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 …
Read MoreBy Andrew Thomison | @Andrew_Thomison Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON – For just a few minutes on Saturday evening, his team’s game for a national championship less than 48 hours away, Washington Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer sat in the front row for a presentation that would forever connect him with one of the greatest …
Read MoreBy Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — University of Cincinnati head football coach Luke Fickell will be the first to tell you he doesn’t enjoy awards. For Fickell, the worst day of the year is when the first-teamers are named by the American Athletic Conference. Fickell has built his program on …
Read MoreWatching the first five minutes of the 2019 College Football National Championship produce 21 combined points, I sat back in awe. I’ve been lucky enough to cover college football for the past five years, but I’d never seen a game start, or finish, quite like this one. After the roller-coaster-like first several drives my advisor, …
Read MoreBy Josh Roller | @Roller_01 Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN JOSE, Calif. – Two years ago, Bill Clark did not have a football team. The University of Alabama at Birmingham had disbanded the program for financial reasons in 2015, after Clark had coached the Blazers to a 6-6 record in his first season. The role …
Read MoreSports Capital Journalism Program Staff TAMPA, Fla. – Jason Kersey, a reporter for the website SEC Country, was awarded the Steve Ellis/Football Writers Association of America Beat Writer of the Year award at the organization’s annual breakfast on Monday. Kersey was recognized for his work at The Oklahoman in 2015.
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 MoreBy Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz remembered the phone call like it was yesterday. Ferentz called Grambling State’s athletic department on the night of April 23, 1993. He was the Cleveland Browns offensive line coach at the time and was hoping someone, anyone would …
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