Kenny Jacoby
Kenny Jacoby
Investigative Reporter
Cash vanished from charity raffles at NHL, NBA games

As money disappeared from the 50/50 raffle, the raffle manager made large cash deposits into his personal bank account. USA TODAY analyzed bank records, quarterly reports and more to follow the money.

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SportsKenneth JacobyOctober 31, 2025Comment
‘They control everything’: How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey

Ice is power in the lucrative world of youth hockey. In North Texas, the Dallas Stars hold almost all of it.

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SportsKenneth JacobyAugust 1, 2025Youth HockeyComment
Players paid thousands for a new chance at college football. Where did the money go?

A USA TODAY investigation found Leo Etienne, the man behind the National Post Grad Athletic Association, built his league on unfulfilled promises.

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SportsKenneth JacobyDecember 12, 2024Post-Grad FootballComment
Exclusive records show Nevada athletics ran afoul of Title IX. Its leaders shrugged.

Complaints of inequitable treatment from Nevada female athletes and employees went unaddressed for years, a USA TODAY investigation found – even when the federal government intervened.

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Title IXKenneth JacobyMay 7, 2024NevadaComment
Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker accused of sexually harassing rape survivor

Brenda Tracy, a prominent rape survivor and activist, accused one of nation’s highest-paid college football coaches of masturbating without consent. After a USA TODAY investigation, Michigan State fired Tucker for cause and found him responsible for sexually harassment and exploitation.

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CollegesKenneth JacobySeptember 10, 2023Michigan StateComment
After alleged rape by Michigan athlete, a woman’s death and a mom’s search for answers

Police and university officials closed their cases without questioning the football player. With the woman dead, they decided not to pursue

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Law EnforcementKenneth JacobyApril 6, 2023Comment
Title IX was intended to close the gender gap in college athletics. But schools are rigging the numbers.

In a comprehensive data analysis, USA TODAY found widespread use of roster manipulation across many of the nation’s largest and best-known colleges and universities to conjure the illusion of thousands more opportunities for female athletes.

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Title IXKenneth JacobyMay 26, 2022Comment
Fresno State president mishandled sexual harassment complaints. Now he leads all 23 Cal State colleges.

Days before being named chancellor of the nation’s largest public university system, Joseph Castro authorized a sweetheart settlement deal to an administrator found to have sexually harassed a female employee.

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Title IXKenneth JacobyNovember 8, 2025Comment
Six women reported a Louisiana college student for sexual misconduct. No one connected the dots.

Over his six years in college, at least six women at three Louisiana universities told police and school officials that Victor Silva sexually assaulted them. He never missed a semester of classes.

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Law EnforcementKenneth JacobyMay 26, 2021Comment
LSU mishandled sexual misconduct complaints against students, including top athletes

A USA TODAY investigation found top LSU officials repeatedly ignored complaints against abusers, denied victims’ requests for protections and subjected them to further harm by known perpetrators.

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CollegesKenneth JacobyNovember 6, 2020Comment
How cops who use force and even kill can hide their names from the public

Marsy’s Law ensures crime victims the right to privacy. But police departments across Florida and the Dakotas have repeatedly used it to hide the names of officers who use force on the job. And the law may be spreading, too.

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Law EnforcementKenneth JacobyOctober 29, 2020Comment
San Jose State reinvestigates claims athletic trainer inappropriately touched swimmers

For more than a decade, female athletes at San Jose State University complained that sports medicine director Scott Shaw sexually assaulted them under the guise of medical treatments. After USA TODAY’s investigation, Shaw was convicted on federal civil rights charges and imprisoned.

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CollegesKenneth JacobyApril 17, 2020Comment
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