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Its nearly impossible to count the ways Jessica Luther is changing the landscape of sports. Her work has directly served fans, students, players, coaches, university administrators, law enforcement officials and fellow journalists by putting all of us on notice for the myriad hypocrisies and injustices to which we contribute in big-time, big-money sports, particularly when it comes to sexual violence. And while its also nearly impossible to narrow down her impact, Jessica has perhaps most meaningfully served survivors in a culture that tends to discard them altogether.Last year, along with co-author Dan Solomon, she blew the lid off a major sexual assault scandal within Baylor athletics, resulting in an administrative fallout and the effective firings of head coach Art Briles and university president Ken Starr. Her reports in Texas Monthly exposed the widespread and brazenly ignored rape culture on campus and the coordinated effort to minimize and cover up a multitude of accusations.But her impact extends far beyond Waco. For years, Jessica has covered similar cases from every corner of the country. She has forced us to acknowledge the blind eye weve all turned toward sexual assault by athletes and the systems in place designed to shield them from scandal. In September, her commitment to exposing the dynamics of power and violence within college football culminated in the publication of her first book, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, a sobering, powerful, necessary read into the ways in which every aspect of our sports culture excuses men who do terrible things, simultaneously demonstrating that this is by no means limited to the gridiron. That its not just a campus problem or a football problem -- its an American problem.What makes Jessicas work so effective isnt just her relentless attention to detail, her willingness to ask the questions nobody dared to before, her meticulous parsing of police reports and legal documents and witness testimony and case law. Its her empathy in approaching these stories, in interviewing these victims, not to mention the astounding strength it takes for her to continue to do so. It can be overlooked -- but not overstated -- just how much of an emotional toll it takes on journalists to cover such cases of systemic abuse over and over again, hearing firsthand accounts of pain and violence and seeing the same patterns of behavior often followed by little progress from the time before.As a survivor of sexual violence myself, Jessicas work in this space has been an emotional bedrock. As both a survivor and a journalist, her friendship has been invaluable. Shes constantly giving advice to me and to other writers on how to properly cover sexual violence, reminding us that its not just about the athlete, that theres a victim at the other end. She could teach a clinic on how to balance sensitivity with objectivity.Where the criminal justice system continually fails accusers, Jessica Luther continues to serve them. Shes leading the charge for institutional reform, calling on universities and publications alike to hire more women to change whatever locker-room culture may be used to excuse rampant violence. As her work continues to demonstrate, its not all just talk.More on Jessica Luther? Luther: Football coaches cant just stick to sports Story ?? Jessica Luther on Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape ?Story ?? Athletes, domestic violence and the hurdle of indifference?Column ?The IMPACT25 is espnWs annual list of the 25 athletes and influencers who have made the greatest difference for women in sports. 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After a morning meeting with management following a missed team flight last week, Sacramento Kings guard Ty Lawson was cleared to rejoin the team and practice ?Monday.General manager Vlade Divac told reporters in Sacramento that the team is satisfied with Lawsons explanation that a personal issue caused him to miss the flight Friday from Las Vegas to Kentucky ?for the Kings Saturday night preseason game against the Washington Wizards at Rupp Arena.ESPN.com reported Sunday that Lawson was late for a team shootaround before Thursdays preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Vegas, and then missed the flight to Kentucky.We handle it inside [the] house, Divac told local reporters in reference to Mondays meeting with Lawson.He got the message, and we move forward.Kings coach Dave Joerger insisted after practice that there is no situation ?with Lawson, who signed with Sacramento one month before the start of training camp after a string of legal woes.Ty had a personal issue, and that stuff is non-basketball-related, Joerger told reporters Monday.Its in my hands. The decisions that were made of the plane and all this stuff, thats on me. Its a personal issue. Its, I think, been very inaccurately reported.Sacramento was forced to start the season without the suspended Darren Collison?and signed Lawson on Aug. 31 to a one-year minimum deal that was non-guaranteed, hopeful that the former Denver Nuggets point guard would seize the opportunity to resurrect his career and fill a void in the Kings backcourt.But Collison was ultimately suspended for just the first eight games of the regular season after a misdemeanor conviction for domestic assault. The Kings signeed Lawson only after considerable internal deliberation given the veteran guards history of legal woes, so it remains to be seen how much patience theyll show.dddddddddddd.Hes not going to be suspended, Divac told reporters Monday. Asked whether Lawson would be fined, Divac said: Well, well see.The Kings also recently signed veteran point guard Jordan Farmar, who played in Memphis last season under Joerger, to help them cope with Collisons absence.For much of training camp, the Kings have been publicly optimistic about Lawsons ability to contribute, with Joerger praising Lawsons defense in a recent exhibition outing against the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry and saying: He has good leadership qualities. You can tell why hes been a winner.Lawson, 28, has been arrested four times for driving under the influence, including twice in a seven-month span in 2015. He didnt last a full season with the Houston Rockets in 2015-16 before his March release, and then finished last season with the Indiana Pacers.Through his first six seasons, Lawson was a key member of the Nuggets, earning a contract extension in 2013 that was $4 million richer than Currys four-year, $44 million deal that expires after this season.In a July interview with The Undefeateds Marc J. Spears, Lawson said: It would be big to be back to my old self again. Also, its not for just me, its for my parents. They have had a hard time seeing what Ive been going through. I know they hear the little comments at NBA games. To make them proud again would mean the world to me. ' ' '