Category: Weekly Roundup

The strange story of how Swansea City’s mascot, Cyril the Swan became an assault suspect Monty Williams lost his wife in a car accident last year. Sports Illustrated does a searing portrait of a grieving man and the rebuilding of a family Sally Jenkins writes about Sergio Garcia’s first Masters win, which was a long time …

Sad news came to northern Indiana and the entire broadcasting world with the news of Jeff Jeffers’ passing this week. Yahoo Sports gives us a narrative of the late Jerry Krause, basketball architect and possible Hall of Famer. Finding the loophole in sports journalism rules, Erik Brady rooted for Michigan’s story. Ten years ago a UNC mascot …

After 100 or so hours of college hoops this weekend, decompress with some of the best sports writing from the last week. South Carolina’s upset of Duke Sunday night was the easily the biggest story coming out of the first weekend of March Madness. Michael Baumann of The Ringer gives some great context to the …

A three-part series on the voice of the Tar Heels, who is suffering from a neurocognitive disease.  This week, the U.S. Olympic Committee asked the head of USA Gymnastics to resign. A feature on the journey of Villanova standout Darryl Reynolds. Northwestern officially made the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. Nike …

“Yes, it’s a dog story.” But a great story is a great story, and Arthur doesn’t disappoint. Oh, and it’s written by Tom Rinaldi, who can make Citizen Kane out of C-SPAN. A profile from SEC Country on Tennessee quarterback and aerospace engineer Josh Dobbs, who may benefit as much from his brain as his …

Brendan Gaughan was injured by Allen Iverson in college, then he became a NASCAR driver. This is a crazy story on the twisted world of sports blogs and partnerships. Budapest announced its withdrawal from consideration for the 2024 Summer Olympics, narrowing the field to just Paris and Los Angeles. A beautiful photo-driven story on mountain biking …

It’s NBA All-Star weekend! While the game itself is hot garbage, there are some great stories that come from so many superstars in one place. Enjoy! Dave Chappelle threw a “juke joint” party in New Orleans over the weekend that included several former NBA players and impromptu concerts from Chance the Rapper, Jarobi from A …

Tim Layden reminisces about an old coach (who cut him) who also happened to teach Gregg Popovich. News came out on Monday that one of Jerry Sandusky’s sons was accused of child sexual abuse and maligned Baltimore Ravens broadcaster Gerry Sandusky was once again inundated with misdirected social media posts. Charles Oakley was removed from …

If we’re going to hold true to the lesson learned in middle school football that we’ll learn more from our losses than our wins, the Falcons will be the wisest men in history. Whether its the Falcons epic collapse/Patriots epic comeback (whichever side you’re on), from a great story comes great writing. Scroll down for some of …

President Trump’s executive order, issued Friday, sparked a lot of controversy, spilling over into the sports world. Here are reactions to the new immigration policy. Scroll down for other stories from this week: While the White House has clarified that he will be allowed into the United States, Somali-born British Mo Farah was critical of …