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BRISTLING IN BRISTOL: ESPN DENIES IT DEFAMED W/UT CHARGES

4.28.2000

          In response to defamation lawsuits filed by Univ. of TN
     (UT) OG Reggie Ridley and former UT AD tutor Victoria Gray
     (see THE DAILY, 2/28), ESPN stated that UT athletic
     officials "are to blame if its series of articles alleging
     academic fraud at UT harmed" Ridley and Gray, according to
     Chris Low of the Nashville TENNESSEAN.  ESPN filed the
     response Tuesday while asking a federal court to "dismiss
     the lawsuits."  Ridley and Gray claim that ESPN knowingly
     aired "false" statements made about them by former UT
     athletic department writing center Dir Robin Wright.  But
     ESPN says that it "stands by its work" and named UT AD Doug
     Dickey, Associate AD Carmen Tegano and former UT Tutor
     assistant Gerry Dickey "among those responsible for the
     charges" (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 4/28).

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