Jeffrey A. Marxis an American journalist. In the early 1980s, as a correspondent for theLe xing ton Herald-Leader,he co-authored a series of exposes on improper cash payoffs toUniversity of Kentucky basketball playerswhich won him and the co-author,Michael M. York,the 1986Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.The article series "Playing Above the Rules", exposed improper cash payoffs toUniversity of Kentucky basketball playersand improper offers made to recruits by other universities.[1][2]The authors interviewed 33 former Wildcats – some of whom spoke to Marx and York with the goal of ending the abuses – and the paper sued the university and the state of Kentucky underfreedom of information lawsto get detailed information, including the names of specific violators, for the series.[3]The piece also led toNCAAregulation changes.[4]
^"Background".Wehner & York, P.C.Retrieved11 August2017.
^Merritt, Davis (2005).Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk.AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. p. 162.ISBN9780814428672.
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
