News Analysis: In Athletics-Related Scandals, Damage Control Is Elusive

The situation unfolding at the University of Iowa this month is all too familiar: Two athletes are accused of rape. The university botches its response. Heads roll.

Few things make university presidents and their top hands more nervous than an athlete accused of sexual assault. And if recent events in Iowa City are any indication, their worries are well founded.

Sally K. Mason has been the president at Iowa for one year (

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