Enterprise Journalism Release – November 22, 2011

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Identity Crises
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 10 a.m. ET)

OTL examines the man who passed himself off as Vince Young, duping many women to get money ($25,000 in one case), and posing for pictures with hospitalized cancer-stricken patients. John Barr reports.

"He went to a hospital and posed as Vince doing an appearance for a cancer victim. He even went to the extent when Vince pulled his hamstring, a young lady came to visit him and he was lying on the couch with ice on his hamstring." – Denise White, CEO Entertainers and Athletes Group, which handles Vince Young’s marketing and public relations

Stillwater Feels the Loss of Budke, Serna
ESPNW.com
Liz Merrill reports from Stillwater, Okla. following the plane crash that killed women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna.

Penn State Scandal Follow-up
ESPN.com (Wednesday)
ESPN The Magazine
Wright Thompson reports on the fallout in State College, Pa., from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Seattle Janitor Cleans Up
ESPN.com (Thursday)

Tom Friend presents this Outside the Lines report on Tyrone Curry, a Seattle high school janitor who won the lottery and used some of his winnings to build the school a new track.

The Promise
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 10 a.m.)

Rad Martinez is a 32-year-old Mixed Martial Arts fighter who has been told he must train 24/7 to reach the sport’s highest stage -- the UFC. However, five years ago, he committed virtually every waking hour to another life course when he promised his dying grandmother he would take over as primary caretaker for his brain-damaged father. Martinez, a former All-American wrestler from West Jordan, Utah, was encouraged to give the MMA a try by his former Clarion University teammate Frankie Edgars, who is ranked the No. 1 MMA lightweight fighter in the world. After taking up the sport three years ago, Martinez has won nine of 11 matches. Outside the Lines re-airs the unforgettable story of a son’s love, told through his very own words.

"He never got to see me wrestle in college. He never got to see me wrestle at all. I think if he were well, and didn’t have brain damage, I think he would want to see that so I’m going to show him." -- Rad Martinez, on why he shows tapes of his fights to his father even though he may not grasp what he's watching

"It’s ironic, when you step into the cage maybe, well some people would think, well now your caged in, but the real cage is at home. Stepping into that cage and fighting is kind of like taking off the shackles, unleashing a freedom. All of a sudden he’s got a life, he’s got freedom, he’s got space." -- Levi Martinez, on the freedom his older brother Rad feels when he fights

MLB’s Effort to Reform Dominican Recruitment
ESPN Deportes SportsCenter (Sunday, 11 p.m.)
Reportajes Especiales piece on ESPNDeportes.com

In the past three years, Major League Baseball has taken initiatives to reform the talent recruitment process in the Dominican Republic. Among the changes are background checks and ramped-up drug testing. Despite these efforts loopholes remain, evident in the recent case of Marlins’ pitcher Leo Nunez - a major leaguer since 2005 - who used fraudulent documents to pass himself off as being younger. ESPN Deportes examines this complex situation.