Jim Vertuno, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, current and former Baylor students hold a rally warning of sexual assaults on and off campus in Waco, Texas. A former athletic director at Baylor University, Ian McCaw, has claimed regents schemed to make black football players scapegoats for a decades-long problem of sexual assault at the school. Excerpts taken from McCaw's June 19 deposition appear in documents filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit pending against Baylor. Ten women are suing the school over how it handled their allegations of sexual assault. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP, File)

Ex-A.D.: Baylor Targeted Blacks

by Jim Vertuno Associated PressJune 28, 2018

Austin, Texas — The former athletic director at Baylor University alleges that regents schemed to make black football players scapegoats for a decadeslong problem of sexual assault at the nation’s largest Baptist school, and that he resigned rather…

FILE - In this July 24, 2004, file pool photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, right, of Austin, Texas, follows compatriot and teammate Floyd Landis, left, in the ascent of the La Croix Fry pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps. Armstrong, on Thursday, April 19, 2018, has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government in a whistleblower lawsuit that could have sought $100 million in damages from the cyclist who was stripped of his record seven Tour de France victories after admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout much of his career. (Bernard Papon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Armstrong Settles $100 Million Lawsuit with U.S. Government

by Jim Vertuno AP Sports WriterApril 19, 2018

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin reacts on the sideline during the first half of the team's NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Texas A&M Fires Coach Kevin Sumlin After Six Seasons

by Jim Vertuno The Associated PressNovember 27, 2017

Law enforcement officials move flowers left at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Domestic Abuse in Gunman’s Past

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressNovember 7, 2017

FILE - In this file photo made Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, Mansfield Lake Ridge running back Joseph Rowe (44) is tackled by Richmond George Ranch's Toby Ndukwe (40) and Myles Thompson (22) during the Texas UIL 5A Division I state high school championship football game in Houston. Texas is set to launch what state officials call the nation's largest effort to track brain injuries among youth and high school athletes, and hopes to use the data to gauge where rules and equipment changes are improving player safety. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)

High School & Youth

Texas to Launch Massive Youth-Athlete Concussion Study

by Jim Vertuno The Associated PressDecember 11, 2016

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, Houston head coach Tom Herman watches play against Florida State during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game in Atlanta. A person with direct knowledge of the discussions says Herman has told the school he is leaving to become the next coach of the Texas Longhorns. Herman would replace Charlie Strong, who was fired Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, after three consecutive losing seasons at Texas. The person confirmed Herman's move to Texas on condition of anonymity because neither school had yet publicly announced the decision. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Texas Gets Its Top Target in Tom Herman

by Jim Vertuno The Associated PressNovember 26, 2016

A ‘Hunting Ground’

by Jim Vertuno The Associated PressJune 21, 2016

Mia Le walks down Aqua Vista Drive past flooded townhouses as she tries to make her way home Thursday, June 2, 2016 near Kingwood, Texas. Parts of Texas have been inundated with rain in the last week, and more than half of the state is under flood watches or warnings, including the counties near Fort Hood. At least six people died in floods last week in Central and Southeast Texas. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Death Toll Up at Fort Hood

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, and Michael Graczyk Associated PressJune 3, 2016

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, Baylor head coach Art Briles watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. Baylor University's board of regents says it will fire Briles and re-assign university President Kenneth Starr in response to questions about its handling of sexual assault complaints against players. The university said in a statement Thursday, May 26, 2016, that it had suspended Briles "with intent to terminate." Starr will leave the position of president on May 31, but the school says he will serve as chancellor. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Baylor Demotes Starr, Fires Coach Amid Scandal

by Jim Vertuno Associated PressMay 26, 2016