By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The NBA’s All-Star Saturday Night hosted two of basketball’s most prolific shooters in Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu as the pair reenacted their own version of Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs’ iconic Battle of the Sexes tennis match. The 2024 edition of the …
Read MoreBy Mike Williams | @MikeWritesSport Sports Capital Journalism Program MINNEAPOLIS — The 2019 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class announced this weekend at the NCAA Final Four highlights trailblazers in the history of basketball. This year’s class features Vlade Divac, who went from humble beginnings in Yugoslavia to become one of the biggest European …
Read MoreBy Ryan Gregory | @Ryan_Gregory_ Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — Nigeria lost its quarterfinal matchup with the USA, 71-40, on Friday, dashing its hopes of medaling. Most teams wouldn’t take pride in a 31-point loss on an international stage. But most teams wouldn’t — and haven’t — competed with …
Read MoreAt the end of my first day covering the USA Basketball Women’s National Team in the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup, I felt like I was just initiated into the fraternity of journalists. This feeling didn’t come to me while I was sitting in the media room waiting for the games to start. It wasn’t …
Read MoreBy Frank Bonner II | @Frank_Bonner2 Sports Capital Journalism Program TENERIFE, Spain — The USA Basketball Women’s National Team will begin its quest toward a third consecutive FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup when it takes on Senegal to start the preliminary round at 1 p.m. EDT on Saturday. It would be a historic moment for …
Read MoreSteve Rushin (@SteveRushin) of Sports Illustrated looks at what the Minnesota Vikings’ miraculous victory over the New Orleans Saints meant to fans of the Vikings. Kelley L. Carter (@KelleyLCarter) of ESPN’s The Undefeated details how Serena and Venus Williams are changing everything by changing how the world views black women. Pat Forde (@YahooForde) of Yahoo …
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