Category: Student Work

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Oregon State held UConn star senior Breanna Stewart to two points in the first half, a feat no other team has accomplished. Yet it wasn’t enough to stop UConn’s dominance, as the Huskies’ 80-51 victory over the Beavers sent the Huskies (37-0) to their …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris Sports Capital Journalism Program Hosted by the Women’s Professional Basketball Association and presented by Connor Sports, the Women in Sports and Business panel on Sunday afternoon addressed questions of diversity in the sports business world and how players can and do transition from the athletic world to new careers. The …

Sports Capital Journalism Program By Cameron Stewart |@ThatManCam Every now and then, I’ll talk to friends from high school who either chose not to go to college or decided to give up on college after a brief stint. I’ll hear them say the same old things about how college is stupid, designed to keep students …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Washington redshirt junior Katie Collier sat in front of her locker after an hour-long practice on Saturday. She stared across the room at a table full of food and muttered, “I’m so hungry.” Collier had just hit the first half-court shot in a competition …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke played college basketball for two coaches: one female, one male. It didn’t matter what gender her coach was. She was more concerned if the coach had a plan that would help the team win and help her grow as …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — When Oregon State and UConn tip off in tonight’s semifinal game, it will be a showdown between two teams with two very different backgrounds in the recent past. No matter the outcome, the game itself will showcase remarkable achievements made by each squad. OSU …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Syracuse women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman remembered looking out his office window and seeing the 2003 men’s basketball championship banner. He walked down a hallway of the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, spoke with longtime coach Jim Boeheim about his zone, watched practices and …

By Jay Smith |@_SmithJ_ Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — TAR…HEELS…TAR…HEELS!  The crowd of 75,505 inside NRG Stadium appeared to be split evenly between the four teams competing in Saturday night’s Final Four.  But if you closed your eyes as the horn sounded, you would’ve sworn you were in Chapel Hill. North Carolina defeated Syracuse, …

By Cameron Stewart |@ThatManCam Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — Villanova senior Daniel Ochefu couldn’t stand still. In front of his locker after the Wildcats’ shocking 95-51 victory over Oklahoma, the most one-sided national semifinal game in history, the combination of exuberance and shock wouldn’t allow his oversized limbs to stop fidgeting.  “I definitely was …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Vonn Read was ready to deploy during the Gulf War. He had been stationed at Fort Drum, New York, since 1989, and was preparing for field artillery work until he transferred to Fort Lee, Virginia, two months before his former unit shipped out. Since …