Reporters have swarmed the U. of Maryland at College Park this month, after a player’s death and allegations of a toxic culture in the football program. Faculty members there feel similarly besieged.

Jordan A. Goodman was researching last week on a shoulder of Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico, when his phone buzzed. It was another message to the distinguished physics professor from a colleague about the unfolding athletics scandal at the University of Maryland at College Park — his alma mater and the institution where he has taught for decades […]

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By  Lindsay Ellis