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The horns used at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup are nontraditional. Instead of the buzzing noise typical of basketball games in the United States, these horns resemble that of a train. They’re shrill and jarring. Yet, Sunday night in San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain, Senegal fans and players alike were begging to hear …

A month ago I was preparing to attend my first Indianapolis 500. Paddock Box 34, Row G, Seat 2 was where I was going to witness the start and the finish before my plans changed. I woke up Sunday knowing I was going to watch from the media center, an opportunity that would not be …

By Jon Sauber Sports Capital Journalism Program “You see people in positions of power who think this isn’t a big deal because there are people who think you’re only hurt if you’re pulled off the street and violently raped in the bushes,” ESPN investigative reporter Paula Lavigne said to Pam Laucella’s graduate class at IUPUI …

Full Court Press “Full Court Press,” the annual United States Basketball Writers Association sports writing seminar and scholarship competition, will take place on Friday, March 30 in the Family Hospitality Room on the event level of the Alamodome in San Antonio. The session will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., following the presentation …

“How did I get here?” The thought kept crossing my mind as the streamers fell and confetti pelted me from all sides. I was standing on the sideline as Alabama players celebrated following Tua Tagovailoa’s 41-yard, game-winning touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith in overtime of the College Football Playoff National Championship. Alabama players and coaches …

By Jon Sauber and Joe Spears | @JonSauber @joe_spears7 ATLANTA – The fourth championship game of the College Football Playoff era will be the first to feature teams from the same conference. When the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs meet in Mercedes-Benz Stadium Monday night, in the middle of Southeastern Conference territory, a …

“Attention media: This is the first-ever overtime game in Rose Bowl history.” The announcement carried through the Rose Bowl Stadium press box as reporters grabbed stat sheets, refilled coffees and prepared to type like hell as they readied for overtime. After Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield’s first-half marches down the field gashed Georgia to the tune …

She called me, peppy and excited and full of love, as she usually does each day after coming home. I’m usually at my apartment in Indianapolis when I answer my mother’s FaceTime calls. This time, though, I was just coming out of media day, preparing for the Rose Bowl story I would write from the …

INDIANAPOLIS — This is the fourth year of the College Football Playoff, and in Atlanta on Jan. 8, the usual organizations who cover it every year will return — outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today and ESPN. Put the IUPUI Sports Capital Journalism Program in that group, too. For the sixth consecutive year — …

Editor’s Note: Jonathan Sauber, a graduate assistant in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations, was the chair of the inaugural College Football Playoff mock selection exercise for student journalists. IUPUI is the only school that has had students serve as voting members of mock exercises of the College Football Playoff and the NCAA men’s …