Category: Weekly Roundup

Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tells the story of Marshall Jacobs, who collapsed and died during the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, just days after his wife of 68 years. David Woods of the Indianapolis Star profiles Olympic gold medalist Lily King and her struggles to move on after her incredible success …

Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and graduate of IUPUI Sports Capital Journalism Program, profiles new Milwaukee Bucks GM Jon Horst. Bob Kravitz of WTHR in Indianapolis tells the story of Colts GM Chris Ballard and his two adopted children. Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer tells the story of Mike Gibson and his …

NHL Hall of Famer Mike Bossy pens a letter to himself at age 14 for the Players Tribune. Tim Kurkjian of ESPN writes about the terror of being hit by a major league fastball. Sam Borden of ESPN tells the heartbreaking story of the plane crash that killed most of the Brazilian soccer team, Chapecoense. …

Seth Davis looks back on his 22 years with Sports Illustrated in his final article with the magazine. Tommy Caldwell writes in Outside that he fears for his close friend, climber Alex Honnold, after he became the first person to free solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Luke O’Neil of Esquire writes about …

It’s a special Indy 500 edition of the Weekly Roundup featuring current and former students of the Sports Capital Journalism Program at IUPUI. Michael Williams covers Fernando Alonso’s jump from Formula One to the Indy 500 for Indianapolis Monthly. Joe Spears profiles driver Jay Howard for Indianapolis Monthly. Rob Peeters profiles Carlos Munoz for Indianapolis …

Bob Klapisch of The Bergen Record tell the story of a baseball field that was named in honor of a player who was hit by a pitch and killed in 1958. Richard Justice of Sports on Earth believes we should stop questioning David Ortiz’s legacy in Boston. Jason Kersey of SEC Country tells the story …

Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated goes over all the ways Steve Kerr has been able to continue leading the Warriors in his absence. Outside the Lines explores what effect the Syrian government has had on its national soccer team. Nigel Warburton of Aeon looks at the culture or mountaineering and how harder is viewed as …

An IUPUI runner has autism, but it doesn’t slow him down Saray Khumalo attempts to become the first black African woman to summit Mt. Everest Tom Brady and the story of the Super Bowl jersey thief A unique 360-degree video view of the Kentucky Derby from the NY Times The race to save a horse …

In light of Dale Earnhardt’s recent announcement that he will retire at the end of the 2017 season, here’s a look back at Tommy Tomlinson’s feature on NASCAR’s most popular driver. Outside the Lines of ESPN published troubling news from Indiana University on its treatment of injured athletes. With the NFL Draft coming up, Rob …

Ryan O’Hanlon lays out what we as fans already know. Playoff basketball is very different than regular season basketball. Russell Westbrook’s high school teammate and close friend collapsed and died on the court in the middle of a game. Isaiah Thomas lost his sister to a car wreck, then had an epic performance in Game …