By Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — What’s the first item on a 242-pound man’s to-do list when he’s dropped in the middle of an 8-year-old girl’s princess-packed paradise? Georgia linebacker Lorenzo Carter had Mickey on his mind. “The first thing I had to do was get my ears,” Carter …
Read MoreBy Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– For a few seconds during his career debut as his team’s head coach, Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley simply stood on the sidelines, waiting for the game to continue after the University of Texas at El Paso was called for a holding on third down …
Read MoreBy Sarah Bahr and Alaa Abdeldaiem | @smbahr14 @Abdeldaiem_Alaa PASADENA, Calif. – The 104th Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual will feature programs appearing for just the second time in their histories. Oklahoma, which won here in 2003, and Georgia, which won 75 years ago, will meet in a semifinal of the College Football …
Read MoreBy Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– As the University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia prepare to meet in Monday afternoon’s Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual, Andrew Coats, Dean Emeritus of the College of Law at Oklahoma, is aware of the headlines surrounding the game’s national …
Read MoreBy Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program PASADENA, Calif. — We don’t play against black players. The Washington and Lee College coach, Jimmy DeHart, leader of an all-white football team from Lexington, Virginia, balked at letting his team square off against the black-quarterback-led Washington & Jefferson College squad from Washington, Pennsylvania. The coach …
Read MoreShe 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 …
Read MoreBy Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — When freshman Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm takes the field New Year’s Day in Rose Bowl Stadium to the roar of thousands of screaming fans, he doesn’t expect to feel nervous. Pitching in front of 30,000 fans in the Little League World Series tends …
Read MoreBy Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– It was time to make an appearance. Baker Mayfield had missed all non-football activities with the Oklahoma Sooners over the last three days due to illness, and he was prepared to miss another. But when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned on the television …
Read MoreBy Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– He sat, a picture of calm and composure in the midst of a media frenzy, fielding questions he knew to expect. It has been two weeks since Rodney Anderson was told he wouldn’t face charges after a woman accused him of sexual assault …
Read MoreBy Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — He’s as tall as three-and-a-half Rose Bowl trophies. He weighs as much as a giant panda. He can cover 80 yards in the time it takes to view a single snap. He’s missed fewer tackles this season than the margin of error in …
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