Sports departments are still pretty white
There's a reason strong racial sterotypes remain in sports media -- especially at the most senior levels. There are few minorities in ch...Read More
Look to the past to learn about the future
Veteran sports journalist Buddy Martin is correct. Sports journalists do not know enough about their own history. We fault professional base...Read More
Feel free to bury the score
I continue to hear editors and instructors tell students to put the score in the first three paragraphs of a game story , but that�s antiqua...Read More
NFL sayeth 'we do not need video coverage from any stinkin newspapers'
So now the NFL is also trying to limit newspaper coverage of their teams, something that seems absurdly ridiculous. A newspaper offering (fr...Read More
Call out youth coaches who play only to win
Too many youth league coaches believe their job is to win, something that pushy parents remind them. (When they are not complaining about pl...Read More
Blogging policy shows the NCAA is out of touch
So the NCAA just ejected a sports writer from a regional baseball game for blogging. Just as I told my class today, sports is all about mak...Read More
Here's an opportunity to report for MLB next summer
Interested in covering a professional baseball team next summer? Then, check out the following information just sent to me by the assistant ...Read More
Check out the syllabus for course in sports and the media
Here's a link to a class syllabus for a course I start teaching tomorrow, entitled Sports and the Media. Sorry for the time off, but I ...Read More
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