He was different from the start, the privileged son of an NFL quarterback who scoffed at the idea of shortcuts. At times it felt like he was engineered in some sort of football laboratory, this 6-5, 230-pound quarterbacking machine with that laser, rocket right arm and the mind of an offensive coordinator to match, constructed to make all …
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — A new study by the Sports Capital Journalism Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will examine the role of diversity in hiring college head football coaches. The Football Hiring Report Card will evaluate the hiring processes for job vacancies among all Division I NCAA institutions that are classified in the Football Bowl Subdivision or the …
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Did you send a “woohoo!” tweet about the Big 10 Championship football game that took place in Indianapolis? If you did, it — along with every other tweet that mentioned the event — was collected on behalf of the recently launched Sports Innovation Institute at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the first university effort …
Read MoreIvan Maisel of ESPN.com accepted the Bert McGrane Award at the annual awards breakfast of the Football Writers Association of America on Monday morning. in Scottsdale, Ariz. The highest honor by the FWAA, the award is presented in recognition of contributions to the association and to college football and is recognized in the College Football …
Read MoreDALLAS — Veteran journalist Ivan Maisel, whose work has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Newsday, Sports Illustrated and on ESPN.com, is the winner of the FWAA’s prestigious Bert McGrane Award. He will be honored next Monday at the FWAA’s Annual Awards Breakfast in Scottsdale, Arizona. Celebrating its 75th Anniversary — founded in 1941 — …
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