July 23, 1999

Minnesota Coaches Did Not Interfere With Probes of Athletes' Conduct, Report Says

By WELCH SUGGS

Administrators at the University of Minnesota did not deliberately interfere with investigations of sexual misconduct by athletes, according to an independent report released this month. However, officials in the athletics department did show "favoritism toward student-athletes and insensitivity toward female victims," the report said.

Investigators studied more than 40 cases over the past six years in which

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