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Two Seattle Times reporters have won one of journalism's most prestigious awards for documenting the dozens of crimes committed by Washington's 2001 Rose Bowl-winning team.The reporters, Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry, were among the George Polk Award winners announced today. Armstrong and Perry wrote a four-part series that showed at least two dozen Washington players had been arrested, sometimes for violent felonies, while playing at Washington.
The series, titled Victory and Ruins, was an eye-opening account of what was tolerated on the Washington team. The most stunning of the stories showed that star tight end Jerramy Stevens repeatedly committed serious crimes and suffered few consequences as a result. Stevens, who is currently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has had a long series of off-field problems during his NFL career.
The Times investigation also showed that coach Rick Neuheisel rarely held his players accountable for their off-field misconduct, that athletic director Barbara Hedges presided over a program plagued by scandal, and that some local law enforcement officials gave preferential treatment to Washington players.
The four-part series represents some of the best sports reporting of 2008, and it's welcome news that Armstrong and Perry have been honored for their work.
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