Booklist Online - Alan Moores
"While the focus is specifically on the University of Washington program, this story carries importance and relevance to fans far beyond Seattle. Investigative journalism at its most revealing."—Alan Moores, Booklist Online
Seattle Times - Steve Weinberg
"A remarkable book."—Steve Weinberg, Seattle Times
Arete - Dick Stull
"Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry have written a classic. . . . Through extensive review of public records and interviews, the authors detail the complicity of Seattle community members, law enforcement officials, coaches, players, members of the legal profession, local media, and the university in this tale of "twisted values.""—Dick Stull, Arete
Chronicle of Higher Education - Libby Sander
"However familiar the underlying conflict might seem, there's an added layer of tension and tragedy to the narrative that makes Scoreboard, Baby a particularly distressing tale—and one that should be required reading for anyone linked to university life."—Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education
Arete
"Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry have written a classic. . . . Through extensive review of public records and interviews, the authors detail the complicity of Seattle community members, law enforcement officials, coaches, players, members of the legal profession, local media, and the university in this tale of "twisted values.""—Dick Stull, Arete
— Dick Stull
Seattle Times
"A remarkable book."—Steve Weinberg, Seattle Times
— Steve Weinberg
Booklist Online
"While the focus is specifically on the University of Washington program, this story carries importance and relevance to fans far beyond Seattle. Investigative journalism at its most revealing."—Alan Moores, Booklist Online
— Alan Moores
Chronicle of Higher Education
"However familiar the underlying conflict might seem, there's an added layer of tension and tragedy to the narrative that makes Scoreboard, Baby a particularly distressing tale—and one that should be required reading for anyone linked to university life."—Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education
— Libby Sander
David Maraniss
“A terrific work of investigative reporting and a vital public service. I finished it at once infuriated and enlightened.”—David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
Buzz Bissinger
“The most harrowing book I have ever read about college sports.”—Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights
Kirkus
"Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, some of America's top universities still perpetuate the myth of the "student-athlete." Armstrong and Perry sound the death knell of that hoary fable by exposing the win-at-all-costs deprivation that thrived at UW under golden-boy coach Rick Neuheisel."—Kirkus
Frank DeFord
"The great fraud of 'student-athletes,' higher education, and big-time football has never been detailed better than in Scoreboard, Baby. . . . Theirs is a vivid, cautionary tale that, sadly, plays out in so many college athletic departments."
-Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated senior contributing writer and author of Everybody's All-American
Richard Ben Cramer
"This is a world-class job of reporting. . . . Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry have made a page-turning story of what happens off the field while we are celebrating in the stands."
-Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
