By Joe Spears | @joe_spears7 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Five years ago, Dean Stoneman was spending 18 hours a day going through chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. On Friday, he won for the second time in 13 days, edging Ed Jones by .0024, the closest margin in the history of the Indianapolis Motor …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour SI media writer Richard Deitsch has a roundtable with several reporters about “cleaning up” quotes. From SportsCenter Featured: The 74-year-old coach who revived football at Benton Harbor, a crippled Michigan high school. Dave Birkett, of the Detroit Free Press, dives into the past year for Erik Kramer, the former …
Read MoreBy Joe Spears | @joe_spears7 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — One year after suffering a potentially fatal injury at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, James Hinchcliffe will lead the field of the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. “I think it’s a huge story, and I would like to have the better one next week,” …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program | @SportsCapJour Jeff Ritter, of Golf.com, writes about golf in Rio as the sport is set to make its Olympic return. A look back at the WNBA’s first game as the league opens its 20th season. Story by NYT’s Harvey Araton. Three Lebanon (Tenn.) High School football players pen a …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour C.E. Morgan’s new book, “The Sport of Kings,” blends together horse racing with the evolution of the meaning of race in America. Book review by The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz. CNN’s Sara Ganim reports on a Sandusky victim who says the Joe Paterno allegedly told him to …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour Andrew Keh, of The New York Times, shares the story of the birth of Hack-a-Shaq on Dec. 29, 1997 by then-Mavericks coach Don Nelson. The New York Times’ Julie Robenhymer profiles John Buccigross’ #bucciovertimechallenge. Freelance sports writer Eric Koreen: “The newspaper didn’t love me back.” Dan Wetzel, …
Read MoreEditor’s note: The following story first appeared on the Sports Capital Journalism Website on Jan. 10, 2016. In light of the Indianapolis Colts selecting Ryan Kelly with their 2016 first-round pick, the story has been reposted. By Zach Wagner | @zachwagner Sports Capital Journalism Program PHOENIX — Alabama running back Derrick Henry has won …
Read MoreBlackie Sherrod, the greatest Texas sportswriter of his generation or any other, now and forevermore, died Thursday afternoon at age 96. Sherrod died at his home in Dallas of natural causes, said his wife, Joyce. He had been in hospice care for the past week. Sherrod was voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour Wright Thompson, of ESPN The Magazine, pens an in-depth, revealing feature on the secret history of Tiger Woods: Woods’ love for military training, and how his life unraveled after his father’s death. ESPN’s Greg Ostendorf writes on three international college football players — from Denmark, Germany and …
Read MoreBy Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Tennessee and UConn were on a collision course. The Volunteers started the 1994-95 season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll; the Huskies were No. 4. Before the season, ESPN had scheduled a game for Martin Luther King Day at 1 p.m. to fill …
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