The Boston Herald's award-winning writer and editor Dan Ventura — a fixture in local sports journalism for three decades — has been named Regional High ...

TEHRAN - Cancer seems to be the end of the road for many but not for the Iranian sports journalist Mehdi Shadmani, who says the disease has helped him ...

The Athletic believes the U.K. is ripe for a sports journalism revolution. It's hired some of the biggest names in soccer journalism to offer a premium digital ...

Let's just get this out of the way with: Yes, I'm from California. No, I don't surf. I grew up in a town just east of Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area — a mecca ...

Marjorie Herrera Lewis' writing career took an unexpected turn when she became captivated by Tylene Wilson's story. A longtime sports journalist, Lewis wanted ...

The Athletic now has more than a half-million readers, but can it turn a profit?

McDonogh 35 Senior High School student Taylor Pittman was at a New Orleans Saints game with her grandfather when she first saw an advertisement for the ...

It's about time we started tracking something new in PFT. Lucky for us Barstool Sports has developed a new Fullbacks stat that will amaze you!

Along with players on 16 teams from around the globe, the Little League Baseball World Series continues this week with the help of a team of students from the ...

For 13 years I have written under a different name. Today I am coming out as transgender, but my love of storytelling remains. Nicky Bandini. Fri 16 Aug 2019 ...

A piece by Rock and Ice editor-at-large Jeff Jackson has been selected for inclusion in the Best American Sports Writing 2019 anthology. By Leyla Brittan ...

After not playing for almost an entire year since his ACL injury, Jimmy Garoppolo returned to action last night. The 49ers in the second preseason game of the ...

Jack Whitaker, who died Sunday at 95, was a long-time part-time desert resident and a Hall of Fame sports broadcaster.

In her 34 years of public *service* in the Northwest suburbs, Arlene Mulder is best known for being the very public and popular mayor of Arlington Heights from ...

John “Jack” Chevalier, a longtime retired sports journalist and former employee of The Philadelphia Tribune, died on Saturday, August 17, 2019. He was 83.

Two students who believe in the importance of local journalism are spending the summer creating *content* for one of Maine's most prestigious daily newspapers.

TEHRAN - Iran's longest-serving sports journalist Ardeshir laroudi says that the traditional media has turned into modern journalism since social media has ...

Lynn native Allanna Barefield was named Student Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists at a convention in Miami last week.

LAWRENCE — Braden Shaw, a University of Kansas junior from Shawnee, has been named one of five winners of the prestigious Jim Murray Memorial ...

Based on interviews with leading sports journalists and grounded in the authors' experience and expertise in both the sports journalism industry and sports ...

Rory Smith discusses the importance of honesty and context, and reporting on the ugly politics sometimes hiding behind the competition.

It has come to my attention that the accepted one-year anniversary gift is paper, which is a little bit ironic given The Athletic Indiana, which turns 1 today, is a ...

MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 15: Kenley Jansen #74 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park on August 15, 2019 in Miami ...

Dodgers no. 7 prospect, Jeter Downs, was officially promoted to the Dodgers' double-A affiliate Tulsa Drillers on Tuesday.

Every month, the Student Press Law Center publishes a list of paid journalism internships. Here are a bunch of fall internship opportunities that are still accepting ...

A sports journalism trailblazer, Garry D. Howard will be inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame this August.

Six outstanding journalism and communications students have been selected from four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to participate in the ...

Double Olympic gold medallist Ester Ledecká has received the Czech Republic's highest sports award for her history-making performance at last year's Winter ...

We're here to tell the important sports stories in New Orleans with more depth and analysis and a personal touch.

On 5 August, in anticipation of the start of the new Premier League football season, the American sport website the Athletic launched its British arm with a staff of ...

The Kerner Commission tried 51 years ago. ASNE has been trying for 41 years. Corporations have tried initiatives on and off for decades. And Monday, the ...

Some meandering, rambling thoughts on hot take journalism.

More than just Medill, InsideNU has become one of the most popular and prolific Northwestern sports media outlets. EIC Noah Coffman shares a little of how ...

Three-year-old digital sports site The Athletic hits a major milestone - 500000 subscribers with plans to double that by year end. Learn more at Subscription ...

Aspiring journalist Marco Peralta of El Centro said touring the fabled studios of the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Conn., recently he vi.

This past offseason the 49ers added 32 running backs to their roster. If you play in any type of fantasy football the backfield was about as muddy as it could get.

USA Gymnastics is reportedly investigating coach Maggie Haney over allegations of emotional and verbal abuse of athletes.

Denmark's Ryder Cup winner Thorbjorn Olesen has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault following an alleged incident on a flight to London last ...

An atmospheric scientist reflects on the tension and opportunity with sports and academics.

Russian race walker Sergey Bakulin, stripped of his 2011 world title for doping, has been handed an eight-year ban for a second offence.

It has become a cliche because it is true: The Athletic is the premier destination for storytelling in sports journalism.

Retired ESPN production executive Steve Anderson and the recently retired on-air host Bob Ley will be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, held ...

As Bob Ley steps away from a distinguished career at ESPN, he says one of his few regrets was the way he and the network handled the story of who would ...

Ed Malyon gives the impression of a man who can scarcely believe his good fortune. As 29-year-old UK managing director of The Athletic, a new venture in ...

MLB journalist Ken Rosenthal sits down with Amy G to discuss the frenetic MLB trade deadline, getting his start in the business, and more.

A degree in communications, media and journalism provides graduates with excellent written skills as well as an ability to work across multimedia platforms.

After the second annual Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting, a conversation about the past and future of the industry.

Alan Eagleson spent six months in prison after journalist Russ Conway documented evidence of corruption in the National Hockey League Players' Association.

Letters: The late, great Clive Sullivan should not be forgotten when talking about pioneering black British rugby league players, writes Les Sheard. Plus letters ...

While Justin Langer referred to the decision to keep Steve Smith out of the third Test as a “no brainer”, with no apparent irony, the debate around concussion in ...

It has been the talk of sports desks across English newspapers for months and now The Athletic is here.

Blurry flashbacks and curious talking heads tell the story of an ambitious Maidenhead teen who went on to launch an empire. Stuart Jeffries. Sun 18 Aug 2019 ...

Stuffed full of agony, redemption and melodrama, football is the perfect fit for the streaming age, as Amazon's engrossing Leeds United documentary proves.

Sports is supposed to be "the great equalizer," but Pat Ferrucci says the language sports journalists use often stereotypes athletes by race. He says ...

South Korea is considering making its own arrangements to feed its athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics, citing concerns over the safety of food from ...

Over the years, press freedom in sport has been a recurring subject for Play the Game. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Play the Game has put ...

Forty years ago the soccer transfer market went crazy: the British record was broken four times in 1979, more than in any other year before or since. A lot of this ...

The Women's World Cup is putting a spotlight on the sexual harassment that plagues the industry for female sports journalists.

I've been a student journalist for over a third of my life. I'm almost 22 and I became a student journalist the year I turned 15, as a high school freshman who was ...

Katee Sackhoff, the American actress and social activist is once again in space for the Another Life after winning the four Saturn Awards.

In his introductory piece for Arrowhead Pride, night editor Robert Rimpson explains how he came to love sports journalism in the city he grew up in.

Members of the World Cup-winning US women's team take part in a ticker tape parade with their trophy for the women's World Cup champions on July 10, 2019 ...

Pat Ferrucci wrote music columns for nine years before pursuing a Ph.D. in journalism. Photo courtesy of Pat Ferrucci. Share. One of Patrick Ferrucci's earliest ...

An entire generation of Americans, schooled in cool-contemporary insouciance of the classics and willful ignorance and indifference to the literary greats, has ...

Two summers ago, at a Boeheim's Army basketball game, I was speaking with a fellow photographer about his experiences covering the New York Mets, my ...

Smith basketball player Emma Seymour '19 turned her disappointment in the lack of media coverage of the Pioneers' historic spring season into inspiration for ...

Justin Thomas begins the FedEx Cup in the lead under a new handicap system, about which Rory McIlroy, five shots further back, has mixed feelings.

The World Cup champion drilled a series of long field goals during a visit to Eagles training camp that caught the attention of at least one famed NFL scout.

Former ESPN ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber died Friday at 73. She was first female sports editor at a major American daily newspaper for the Times.

A US sports website that wants to dominate the British football market has made a series of high-profile new signings, including an award-winning Guardian ...

A Facebook advert for a gambling app featuring young football players including Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho and Kylian Mbappé has been banned by the ...

What does sports media look like heading into 2018? It's a world where more and more, sports reporting is moving away from objectivity and focusing on being a ...

We continue in our series of females taking the front row seats in male dominated sports disciplines and today's segment takes us to Ghana where over 120 ...

Andrew Jennings is one of the pioneers in investigative sports journalism. Photo: Jennings speaking at Play the Game 2013 by Thomas Søndergaard/Play the ...

As a Mexican-American female sports reporter, I face many obstacles in overcoming misogyny and being one of the few women in the press box.

The Sports Journalism Institute, a program celebrating 25-plus years of enhancing racial and gender diversity in sports media, will conduct its 2019 boot camp at ...

On July 2, NBC Sports' Football Night in America host Liam McHugh will join the summer Sports Journalism and Broadcasting Program at Hofstra University ...

Life is all about luck. If you want to convince me otherwise, I would invite you over, sit you down, show you the 2006 American League Championship Series and ...

Students had the opportunity to gain valuable insight from veteran women in sports journalism during the five-hour symposium.

There is no other way to say it: Le Anne Schreiber was a titan of journalism.

The Athletic is ramping up in the United Kingdom. Mid-August is being eyed for launch and at least 50 staffers have been tasked with making that happen.

For years, ESPN has faced criticism for its attitude toward journalism, with skeptics pointing to apparent conflicts of interest surrounding leagues the network both ...

LZ Granderson shatters the mold of the stereotypical sports journalist. For starters, he's a trained and accomplished actor. Plus the 46-year-old Detroit native is ...

Services are Friday for writer and storyteller Dan Jenkins, known to the world as the greatest sports journalist of his era and locally for his passion for Colonial ...

Manu Tuilagi has revealed how he could have avoided more than a year of his injury layoff if he had come clean regarding his initial groin problem.

Around 10:30 p.m., Sunday night, a great buzzing will shake the cellphones of millions of Super Bowl watchers. From a press box in Atlanta, sportswriters will ...

A US sports website has launched a “super-aggressive” hiring spree for Britain's most famous football writers, with multiple sources claiming the website has ...

No one needs to explain the rules of baseball to Chelsea Janes. She played the sport growing up in Massachusetts, and competed for the softball team at Yale ...

Diversity in the field of sports journalism, for a lack of a better term, sucks.

Paul Marshall has been the public address announcer for PCC Athletics for the past four years. He has played basketball, football, track and soccer but knew he ...

Since sports are taking a new and different direction, sports journalism has gone to a new level. Now that sports have risen bright in the sky in terms of wealth, ...

This year was full of many milestones, accomplishments and quality work from Black women in sports journalism. Here is the list of top 10 from 2018.

Pandemonium has broken out in the world of British football reporting with an American website offering unheard of salary packages to poach some of the.

Kristina Vogel is an exceptional athlete. In Apeldorn earlier this year, the German cyclist added two more world titles to her long list of awards. However, fans of ...

Daily Universe senior reporter Kaitlyn Bancroft, right, and Metro Editor Sahalie Donaldson work on their articles for The Daily Universe. (Arianna Davidson).

Award-winning sports journalist Jemele Hill is expected to speak at the University of Memphis this week.

With the right pair of glasses and one of those tweed jackets — the kind with patches on the elbows — Jordan Samuels-Thomas could easily pass for a college ...

Uruguay's Aparicio García impressed with his one-of-kind debut earlier this year, the grindhouse rural mobster comedy “La noche que no se repite,” and the ...

The working conditions of sports journalists were in focus in a Play the Game 2017 session that shed light on dangers and difficulties when reporting on sports.

ESPN's Bob Ley '76 teaches a Master Class, "Sports Journalism and Its Challenges," to thirty select students.