Sports writing giant Frank Deford died this week at the age of 78. Reactions to his passing have poured in as members of the sports media tip their cap to one of the most influential writers in the history of the industry. Here is a small taste of the remembrances from some of the best …
Read MoreFOX Sports mourned the loss of director Bill Webb on Tuesday, March 7. Webb was an inductee into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame last December, was a major part of 30 Sports Emmys won by FOX and directed 17 World Series in his lifetime. Ken Rosenthal wrote a touching tribute to his mentor and …
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 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 MoreBy Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — On July 30, Rajeev Ram was sitting at home in Carmel, Ind., wondering how he would spend the rest of his summer. Then he got a call that changed his August plans, as he found out he would be sent to the 2016 Rio Games after all …
Read MoreBy Pamela C. Laucella (IUPUI), Marie Hardin (Penn State), Steve Bien-Aimé (Penn State), and Dunja Antunovic (Bradley University) Published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Abstract This study surveyed sports editors about gender-related issues in hiring and coverage. Although many editors estimate reader interest to be low and do not believe coverage of women’s sports …
Read MoreBy David Haugh When the incomparable Bob Verdi used to call the Tribune sports desk to check on his columns, several questions routinely followed. Self-deprecating to a fault, Verdi liked to ask if his work was running in the back of the section by the tire ads. He would quiz copy editors about Chicago’s breaking …
Read MoreBy Mark Anderson President, Football Writers Association of America A friend and I were traveling through the West with Steve Ellis back in the early 1990s. We all woke up in Provo, Utah, one morning ready to hit the road. But first we had to wait for Steve to file a Florida State football notebook. …
Read MoreBlackie Sherrod, the greatest Texas sportswriter of his generation or any other, now and forevermore, died Thursday afternoon at age 96. Sherrod died at his home in Dallas of natural causes, said his wife, Joyce. He had been in hospice care for the past week. Sherrod was voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record …
Read MoreBy Cameron Stewart | @ThatManCam Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 10 members of its class of 2016. Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Zelmo Beatty, Tom Izzo, John McLendon, Darell Garretson, Cumberland Posey, and Jerry Reinsdorf will be enshrined on September 9 at Springfield, …
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