Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Zo Tyson, writing for the Horizon League website, previews the semifinals of the Men’s Basketball Championships to take place Monday evening at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. https://horizonleague.org/news/2020/3/7/mens-basketball-hlmbb-semifinal-preview.aspx
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Milwaukee’s Schmelzer Shines as Two-Sport Student-Athlete
Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Meghan Rominger, writing for the Horizon League website, describes the academic and athletic achievements of two-sport athlete McKaela Schmelzer of Milwaukee. https://horizonleague.org/news/2020/3/2/womens-basketball-mckaela-schmelzer-shines-as-two-sport-student-athlete-at-milwaukee.aspx
Cleveland State’s Miller Cements a Legacy in Senior Season with Vikings
Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Josh Ayen, writing for the Horizon League website, describes the legacy that has been created by Mariah Miller of the Cleveland State women’s basketball program. https://horizonleague.org/news/2020/3/2/womens-basketball-cleveland-states-mariah-miller-shines-in-senior-season-with-vikings.aspx
From the archives: ‘Do you know how many points you scored?’ ‘No.’
(Editor’s Note: Megan Gustafson of the University of Iowa, who would win the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year, led the Hawkeyes to the 2019 Big Ten tournament championship. Sports Capital Journalism Program coverage of the 2020 tournament starts Wednesday.) By DeSherion McBroom | @dvo_maximus Sports Capital… Read more »
Postcard from the Combine: ‘They are living their dream while I am living mine’
Anticipation builds and so does the scrum as 9 a.m. draws closer. The reporters have gathered in Exhibit Hall K of the Indiana Convention Center for the start of the National Football League Scouting Combine. Joe Burrow is set to appear at Podium 3. I stand firm towards the front of this collection of media… Read more »
U.S. Women’s Handball Team Leaves Lima With Solid Fourth-Place Finish
Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Brendan Rourke, writing for USA Daily, a digital publication of The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, recaps how the U.S. women’s handball team fell just one point short of a medal against Cuba. https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/July/30/US-Womens-Handball-Team-Leaves-Lima-With-Solid-Fourth-Place-Finish
Pagenaud Holds Off Rossi to win Indy 500
By Brendan Rourke | @B_RourkeSports Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Simon Pagenaud’s unforgettable month of May started with a victory in the Indy Grand Prix. It continued when he earned the pole position for the 103rd Indianapolis 500. And it culminated Sunday with a desperate chase in the final decisive laps of his first… Read more »
Why Marina Mabrey is a key cog in Notre Dame’s quest to repeat as NCAA champions
By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, writes about how senior Marina Mabrey is key to Notre Dame’s success this season. Read the full story here
Graduate transfer Chloe Jackson has brought leadership, poise and clutch performances to the Baylor Lady Bears
By Brendan Rourke | @B_RourkerSports Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Brendan Rourke, writing for NCAA.com, writes how Baylor’s Chloe Jackson is not content with making the championship, she wants to win it all. Read the full story here
From the archives: How the Combine grew from obscurity into obsession
Editor’s Note: Five years ago, while earning his M.A. in Sports Journalism at IUPUI, graduate assistant Cory Collins described the growth of the National Football League Scouting Combine. By Cory Collins INDIANAPOLIS — It wasn’t always this way. Not so long ago, elite college football players could gather in relative anonymity, get poked, prodded, work… Read more »