Posted on December 5th, 2021 in 2021 Big Ten Football Championship Game by Malcolm Moran

By David Song | @DeltaSigma96 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Michigan Wolverines just keep climbing higher. Bolstered by a dominant defensive effort, No. 2-ranked Michigan disposed of the No. 13-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 42-3 in Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Wolverines (12-1) won their first conference championship since …

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Posted on December 5th, 2021 in Student Work by Malcolm Moran

By David Hayden | @SluggySports Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Standing on the stage for the trophy presentation, surrounded by his teammates, Aidan Hutchinson held up his Grange-Griffin Most Valuable Player Award after leading the Michigan Wolverines to a dominant victory over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Football Game at Lucas Oil Stadium. …

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Posted on November 17th, 2021 in Alumni, Blog, Students by Emily Turnier

The Department of Journalism and Public Relations recorded the second installment of the Jim Brown Interview Series today, with Zach Powell, a current Master’s of Arts in Sports Journalism student, interviewing Brian Burnsed, a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated and a 2012 Master’s in Sports Journalism graduate. Burnsed served as a graduate assistant for the …

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Posted on November 3rd, 2021 by Malcolm Moran

We gathered at a hotel just outside of Dallas to get an inside look at how the College Football Playoff committee selects its top 25 each week, seeds each team and slots the four-team playoff and New Year’s Six Bowls. We sat in the same meeting room the committee uses each fall, complete with individual …

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Posted on October 26th, 2021 in Student Work by Malcolm Moran

By David Song | @DeltaSigma96 Sports Capital Journalism Program “Female sports can be revenue generators.” On June 15, 2010, an article with that headline appeared on Coach & AD’s website. Its author, Clay Kallam, points out that many university administrators are overly fixated on men’s basketball and football in their search for revenue-generating programs with …

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Posted on April 6th, 2021 in 2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament by Malcolm Moran

Editor’s Note: Writing for NCAA.com, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Alex Burr covered the end of Gonzaga University’s hope to become the first undefeated NCAA men’s basketball champion in 45 years. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2021-04-06/gonzaga-comes-short-quest-perfect-season-first-title

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Posted on April 6th, 2021 in 2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament by Malcolm Moran

By Alex Burr | @alexburr4 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — All the pieces were there. The testing, the isolation, the sacrifice, all of it could lead to the type of perfection that had not taken place in a college basketball season in 45 years. The Gonzaga Bulldogs reached the national championship game, the first …

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Posted on April 5th, 2021 in 2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament by Malcolm Moran

By Alex Burr | @alexburr4 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The highly-anticipated matchup that didn’t happen is the one that will define college basketball history Monday night. The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Baylor Bears, whose scheduled meeting here on December 5 was canceled because of positive COVID-19 tests within the Gonzaga program on, will decide …

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