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 …
Read MorePrior to 2008, Erin Andrews was a talented sports reporter working for ESPN. After 2008, Erin Andrews still had talent to spare, but had gained another identity as the victim of a stalker who took videos of her through a peephole in her hotel room door and posted them online. Last year, she won a court case …
Read MoreA picture essay on rising Spanish tennis star Garbiñe Muguruza. The “untying” of Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano by Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star. The Atlanta Falcons are heading to the Super Bowl for only the second time in 51 seasons. Nearly the entire Chapecoense soccer team died in a November plane crash. Sunday marked the team’s …
Read MoreThe Miami Herald announced that longtime venerated sports columnist Edwin Pope passed away at 88 years old the night of January 19th. Below, see tributes to Pope from colleagues, peers and the teams he covered. Tribute by Barry Jackson Tribute by Greg Cote Miami Dolphins’ press box renamed Pope’s last column Our thoughts are with the …
Read MoreMichael Joyce’s Second Act follows up on David Foster Wallace’s famous profile of the tennis player and is a reflection by the athlete on his career after it has ended. Annie Heilbrunn writes of her reaction to the impending Chargers move to Los Angeles in an opinion piece in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Vice examines the …
Read MoreBefore Clemson’s Deshaun Watson stuck one final imaginary arrow in his bow, the signature celebration in a remarkable college career that ended with the last-second victory over Alabama, I looked up at the scoreboard and then looked around at the record 74,512 fans in attendance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. “I did it,” I …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — And they say sequels aren’t as good. The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will be remembered as the game Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers got back at the Alabama Crimson Tide for beating them in the same game …
Read MoreBy Michael Whitlow | @couldbelikemike Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — 106-6. That was Alabama’s record under Nick Saban before Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T with a lead at halftime.
Read MoreThe stories usually had to do with work. Of course they did. For Steve Ellis seemed to be in a perpetual state of work. He documented the dramatic rise of the Florida State Seminoles for the Tallahassee Democrat, not just with distinction, but with a relentless attention to detail that was rarely seen in the …
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.
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