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Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) of The Athletic takes a deep dive into Penn State starting quarterback Trace McSorley and how he reached this point in his career. Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) of TMG College Sports remembers former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and his impact in the SEC and away from it. Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) of The Athletic …

Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) of SB Nation writes on absurdity and beauty of college football games played at Fenway Park in Boston. Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) of Bleacher Report profiles LeBron James and the current state of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Zack Huffman (@zhuffman) of Vice Sports tells the story of five Kennesaw State football cheerleaders who started kneeling during the …

Mina Kimes of ESPN wrote on the polarizing Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Chuck Culpepper of The Washington Post described Alabama’s 24-10 win over LSU and the consistency of the Crimson Tide. George Schroeder of USA Today gives perspective of a child on the receiving end of the new Iowa football tradition of waving at …

Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta of ESPN gave an inside look at the closed meetings between NFL owners and the NFL Players Association to discuss anthem protests and declining TV ratings. Ken Belson of the New York Times also wrote on the internal tension within the NFL over the anthem protests, profiling league executive …

NHL Hall of Famer Mike Bossy pens a letter to himself at age 14 for the Players Tribune. Tim Kurkjian of ESPN writes about the terror of being hit by a major league fastball. Sam Borden of ESPN tells the heartbreaking story of the plane crash that killed most of the Brazilian soccer team, Chapecoense. …

Ryan O’Hanlon lays out what we as fans already know. Playoff basketball is very different than regular season basketball. Russell Westbrook’s high school teammate and close friend collapsed and died on the court in the middle of a game. Isaiah Thomas lost his sister to a car wreck, then had an epic performance in Game …

“Yes, it’s a dog story.” But a great story is a great story, and Arthur doesn’t disappoint. Oh, and it’s written by Tom Rinaldi, who can make Citizen Kane out of C-SPAN. A profile from SEC Country on Tennessee quarterback and aerospace engineer Josh Dobbs, who may benefit as much from his brain as his …

By Mark Alewine | @MR_Alewine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS— Zach Cunningham was one of six kids from a town of just 7,132. As a four-star recruit,ranked in the ESPN 300, it was Vanderbilt that most pursued him over other southern power schools. And even after becoming a star in the SEC, Cunningham is still …

If we’re going to hold true to the lesson learned in middle school football that we’ll learn more from our losses than our wins, the Falcons will be the wisest men in history. Whether its the Falcons epic collapse/Patriots epic comeback (whichever side you’re on), from a great story comes great writing. Scroll down for some of …