List of Illustrations
Cast of Characters
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Hush-Hush
1. Freeze
2. Marie
3. Fragments
4. Stirrings
5. Louisville Slugger
6. Nothing but Ashes
7. Face-off
8. Taking the Field
9. Happily Ever After
10. The Twelfth Man
11. In Hiding
12. Taking a Pass
13. Narrowly Honest
14. Scoreboard, Baby
15. Carving Their Names
16. Body and Soul
17. Up, Down, In, Out
18. Taking a Shot
19. A Week in the Life
20. Love, Love, Love
21. I Can't Breathe
22. Story Lines
23. California Fun
24. A Mystical, Magical Day
25. Climbing the Hill
26. Always Hated, Never Faded
27. Ripples
28. When the Game's Over
Epilogue: All about the Wins
Notes
Index
A gripping account of the University of Washington's 2000 season when many players went afoul of the law (many with serious charges) and were still allowed to play the season
Ken Armstrong is a reporter for the Seattle Times, as was
Nick Perry from 2002 until 2011. Perry is now a
correspondent for the Associated Press. Their investigative work on
the 2000 Huskies won two of journalism’s highest honors: the George
Polk Award and the Michael Kelly Award, recognizing “the fearless
pursuit and expression of truth.” In 2010 Armstrong and Perry
shared in the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, which was
awarded to the staff of the Seattle Times for its coverage of the
shooting deaths of four police officers. Armstrong won
the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting
and is a three-time winner of the Investigative Reporters and
Editors Award. He previously worked at the Chicago Tribune,
where he co-wrote six series on criminal-justice issues, including
an investigation of the death penalty that helped prompt the
state’s governor to suspend executions and eventually to empty
Death Row. In 2009 he received the prestigious John Chancellor
Award from Columbia University for lifetime achievement.
Perry has won national journalism awards in both New Zealand, his
homeland, and the United States, where he has specialized in
covering higher education. He was named a Knight-Wallace Fellow at
the University of Michigan for the 2010–11 academic year.
"The most harrowing book I have ever read about college sports." Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights "A terrific work of investigative reporting and a vital public service. I finished it at once infuriated and enlightened." David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "This is a world-class job of reporting... Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry have made a page-turning story of what happens off the field while we are celebrating in the stands." Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life "The great fraud of 'student-athletes,' higher education, and big-time football has never been detailed better than in "Scoreboard, Baby"... Theirs is a vivid, cautionary tale that, sadly, plays out in so many college athletic departments." Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated senior contributing writer and author of Everybody's All-American
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