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By Andrew Thomison | @Andrew_Thomison Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana interior defensive lineman CJ West will fly under NFL teams’ radars no more. Over the last few weeks, West has started to garner more attention as a prospect in the 2025 National Football League Draft. In his lone season with Indiana University, West …

By Ethan Ward Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Just a few years ago, Ahmed Hassanein’s path to the National Football League Scouting Combine seemed extremely unlikely. His knowledge of American football was as limited as his knowledge of the English language. “All I knew was that you run and hit people,” Hassanein remembered. Living …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program ATLANTA – There was frustration throughout the dressing room. There was anger and sadness in their eyes. For the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, there had been a month with an unprecedented series of celebrations from their campus to the Sugar Bowl to the Orange Bowl. …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program ATLANTA – All they needed was a chance. That was the message a decade ago, when, in the inaugural College Football Playoff, Ohio State battled through a devastating early-season loss and numerous injuries to key players but managed to capture the final seed of the expanded …

By Rob Hunt ARLINGTON, Texas – The new hats they wore said UNDISPUTED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. The Ohio State Buckeyes, at the end of the first College Football Playoff, added another word Monday night. They earned perhaps the most improbable national championship in the history of the game with a resounding 42-20 victory over the second-ranked …

The Buckeyes enter Monday night’s national championship affair on a six-game winning streak over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, with Notre Dame’s last win in the series coming all the way back in 1936. Ohio State will be seeking its first national title in ten years, while a nearly unfathomable 36 years have passed since …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program ATLANTA – On the evening of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, not far from the Center that bears his name and Ebenezer Baptist Church where his national reputation grew, the University of Notre Dame played a football game that could make Marcus Freeman the first Black …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_Agreen Sports Capital Journalism Program ATLANTA – They were roommates once, multiple colleges and years ago, at a time when their dreams exceeded their credentials. Will Howard and Riley Leonard were paired at the Manning Passing Academy in 2023 and 2024, a connection between young quarterbacks formed a friendship that will …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism ATLANTA – The clash of competing shoulder pads striking with more velocity than at any other point in the season. The whisk of two ill-fated field goal kicks, one hooking beyond the reach of the left goal post, the other fading outside the right. The cry of …