne

11 months

Jurors this afternoon found Baylor University negligent and in violation of Title IX in federal lawsuit involving a former female student who alleged having been physically assaulted by a football player in 2014. She was awarded $270,000 for the negligence claim.

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Paula Lavigne

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My 87-year-old mom, native Nebraskan (mostly Omaha), taking in her first @CWSOmaha game! Never too late!

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4 years

Seven women - including three athletes - sue NCAA, alleging negligence in sexual assaults

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7 sue NCAA, allege negligence in sexual assaults

Seven women who allege that they were sexually assaulted by male athletes have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing the organization of negligence, fraud and breach of contract.

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

Assistant: Arizona’s Sean Miller paid 10K per month to Ayton

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

MSU did not provide anyone for @OTLonESPN to interview. Did not answer questions about the crimes. Another university staying silent on sexual assault details amid calls for greater transparency.

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A 14-month Outside the Lines investigation reveals how the culture at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics enabled Larry Nassar to abuse over 150 victims:

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Paula Lavigne

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Vanessa Bryant: 'There aren't enough words to describe our pain right now' - via @ESPN App

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

A study coming out of @JAT_NATA today about high school athletes and access to athletic trainers is interesting & concerning: 66% of secondary schools in the U.S. had access to athletic training services and only 37% of public U.S. high schools have access to a full-time AT. 1/2

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5 years

He routinely said, "The captain goes down with the ship." The university removed him as president May 2016; he remained chancellor. He resigned that role June 1, 2016, and stepped down as a law professor Aug. 19, 2016, ending his relationship w/ Baylor.

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

What sort of food safety violations are happening at your favorite professional sports venues, and what are health departments doing to keep tabs on things that could make you sick? Find out here:

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Slime, roaches, mice found at stadium food venues

An Outside the Lines analysis of 16,000 routine food-safety inspection reports covering 111 pro sports venues found that, at about 28 percent of the venues, half or more of their food service outlets...

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Paula Lavigne

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In 2018, former MSU student Rebecca Lambert said she watched Brock Washington admit in court to her assault. The public, kept from knowing about that day, met her with blame, not support, she says. Now she wants them to know...

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Izzo contacted witness ahead of school, police

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo approached a witness in a 2017 investigation of criminal sexual conduct involving one of his players before that witness spoke to police or school investiga...

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Gundy: I'm a man. I'm a medium. Quite a victory getting emails like this through records requests:

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The Intercollegiate

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NEW EXTRA POINTS: Hours after @CoachGundy was embroiled in the controversy, @OANN was trying to schedule an interview with him at Trump Tulsa rally. Plus: Gundy's hat-size (medium), T. Boone's grave marker & the internal OSU Sturm und Drang. #FOIASaxa

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

Baylor player arrested Monday faced prior sexual assault claim.

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

Lincoln, Neb., does not exist without college football. The lost revenue from no downtown parking meter fines on fall Saturdays alone will be enough to send the city into bankruptcy.

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Mitch Sherman

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With college football in the fall at risk, what is the mood in communities across the country? @Max_olson and I took a hard look at Lincoln, Neb., a place representative of so many college towns, and the people who are impacted by impending decisions.

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Today, 6 yrs after our son died of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, there is a drug - nusinersen - many call a cure. Donations matter. #CureSMA .org

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U.S. Dept. of Education opens up federal investigation of Baylor's handling of Title IX cases after former Title IX director files complaint

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Paula Lavigne

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The inside story of how the FBI rocked college basketball by @Mark_Schlabach

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Paula Lavigne

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What did you think when you heard about Sandusky? They wondered how no one mentioned Hodne when Sandusky’s crimes came to light. But more than that, they said they weren’t surprised. Because they had seen the groundwork being laid. 3/8

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Seven years later, Baylor settles a lawsuit - with 15 plaintiffs - stemming from the school's sexual assault crisis. Three women alleged having been assaulted by athletes. Attorneys argued for years over evidence, including the Pepper Hamilton report

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Baylor reaches settlement in '16 sex assault suit

Baylor has settled a yearslong federal lawsuit brought by 15 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted, some by football players, at the school. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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Probe: No engine failure in Kobe helicopter crash.

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Olympian @emily_infeld lived in fear of a man she'd never met, an alleged stalker who was a complete stranger to her. By the time the FBI was on his tail, he was also a stranger to his own past. Story with @kumaraishwarya

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Olympian Emily Infeld started receiving strange messages online. Then, her life changed forever

For three years, elite distance runner Emily Infeld lived in fear of a stalker. This is the story of how the prime years of her career were interrupted -- and what happened to the man who threatened...

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They were friends, not romantic. She was engaged; he had a girlfriend. They parted ways after college. Had careers – his in the NFL and teaching, hers in HR – married, had children, and grandchildren. Both suffered losing a spouse. 3/12

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ICYMI on @OTLonESPN : Ready to focus on survivors? Watch @brendatracy24 use her personal, graphic story of gang rape to educate college athletes and coaches on how to take responsibility, end the deflection and victim-blaming, and #SetTheExpectation

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OTL: Spartan freshman subject of criminal sexual conduct investigation

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OTL: Spartan freshman subject of investigation

A member of Michigan State's No. 2-ranked basketball team has been under investigation for criminal sexual conduct since the start of the fall semester, sources close to the case confirmed to Outside...

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

During our reporting on this story, I always had the question on my list. But I rarely had to ask it. When I interviewed victims of ex-Penn State football player Todd Hodne, and female students or leaders from the ‘70s & '80s, they brought it up before I had a chance. 2/8

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Another later activist said: "That climate of indifference allowed it [Sandusky's crimes] to happen. It took child sexual assault for the public to become outraged." 5/8

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A federal judge in Waco dismissed the negligence claims against ex-Baylor coach Art Briles, ex-AD Ian McCaw and Baylor; the Title IX claim against the school will be the only matter sent to the jury in the case of a woman who reported a football player physically assaulted her.

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

Any journalist who has ever filed an open records request for copies of text messages or emails to/from a head coach, and gets back either nothing or scant meaningless messages knows this tactic well.

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Yahoo Sports College Football

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Investigators found no text messages older than a year on Urban Meyer’s phone. This discovery came after a conversation between Meyer and a staffer about deleting text messages on Meyer’s phone older than a year.

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

If the Baylor football player gang rape allegations weren't enough ...

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Six years ago, as Kansas was to play Kentucky, Billy Preston was in the locker room preparing for his 1st regular season game as a Jayhawk. Coaches summoned him out. Preston would never return. His story of how $90K in a pre-NIL era cost him everything.

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

Fans don’t want to think their athletic programs could be part of a failed system. They say “bad apples” or “isolated incidents.” 6/8

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

So proud to represent all of our great work at the #PeabodyAwards last night! Our team is tenacious and I am thankful for every one of them, and for all the brave survivors and their advocates who spoke up and refused to be silenced, bullied or intimidated.

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

In response to Michigan State’s statement Wednesday refuting the allegations of a current female student who is suing the school under Title IX, the student’s attorneys just released this statement:

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

Ex-AAU coach testifies Nike employees directed payments to recruits parents, handlers.

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Ex-EYBL coach: Nike staffers directed payments

A former Nike EYBL coach testified that two of the company's employees directed him to make payments of tens of thousands of dollars to parents and handlers of at least three high-profile recruits...

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

My personal take on what it was like to report 'Violated' and hear the stories from women reporting assaults @espnW

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

OTL: Applications to Michigan State tumble in wake of scandal

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OTL: Applications to Michigan State tumble

Undergraduate applications to Michigan State University fell by 8.3 percent over the past year amid the scandal involving former team physician and associate professor Larry Nassar and the school's...

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

With chatter about Art Briles being considered for a job at Southern Miss., it’s worth remembering that the Briles/Baylor story is long and complex. And concerns about how Briles ran the program went beyond any one particular action and beyond issues of sexual assault/violence.

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Stewart Mandel

6 years

In case Southern Miss needs the help, here's a little refresher on Art Briles' approach to accusations against his players, courtesy @SBNationCFB .

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

Call records link Arizona’s Sean Miller, Creighton’s Greg McDermott, and others to recruit's handler

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Calls link Sean Miller, others to recruit's handler

An Outside the Lines analysis of cellphone records from a man convicted in a collegiate pay-for-play scheme shows calls made to and from numbers associated with college basketball coaches, including...

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

“This is what was happening then. This was common knowledge among us that things were covered up or ignored,” said one women’s right activist on campus at the time. 4/8

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

In so many cases like these, opportunity cost is overlooked as a fallout. This @propublica story on the college admissions scandal puts a face to the true harm it causes.

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ProPublica

5 years

One teammate made tennis his whole life. The other had a grandfather whose company invented Hot Pockets. Guess which one went to Georgetown as a Division I recruit.

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Paula Lavigne

7 years

Due out Aug. 22, is "Violated," a book I wrote w @Mark_Schlabach about the pattern of sexual violence at #Baylor Univ & its football program

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Paula Lavigne

2 years

As for what’s next for Betsy & Irv, “We’re riding off into the sunset,” Irv says. “Calling it a day. Peace out! I hope we can enjoy each other’s company for the rest of our lives and just move on. We’re 65 years old. We ain’t got time to be messing around.” 11/12

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

Suit: Baylor coaches had female students have sex w recruits Coach: There's no damn way..no way that ever took place

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Latest Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 acts of rape

A former student filed a lawsuit Friday against Baylor alleging that the football program fostered a culture in which coaches encouraged female students to have sex with recruits and players.

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

ESPN loaned out prolific writer @MerrillLiz to @NatGeo to tell us what life is like in Grand Island, Neb., a football and factory town thrust into national pandemic headlines, where, "Many of the people here work with their hands and on their feet."

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Coronavirus upends meatpacking jobs and football dreams in Grand Island, Nebraska

“While the model of social distancing may work for many cities, it doesn’t really work in ours.” In Grand Island, Nebraska, a way of life is under threat.

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Paula Lavigne

4 years

All things Baylor: U.S. Dept of Education fines Baylor $462K for Clery Act violations stemming from review started after sex assault scandal; hearing on NCAA charges on school, Briles postponed...and other investigations STILL ongoing after four years.

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Department of Education fines Baylor $462K

Baylor has been fined about $462,000 for violations of the Jeanne Clery Act related to public reports of sexual assaults on campus being higher than the numbers the university had officially reported.

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

For those thinking there wasn't media attn on Mixon, know it was the media - via lawsuits and records requests - that got the video released

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Paula Lavigne

6 years

We asked every Power 5 school to tell us how many sexual violence complaints had been made against athletes and regular students over the past six years. Here's how each school responded.

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OTL analysis -- Tracking Title IX complaints against athletes at Power 5 schools

Outside the Lines requested data from Power 5 schools about the number of sexual misconduct claims against students and student-athletes. Here are the results of that request.

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Paula Lavigne

8 years

Baylor fired athletic department staffer Tom Hill filing petition to demand deposition of 3 regents and production of Pepper Hamilton report

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Paula Lavigne

5 years

“The silent survivors matter and are worth fighting for." - MSU senior, Bailey Kowalski

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MSU student who reported rape 'no longer afraid'

Michigan State senior Bailey Kowalski says she feels "empowered" and is "no longer afraid," four years after she said she was raped by three now-former Spartan basketball players.

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