By Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour July 3 Tim Keown, of ESPN’s The Undefeated, writes on Andrew McCutchen’s upbringing and the growing trend of travel baseball, which serves rich, white Americans and doesn’t promote diversity. Women’s basketball lost one of its pioneers, Pat Summitt, on June 28 at 64 years old after her battle …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour Yahoo Sports’ Pat Forde pens a personal column on the joy and pride of watching his kids making it to the U.S. Olympic swim trials. Chris Hine, an openly gay sports writer, asks why do gay athletes remain in the closet, even as LGBT rights progress. Outside …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour To mark Father’s Day, Chicago Tribune reporter Chris Kuc asks White Sox and Cubs players what fatherhood has taught them. An oral history of the 2006 NBA Finals on its 10-year anniversary: Free throws, hotel switches and the ‘phantom call.’ Story by ESPN TrueHoop’s Tim MacMahon and Marc …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour Bill Simmons goes deep with the Hollywood Reporter about his breakup with ESPN, his free agency and his new HBO show. You thought Marshawn Lynch was just here so he wouldn’t get fined? The seemingly quiet former Seahawk opens up to L. Jon Wertheim about his childhood, …
Read MoreBy David Haugh When the incomparable Bob Verdi used to call the Tribune sports desk to check on his columns, several questions routinely followed. Self-deprecating to a fault, Verdi liked to ask if his work was running in the back of the section by the tire ads. He would quiz copy editors about Chicago’s breaking …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour The Kansas City Star’s Rustin Dodd on how the Royals’ Whit Merrifield is fulfilling the family dream. Gridiron Now’s Rachel Baribeau opens up about herself being abused and why college football’s disjointed culture is breaking her heart. Boxer, activist and humanitarian icon Muhammad Ali died Friday at 74. Memories …
Read MoreBy Mark Anderson President, Football Writers Association of America A friend and I were traveling through the West with Steve Ellis back in the early 1990s. We all woke up in Provo, Utah, one morning ready to hit the road. But first we had to wait for Steve to file a Florida State football notebook. …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour Marcus Thompson II, of the San Jose Mercury News, on the Warriors’ hidden hero from Game 6: Andre Iguodala. Sportsnet’s Michael Grange asks: Just how much is free agent DeMar DeRozan’s love for Toronto worth? ESPN’s Rob Demovsky provides a glimpse into a day in the life of …
Read MoreBy Joe Spears | @joe_spears7 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 produced one of its most stunning results when Alexander Rossi, a 24-year-old former Formula One driver with only one other oval appearance, moved into first place without knowing if he would be able to reach the Yard of …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – If Josef Newgarden could have had it his way, he would have gone into a dead sprint competition with Alexander Rossi and Carlos Munoz in the final laps for a chance to win the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. The Newgarden team’s fuel …
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