The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football (85 page)

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Authors: Jeff Benedict,Armen Keteyian

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Quarterback Pete DiNovo of champion Team Tampa (Fla.) attempts a pass to teammate wide receiver Zach Benjamin in the 2012 IMG 7v7 National Championships.
(IMG Academy)

Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah leaves the field after his final college game at the Poinsettia Bowl.
(Jeff Benedict)

BYU’s Ziggy Ansah (left) and Kyle Van Noy (right) converge on an opposing quarterback. In 2013, the Detroit Lions chose Ansah fifth overall in the NFL draft and Van Noy was named an all-American defensive player as a junior.
(Jaren Wilkey)

It has become all too common to see college football players carted off the field with serious injuries. Roughly two hundred players sustained season-ending injuries during the 2012 season. This Georgia Tech player had to leave the game after being injured against BYU on October 27, 2012.
(Jeff Benedict)

Ricky Seals-Jones surrounded by his parents, Buffy and Chester, before No. 4’s final game for Sealy High School in Texas.
(Courtesy of the Seals-Jones family)

University of Utah recruit Alphonso Marsh and his mother Curley Rachal at home in Compton, California. Marsh escaped the lure of street gangs while in high school, but was shot multiple times while visiting home during his freshman year of college.
(Deanne Fitzmaurice)

Dominguez High football coach Keith Donerson uses football to keep kids out of street gangs. In 2012, five of his players, including Alphonso Marsh, received scholarships to play Division I football.
(Deanne Fitzmaurice)

Left to right: Reporter Tom Rinaldi, host Chris Fowler, producer Lee Fitting and analyst Desmond Howard doing some last-minute
GameDay
prep.
(ESPN Images)

Crimson Tide players getting a massive dose of the passion and pride that is Alabama—and SEC—football.
(Deanne Fitzmaurice)

Nick Saban savoring, if only for a while, a glittering championship night in South Florida.
(Getty Images)

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No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America’s Oldest Skeletons

Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World’s Largest Casino

Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL
(written with Don Yaeger)

Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes and Crimes Against Women

Athletes and Acquaintance Rape

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Raw Recruits
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Rod Carew’s Hit to Win: Batting Tips and Techniques from a Baseball Hall of Famer
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Calling the Shots
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Catfish: My Life in Baseball
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Big Red Confidential: Inside Nebraska Football

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