OT: Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports Says More to Come

Submitted by chitown.victor on

Charles Robinson, one of the investigative reporters for Yahoo! Sports, was just interviewed on the Waddle and Silvie show on ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago.  He stated that there are two additional high-profile stories he is working on, on which will break within the next few weeks and another that looks like it will break in August.  Mr. Robinson was prodded fairly hard by Tom Waddle, but would not divulge any individual or institutional names.  He was asked to rate the Tressel story on a scale of 1-10 scale, and gave it an 8.  Mr. Robinson rated the story to be broken this month as a 6-7, and gave the late-summer story a 10-rating, without hesitation. 

This ends any seculation that this was the "big one," even though most of us thought that already.  And the plot thickens.....

chitown.victor

March 9th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^

He in no way implied any institution or individual.  The "scale" comparisons came up because Charles was asked about other stories, and he said he was working on a couple that were high-profile, one a 6-7 and one a 10.  To gain perspective, co-host Tom Waddle asked Mr. Robinson what rating he would give the Tressel story, and his reply was 8.  That was pretty much how the interview closed. 

thisisme08

March 9th, 2011 at 12:30 PM ^

I hope they are doing their due diligence to their late summer story but dam* thats annoying becuase its also prime spotlight time for college football hence bigger exposure for said story and 99 problems to whatever school it affects right when the coaches/players are getting ready for the upcoming season and depending on how large those allegations are....

oriental andrew

March 9th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^

if the summer story is a 6-7, the tressel story is an 8, and the late summer story is a 10, how does PracticeGate rate?  I'd say somewhere around a 1.7 on the Richter scale in terms of actual substance.

08mms

March 9th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^

I would say our utter failure at doing practice logs right probably put it at a 2.  I think the NCAA sanctions were pretty fair and a good fit for our level of technical error, if only the local media saw it in the same light.

JHey

March 9th, 2011 at 12:58 PM ^

I'd think (hope) that if Michigan was involved in any upcoming major violations story, it would have been already discovered during the NCAA investigation.

Here's to hoping were safe!

Zone Left

March 9th, 2011 at 1:20 PM ^

Yahoo! is one of the last bastions of investigatory journalism left this side of the New York Times. ESPN basically quit doing anything challenging a while back--although the 30 for 30 series is pretty sweet.

htownwolverine

March 9th, 2011 at 1:50 PM ^

on local sports radio in Houston yesterday. He said the Oregon deal with the Texas recruiting service is going to get a lot worse for the Ducks due to the timing of when the service opened shop vs. when it got paid.

He also said that Yahoo Sports devotes a majority of their budget to investigative pieces. Who would have thought years ago that Yahoo News would become the new Woodward/Bernstein.

mgoevans

March 9th, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^

better not rear its ugly head again in the form of this reporter...everything has been going good with basketball, hockey, and no bad news about football. Please be nice Mr. Robinson/Michigan hating God sir

mackbru

March 9th, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^

Also sleazy is a publication that holds a major story for six months in order to gotcha someone before kickoff. If you've got a story -- as they clearly do -- you have an obligation to reveal the news asap.

Brewcityitalian

March 9th, 2011 at 3:59 PM ^

I'm waiting for the Clarrett tell all book

 

somebody needs to do one on OSU

then compile everything from all arrests, to agents, boosters, loaner cars, cash, all violations

Football and Basketball, straight Dirty

and put something together similar to that guy that did the cam newton report on Tigerdroppings

Best Thesis Paper ever by an Sec School

 

Is their a site that has all their arrests drugs, violence and other stuff along with any violations

any very well known prominent boosters ?

 

Leaders_and_Best

March 9th, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^

6-7 Les Miles has dementia

10 Harbuagh molested Andrew Luck regularly

seriously though, gotta be Oregon then SEC school, maybe Spurrier paying players how else do you get the top recruit two years in a row

ckersh74

March 10th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^

If we're looking at a basketball program being the "10" story, Duke and maybe North Carolina would be the only ones that would really surprise me. Kentucky having NCAA violations is like the sun having heat. Everyone already knows that Calipari is about as shady as a 3-dollar bill.