Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scandal in local veterans' housing...
...condemn kids for one mistake in a lifetime?" said Adolph Rupp, Kentucky basketball coach, to Chicago's Quarterback Club last week. "Let's be more lenient toward them." Four days later the year's biggest basketball scandal exploded right in Coach Rupp's own backyard. The boys who admitted taking bribes to shave points: Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, Kentucky's 1947-49 All-America stars, and Dale Barnstable, 1949-50 captain. The place: Madison Square Garden's 1949 National Invitation Tournament. The opponent: Loyola of Chicago, a ten-point underdog, which upset Rupp...
...Though they had piously severed relations last year with other basketball-fix colleges, the same finger of scandal was leveled during the summer at players from...
...investigation is believed to be in its early stages, and no arrests are expected to be made for some time. Assistant District Attorney Vincent A. G. O'Connor last week said that the current basketball scandal is expected to grow even larger, and this will probably keep the D.A.'s office busy for at least a month...
Woodward also mentioned recent rumors that "the next big sports scandal will come out of a football Bowl game...