The Criminal Death of Cal Football Player Ted Agu: Headline Links to Our Coverage

As Cal Football Settles Family Lawsuit Over Ted Agu’s Wrongful Death, Head Coach Sonny Dykes and Conditioning Coach Damon Harrington Must Be Fired
March 25, 2016
While Media Promote ‘Infancy’ of CTE Research, Youth Football Players Are Reduced to Laboratory Rats
March 28, 2016

University of California’s Account of Teammate’s Attack on Freshman Running Back Fabiano Hale Is Full of Holes

Published November 27th, 2013

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Player-on-Player Attack Suggests the Cal Football Locker Room Has a Richie Incognito Incited by a Loose-Cannon Coach

Published December 2nd, 2013

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University of California: Campus Police Investigation of Football Player’s Attack on Teammate Expected to ‘Conclude Shortly’

Published December 4th, 2013

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Prosecutor ‘Defers’ Charges in Cal Football Attack — Here’s His Full Statement to Concussion Inc.

Published January 31st, 2014

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Our (Probably) Final Take on the J.D. Hinnant Altercation With Fabiano Hale in the Cal Football Locker Room

Published April 5th, 2014

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From San Francisco Chronicle, a Profile in Caution in Cal Football Player Attack

Published April 17th, 2014

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EXCLUSIVE: Cal Football Strength Coach — Focus of Family’s Wrongful Death Suit — Also Central Figure in Concussion Inc.’s Coverage of 2013 Locker-Room Punching Incident

Published January 30th, 2016

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As Cal Football Settles Family Lawsuit Over Ted Agu’s Wrongful Death, Head Coach Sonny Dykes and Conditioning Coach Damon Harrington Must Be Fired

Published March 25th, 2016
 
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University of California Says There Are ‘No Secret Terms’ in Ted Agu Football Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settlement — But Difficult Questions Persist in the End Game

Published March 31st, 2016
 
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Public Information Principle Is at Stake in the University of California-Ted Agu Family Wrongful Death Settlement

Published April 5th, 2016
 
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Cal-Berkeley Journalism School Program Lets San Francisco Chronicle Exploit Leaked Depositions For Half-Ass Story on Ted Agu Wrongful Death — Won’t Release Them in Full

Published April 7th, 2016
 
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Guess Who’s Sitting on the Depositions in the Ted Agu Football Death and Won’t Publish Them? San Francisco Chronicle and UC-Berkeley Journalism School

Published April 8th, 2016
 
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Explainer: How ‘Insider’ Access Made San Francisco Chronicle and Berkeley J-School Miss Real Story Behind Death of Cal Football’s Ted Agu

Published April 10th, 2016
 
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Cal Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s Salary: $150,000 Plus $8,000 Bowl Bonus — Here’s His Contract

Published April 12th, 2016
 
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San Francisco Chronicle Defends Against Straw-Man Criticism — Says Its Story on Death of Cal Football Player Ted Agu Had No Factual Errors

Published April 12th, 2016
 
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San Francisco Chronicle Refuses to Confirm It Knew of the Cal Strength Coach Incident Three Months Before Football Player Ted Agu’s Death

Published April 14th, 2016
 
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Cal Settles Agu Lawsuit for $4.75 Million. News Link Below. Analysis Here to Follow.

Published April 14th, 2016
 
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UC-Berkeley’s $4.75 Million Wrongful Death Settlement With Ted Agu’s Family Is an Atrocious Deal For the People of California

Published April 14th, 2016
 
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P.M. Notes on the UC-Berkeley Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settlement With Ted Agu’s Family

Published April 14th, 2016
 
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Cal Football Coach Sonny Dykes’ Salary: $2,525,000 in 2019 Plus Up to $600,000 in Incentive Bonuses — Here’s His Contract

Published April 18th, 2016
 
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Concussion Inc. Introduces ‘The Ted Agu Papers’ — Secret History of the 2014 Death of University of California-Berkeley Football Player

Published April 22nd, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Cal Football Teammate Went to Police Month After Player’s Death; Detailed Strength Coach Harrington’s Role in Earlier Player-on-Player Assault

Published April 23rd, 2016
 
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Did Cal Football Coach Sonny Dykes Reward Player Who Cold-Cocked Teammate Three Months Before Ted Agu’s Death in a ‘Punishment Drill’?

Published April 25th, 2016
 
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Cal Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, UC Prez Janet Napolitano Duck Accountability For Football Assistant Damon ‘Stanford Has Its Cock in Your Ass’ Harrington and Head Coach Sonny Dykes

Published April 26th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Cal ‘Suspended’ Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington For One Day After Complaint About His ‘Style’

Published April 27th, 2016
 
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Cal Campus Police Gave Media Incomplete Account of Football Coaches’ Role in Investigation of 2013 Player-on-Player Assault

Published April 28th, 2016
 
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Paging UC Davis Sports Medicine Specialist Dr. Jeffrey Tanji; ‘Reviewed’ Cal Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington After Player-on-Player Assault and Ted Agu Death

Published May 1st, 2016
 
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Role of Ex-Golden State Warriors Conditioning Coach in ‘Review’ of Cal Football’s Harrington Deepens Mystery of Accountability For 2013 Player-on-Player Assault and 2014 Ted Agu Death

Published May 2nd, 2016
 
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District Attorney Joins UC Berkeley Police in Refusing to Explain Follow-Up to Witness Statement on Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s ‘Code Red’ in Player Assault

Published May 9th, 2016
 
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UPDATE — Alameda County District Attorney: ‘We Have Not Seen’ Cal Football Player’s 2014 Police Statement on How Strength Coach Damon Harrington Inspired J.D. Hinnant’s ‘Code Red’ Assault

Published May 9th, 2016
 
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Resetting the Cover-Up of Cal Football’s ‘Code Red,’ Death-Defying Strength and Conditioning Coach Damon Harrington — In Five Tweets

Published May 10th, 2016
 
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If Prosecutors ‘Deferred,’ Rather Than ‘Dropped,’ Cal Football ‘Code Red’ Assault Case, Then It’s Time to Investigate New Evidence of Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s Incitement of Criminal Vigilante J.D. Hinnant

Published May 10th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Player Describes Cal Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s ‘Punishment Drills’ and ‘Swagger Games,’ Obsession With ‘Down South Mental Toughness’

Published May 11th, 2016
 
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UC Davis Starts Public Records Act Clock For Request on Dr. Tanji’s Emails With Cal Officials on Review of Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington

Published May 12th, 2016
 
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Three Deaths Linked To Navy SEAL Training — And One Death (So Far) Linked to University of California Football

Published May 13th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Close Friend Describes Multiple Collapses During Fatal Drill ‘Like an Army Movie’; Coach Harrington’s Taunt ‘Berkeley Was Making Us Soft’; Transfer in Disgust After Cal Lied to Players

Published May 16th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Another Player Testifies to Lies and Evasions of Cal Football Coach Sonny Dykes and Staff

Published May 17th, 2016
 
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How Much Longer Can San Francisco Chronicle and Other Major Media Remain ‘One and Done’ With Back Story of Ted Agu’s Criminal Death Under Cal Football Coaches Sonny Dykes and Damon Harrington?

Published May 18th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Berkeley Campus Police Withheld From Alameda County Sheriff and Coroner 112 of 141 Pages of Death Investigation — Including Statements of Two Football Teammates

Published May 23rd, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: County Coroner Testified That Cal Doctor’s First-Day Spin, Plus Concealment of Players’ Police Statements, Impeded Death Investigation

Published May 29th, 2016
 
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Mystery Deepens Over What Happened With Cal Football Player’s Statement to Police After Ted Agu’s Death Regarding Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s Bizarre Methods

Published June 6th, 2016
 
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Will Maniac Damon Harrington Still Be Cal Football’s Strength and Conditioning Coach As of July 1?

Published June 20th, 2016
 
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TED AGU PAPERS: Cal Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s 2014 ‘Winter Workout Contract’ Included ‘Massive Punishment Session Before Entire Team’ — Plus Extreme Drill Called ‘Grave Digger’

Published June 25th, 2016
 
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See It Now — Cal Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington’s ‘Winter Workout Contract,’ Including ‘Grave Digger’ Drill and Regular ‘Massive Punishment Session’

Published June 26th, 2016
 
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Cal Football Spokesperson: We’re Looking Into Questions About Strength and Conditioning Coach Damon Harrington’s ‘Winter Workout Contract’ With Players the Season Ted Agu Died

Published June 27th, 2016
 
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University of California Releases Football Strength Coach Harrington’s ‘Player Contract’ — Not Same as the One Published by Concussion Inc., and It Just Raises More Questions

Published June 29th, 2016
 
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San Francisco Chronicle Comes to Life: ‘Critics Question Cal’s Probe Into Football Coach’s Actions’

Published June 29th, 2016
 
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San Francisco Chronicle ‘Big-Foots’ Concussion Inc.’s Investigation of University of California Football’s Ted Agu Death Scandal — And Continues to Tell Only Half the Story

Published June 30th, 2016
 
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University of California Releases 2014 Internal Review of Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington; Asserts That Player’s Police Statement Is Exempt From Public Disclosure

Published June 30th, 2016
 
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Player’s Statement About Cal Football Coach Damon Harrington — Concealed by Campus Police and Not Sought by County Prosecutor — Holds Key to Unlocking Scandal of Ted Agu’s Death

Published July 1st, 2016
 
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Promises a Do-Over of Whitewash Review of Football Coach Sonny Dykes’ Maniac Strength Assistant Damon Harrington

Published July 3rd, 2016
 
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What Is the Basis For UC Berkeley Assertion That Football Coach Sonny Dykes’ Assistant Damon Harrington Did ‘Nothing Wrong’ in 2013 Player-on-Player Assault?

Published July 4th, 2016
 
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While Cal Faculty Petition to Sack Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington, Larger Corruption Story Is in Still-Withheld Public Documents

Published July 6th, 2016
 
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As University of California Re-Ups Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington, Here’s Inventory of Documents Neither Released by Public Officials Nor Published by SF Chronicle

Published July 10th, 2016
 
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Chancellor Dirks Says Police Found That Football Strength Coach Damon Harrington Did ‘Nothing Wrong.’ Whom Did They Interview and When Did They Interview Them?

Published July 12th, 2016
 
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UC Davis Promises Decision by July 19 on Release of Additional Records on Dr. Tanji’s 2014 Review of Berkeley Football Assistant Coach Damon Harrington

Published July 13th, 2016
 
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Dr. Tanji — Author of Whitewash ‘Review’ of Cal Football Strength and Conditioning Assistant Damon Harrington — Says He Has No Records on It

Published July 20th, 2016
 
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Is University of California Committing Public Fraud in Cover-Up of Football Player Ted Agu’s Death and Sonny Dykes’ Strength Coach Damon Harrington?

Published July 21st, 2016
 
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University of California Gives Up ‘Attachment’ to Review of Football Assistant Coach Damon Harrington (Which Shows Little); Promises Additional Public Records ‘On a Rolling Basis’

Published July 22nd, 2016
 
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Cal Football Source: Review of Strength Coach Harrington Invited Interview of J.D. Hinnant, Criminal Assailant of Fabiano Hale — But Not of Hale

Published July 22nd, 2016
 
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With Clearer Evidence of Damon Harrington Cover-Up, Scandal of Ted Agu Death in Cal Football Takes a Dark Turn

Published July 24th, 2016
 
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San Francisco Chronicle Cannot Be Only ‘Public’ With Access to Whistleblower Player’s Report to Police on Cal Football Assistant Coach Damon Harrington

Published July 28th, 2016
 
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks, Who Presided Over Cover-Up of Football Player Ted Agu’s Death, to Resign in 2017

Published August 17th, 2016
 
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Will UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks’ Resignation Spur Further Investigation of the Agu Football Death Cover-Up — Or Just Take the Wind Out of It?

Published August 18th, 2016
 
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Update on Disputed Public Documents Related to Ted Agu Death in University of California Football

Published August 25th, 2016
 
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Whistleblower’s Complaint to UC Berkeley Campus Police Regarding Assistant Football Coach Harrington’s Incitement of Player-on-Player Beating Is 40-Page Transcript

Published September 1st, 2016
 
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CONCUSSION INC. ACQUIRES TRANSCRIPT OF WHISTLEBLOWER’S INTERVIEW WITH CAMPUS POLICE REGARDING CAL FOOTBALL COACH SONNY DYKES’ ASSISTANT DAMON HARRINGTON

Published September 6th, 2016
 
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Quick Hits From Whistleblower’s Suppressed 2014 Statement to UC Berkeley Campus Police on the Football Strength and Conditioning Program That Killed Ted Agu

Published September 7th, 2016
 
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See It Now — Full Transcript of Whistleblower’s Suppressed March 2014 Statements to Campus Police on How Cal Football Killed Ted Agu

Published September 7th, 2016
 
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As More Info Emerges on Cal Football’s Ted Agu Death Cover-Up, University Dithers With ‘Do-Over’ Review of Assistant Coach Damon Harrington’s Conditioning Program

Published September 8th, 2016
 
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Did UC Berkeley Deputy AD Get Golden Parachute For Slow-Walking Investigations of Football Coach-Inspired Player Beating and Ted Agu Death?

Published September 10th, 2016
 
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Cal Football Scandals: Deputy AD Who Directed Ted Agu Death Cover-Up Got $230,000 Contract, Plus $50,000 ‘Sign-On Bonus,’ For New and Unadvertised UC Berkeley Job

Published September 15th, 2016
 
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Retired UC Berkeley Official Provides Full Timeline of Cal Football Death Cover-Up Figure Solly Fulp’s Move to Director of University Sponsorship Deals

Published September 17th, 2016
 
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UC Berkeley Athletics Deputy Solly Fulp Pulled Down $345,178 During Year of Cover-Up of Football Player Ted Agu’s Death

Published September 19th, 2016
 
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Casey Batten — Cal Football Doctor Who Covered Up Ted Agu’s Death — Falls Upward, to the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams

Published September 23rd, 2016
 
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Cal Projects Details Next Week on Plan For Second Internal Review of Bears Football Strength and Conditioning Program

Published September 24th, 2016
 
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UC Berkeley Plays Games With Release of Information on Ted Agu Football Death and Assistant Coach-Incited Player Beating

Published September 26th, 2016
 
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Cal Football Strength and Conditioning Program Review Launch Delayed Another Week

Published September 27th, 2016
 
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What Cal Deputy AD Made During Cover-Up of Football Player Ted Agu’s Death: $227,879, Plus Potential $60,000 in ‘Performance Bonuses’ and ‘Family Membership in a Sport Club’

Published September 29th, 2016
 
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University of California Offers Odd Defense of Delays in Release of Public Documents on Football Player Ted Agu’s Death

Published October 1st, 2016
 
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Nebraska College Football Player’s Practice Death in August Echoed That of Ted Agu at Cal

Published October 1st, 2016
 
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In Apparent Violation of NCAA Rules, Nebraska College Claims It Didn’t Know of Football Player’s Ted Agu-Like, Sickle Cell-Caused, Conditioning Death

Published October 5th, 2016
 
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California Newspaper Publishers Association Lobbying Against the Kinds of Public Records Delays Evident in UC Berkeley’s Foot-Dragging on Documents About Football Player Ted Agu’s Death

Published October 11th, 2016
 
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Review 2.0 of Cal Football Strength and Conditioning Program Is Still a Work-in-Non-Progress

Published October 13th, 2016
 
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Cal Football Strength and Conditioning Program Review 2.0 Continues to Lurch Through Delays and Confusion

Published March 30th, 2017
 
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University of California in Settlement Talks With Muchnick in Public Records Lawsuit For Additional Documents Related to Ted Agu Football Death

Published May 12th, 2017
 
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Solly Fulp, Former Cal Athletics Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Is One of Several Figures at the Center of the UC Berkeley Cover-Up of the 2014 Ted Agu Football Death

Published August 27th, 2019

In Our Public Records Act Case For UC Berkeley Documents in 2014 Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death Cover-Up, Former $300,000+ Executive Solly Fulp Will Be Deposed in San Francisco on October 3

Published September 23rd, 2019

Former Cal Deputy Athletic Director Solly Fulp Confirms That It Was His Father Who Was Forwarded Internal Emails on the Ted Agu Football Death For Which the University Is Now Claiming Attorney-Client Privilege

Published October 11th, 2019

Our New Court Filing For University of California PR Strategy Emails in 2014 Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death Challenges Attorney-Client Privilege Claim on Deputy Athletic Director Fulp’s Message to His Father

Published October 31st, 2019

Today’s Whole Court Package in Our Public Records Act Case For University of California-Berkeley Documents in Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death Cover-Up

Published October 31st, 2019

In Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death Lawsuit, Deputy AD Solly Fulp Discussed Duties As a Top Cal Executive. In Our Public Records Act Case, It’s ‘I Cannot Recall.’

Published November 4th, 2019

Concussion Inc. to Court: University of California’s Evidentiary Challenges to Our Public Records Act Case Motion on Ted Agu Football Death Cover-Up Are ‘Harassing’

Published November 24th, 2019

Never Mind — Judge Brand Is Still the Assigned Judge in Our California Public Records Act Case; Hearing of Our Motion For UC Berkeley’s Ted Agu Football Death PR-Related Emails to Be Heard in Oakland Next Week

Published November 29th, 2019

‘Newsletter of Intent,’ Covering College Sports Reform, Has New Article About Our Work and Public Records Act Litigation in Cal’s Ted Agu Football Death Cover-Up

Published December 3rd, 2019

What Do I Mean By the ‘Cover-Up’ in the 2014 Death of University of California Football’s Ted Agu? As We Approach a Key Public Records Act Hearing on Sweeping Secrecy Claims, Let’s Count the Ways

Published December 5th, 2019

Cal Football Death Cover-Up, Pt. 1: University Kept Salient Details of Player-on-Teammate Criminal Assault Under Wraps — Both Before and After Ted Agu Perished in the Same Conditioning Program

Published December 8th, 2019

Cal Football Death Cover-Up, Pt. 2: Team Physician Dr. Casey Batten Lobbied Coroner For Ted Agu Autopsy Finding That Ignored Sickle Cell Trait

Published December 11th, 2019

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