By Jon Sauber | @JonSauber Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The independent Commission on College Basketball recommended that the National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association abolish the “one-and-done” rule in a 60-page report designed to preserve the traditional amateur status of athletes while addressing the factors that have led to highly-publicized …
Read MoreBy Maurice Kirby | @MoKirby_31 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – One of the most interesting options explored by the independent Commission on College Basketball is the recommendation that student-athletes could maintain their eligibility if they are not selected in the National Basketball Association draft. The Commission, chaired by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, …
Read MoreBy Joe Spears | @joe_spears7 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The development of young basketball players for competition in college, the professional level and international play is an initiative that may soon become influenced significantly by the NCAA. When an independent Commission on College Basketball led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced …
Read MoreBruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) of The Toronto Star details the atmosphere around game six following the attack in Toronto that left 10 people dead and 15 more injured. Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) of The Athletic explains how Toronto Blue Jays center fielder has moved on and learned after calling another player a homophobic slur last May. Jon …
Read MoreBy 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 …
Read MoreJen McCaffrey (@JCMcCaffrey) of The Athletic details the frigid atmosphere of the Red Sox-Orioles game at Fenway Park in the middle of April. Jamie Ross (@JamieRossTO) of The Globe and Mail explains how junior hockey taught him lessons as he grew up. Zak Keefer (@ZKeefer) of The Indianapolis Star profiles Sugar Ray Seales and explains …
Read MoreDan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) explains how two former colleagues came together again at the 2018 Men’s Final Four. Greg Cote (@GregCote) of the Miami Herald details Dave Shula’s journey back back to the sidelines after 21 years away from them. Tim Layden (@SITimLayden) of Sports Illustrated explains why Tiger Woods wasn’t ready to win the Masters …
Read MoreMy week in San Antonio could not have gone any faster. It seems like just yesterday I arrived in the Alamo city, a serene town that was still days away from being the center of the basketball universe. I awoke Tuesday morning, hardly able to believe that just the night before I had reported on …
Read MoreI am sitting in my hotel room the day after the national championship and the day before the end of what’s been an amazing journey. And I remembered that as I was writing about other college students living their dream, I was living my own. I think I realized that when interviewing Loyola’s Clayton Custer …
Read MorePhoto Credit: USBWA Political commentator Charles Pierce, who began his career writing about sports, entered the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame on Monday afternoon during the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio.
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