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CSCM brings together interests in the instruction, practice, and scholarship of sports journalism, broadcasting, media production, and human communication. moody.utexas.edu/cscm
We're excited about the 2026 Jenkins Medal awards, now in their 10th year! Stay tuned--winners will be announced in a couple of weeks.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · yesterdayWe're delighted to honor Archie Manning and the "First Family of Football" as our 2026 Jenkins Medal Sports Legend. Join us on September 17 at the Headliner's Club in Austin for the Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner. Seats, tables and sponsorships available now: cvent.utexas.edu/event/251be3...
Leavy proposes recommendations for improving baseball, like implementing a salary floor for players and discouraging pitches thrown over 95 mph to prevent arm injuries. The narrative is laced with Leavy’s humor and lifelong passion for the sport. Read it: publishersweekly.com/9780306834660
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
We're delighted to honor Archie Manning and the "First Family of Football" as our 2026 Jenkins Medal Sports Legend. Join us on September 17 at the Headliner's Club in Austin for the Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner. Seats, tables and sponsorships available now: cvent.utexas.edu/event/251be3...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · last wk.The 2026 Jenkins Medal awards dinner will be on September 17 in Austin, celebrating winners in four categories: Best Sportswriting, Best Student Sportswriting, Best Sports Book and Lifetime Achievement. Seats, tables and sponsorships are available now: cvent.utexas.edu/YxLN4q.
Fleming has written more than 35 cover stories and numerous groundbreaking, award-winning pieces on everything from the Super Bowl and Steph Curry to the Musical Chairs World Championship, hockey dentists and sports fans on Death Row. Website: www.flemfile.com.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 2d agoAuthor David Fleming finds the Dallas Texans to be the most loveable, dysfunctional and entertaining team in NFL history. The train wreck Texans would become the all-American Baltimore Colts, but not before great hijinx were had. Read it: us.macmillan.com/books/978125....
Author David Fleming finds the Dallas Texans to be the most loveable, dysfunctional and entertaining team in NFL history. The train wreck Texans would become the all-American Baltimore Colts, but not before great hijinx were had. Read it: us.macmillan.com/books/978125....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
Early has taught at Wash U. (in StL) since 1982. His anthologies include The Cambridge Companion to Boxing; The Muhammad Ali Reader; Ain’t But a Place: An Anthology of African American Writings About St. Louis: Body Language: Writers on Sport. More info: afas.washu.edu/people/geral....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 5d ago“A vital and gripping” (WaPo) exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its earliest days to the Negro Leagues and integration (w/Jackie Robinson) up to today’s game—by Dr. Gerald Early in collab w/the National Baseball HoF. Read it: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740115/p…
“A vital and gripping” (WaPo) exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its earliest days to the Negro Leagues and integration (w/Jackie Robinson) up to today’s game—by Dr. Gerald Early in collab w/the National Baseball HoF. Read it: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740115/p…
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
Brennan has written 8 books. She was the first woman sportswriter at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover Washington’s NFL team in 1985 (at Washington Post). She delivered CSCM's Deford Lecture in 2023 and won the Red Smith award in 2020. christinebrennan.com
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 6d agoThe acclaimed Christine Brennan delivers an an "electrifying" portrait of sports phenom Caitlin Clark in On Her Game. More than a sports biography, the book is a celebration of female athlete role models and a look at the GOAT debate in WBB. Read it: www.simonandschuster.com/books/On-Her....
The acclaimed Christine Brennan delivers an an "electrifying" portrait of sports phenom Caitlin Clark in On Her Game. More than a sports biography, the book is a celebration of female athlete role models and a look at the GOAT debate in WBB. Read it: www.simonandschuster.com/books/On-Her....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
The 2026 Jenkins Medal awards dinner will be on September 17 in Austin, celebrating winners in four categories: Best Sportswriting, Best Student Sportswriting, Best Sports Book and Lifetime Achievement. Seats, tables and sponsorships are available now: cvent.utexas.edu/YxLN4q.
Abdurraqib’s poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Full bio and information: abdurraqib.com.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · last wk.There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib is a triumph, brimming with joy, pain, comfort, outrage and hope. No matter the subject of his keen focus, Abdurraqib’s writing is a clarion call to reimagine our culture, country and ourselves. Read it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695817....
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib is a triumph, brimming with joy, pain, comfort, outrage and hope. No matter the subject of his keen focus, Abdurraqib’s writing is a clarion call to reimagine our culture, country and ourselves. Read it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695817....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
Vogt is currently in her rookie season in the NFL as a seasonal editorial contributor with the New York Jets. She’s also assisting the AP in its coverage of the National Women's Soccer League, writing daily recaps of games throughout the season. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amanda-vogt…
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 2w agoBy Amanda Vogt: "At Friarsgate Park, there’s never enough parking. Whenever there’s a baseball game, the lot gets full and drivers find spots on the grass next to the sidewalk...This is Irmo, SC, the most baseball a baseball town can be." Read it: bellisariostudentmedia.psu.edu/story/little....
By Amanda Vogt: "At Friarsgate Park, there’s never enough parking. Whenever there’s a baseball game, the lot gets full and drivers find spots on the grass next to the sidewalk...This is Irmo, SC, the most baseball a baseball town can be." Read it: bellisariostudentmedia.psu.edu/story/little....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.
Roch is now the Dow Jones News Fund intern at the Denver Business Journal, working as an enterprise and features writer. His previous bylines have been at the Minnesota Star Tribune, Colorado Sun, Estes Valley Voice and Boulder Daily Camera. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lincoln-r....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Big 12 reprimanded the University of Colorado after its football game with BYU where students' taunts toward the opposition focused on religious beliefs, an experience that cut deep for many CU students. Lincoln Roch reports on the incident. Read it: www.skobuffssports.com/post/slurs-a....
The Big 12 reprimanded the University of Colorado after its football game with BYU where students' taunts toward the opposition focused on religious beliefs, an experience that cut deep for many CU students. Lincoln Roch reports on the incident. Read it: www.skobuffssports.com/post/slurs-a....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.
Murray is putting his University of Oregon Journalism degree to work as a freelance sportswriter, delivering print, multimedia and digital content. His focus is how athletes, programs and sports are adapting to the new age of athletics. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/owen-murr...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3w agoCompetitive acrobatics and tumbling began with one coach on the West Coast. It’s grown into a national sport, but Felecia Mulkey still lives at its center. Owen Murray profiles a the former UOregon coach whose passion has catalyzed a movement. Read it: dailyemerald.com/159950/featu....
Competitive acrobatics and tumbling began with one coach on the West Coast. It’s grown into a national sport, but Felecia Mulkey still lives at its center. Owen Murray profiles a the former UOregon coach whose passion has catalyzed a movement. Read it: dailyemerald.com/159950/featu....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.
Howes is now a Sports Reporter, covering community sports, at The Baltimore Sun after graduating from the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism. Amongst the games stories, he profiled the shared heritage in the local Burmese wrestling community. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michael-h...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3w agoMichael Howes profiles Sean Hicks, a student at Washington Leadership Academy who has a genetic disorder that causes gradual vision loss. But that didn’t stop him from embracing a new sport...wrestling. Story written during Howes' WaPo internship. Read it: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Michael Howes profiles Sean Hicks, a student at Washington Leadership Academy who has a genetic disorder that causes gradual vision loss. But that didn’t stop him from embracing a new sport...wrestling. Story written during Howes' WaPo internship. Read it: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.
Handler is the 2026 sports intern for the Los Angeles Times. She graduated from the University of Florida, having had bylines featured in the Orlando Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times and Gainesville’s NPR-affiliated station, WUFT. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lianahand....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3w agoTo much of the sporting public, the cultural phenomena that is the Savannah Bananas came entirely out of left field. Luckily for those who identify as Old Fogies, Gen Z sportswriter Lilana Handler delivers a primer - a Student Sportswriting finalist! Read: thebanner.com/sports/orioles…
To much of the sporting public, the cultural phenomena that is the Savannah Bananas came entirely out of left field. Luckily for those who identify as Old Fogies, Gen Z sportswriter Lilana Handler delivers a primer - a Student Sportswriting finalist! Read: thebanner.com/sports/orioles…
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.
Zengerle is a winner of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting and has been a New America fellow. His writing has been anthologized in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Medical Writing. Latest work here: newyorker.com/contributors....
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3w agoBlaire Fleming was a little-known college player. Then she suddenly became a symbol of injustice — to both sides of the controversy. Jason Zengerle speaks to Fleming and chronicle her experience on the San Jose State University volleyball team. Read it: nytimes.com/2025/04/20/m...
Blaire Fleming was a little-known college player. Then she suddenly became a symbol of injustice — to both sides of the controversy. Jason Zengerle speaks to Fleming and chronicle her experience on the San Jose State University volleyball team. Read it: nytimes.com/2025/04/20/m...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com.
Weinbaum is a digital journalist and television news, feature, investigative and documentary producer and director for ESPN. Before joining ESPN in 1995, he was a producer for This Week in Baseball and MLB Magazine. He is a member Northwestern Medill’s Hall of Achievement.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 4w agoIn 1965, Hall of Fame pitcher and Negro League legend Satchel Paige threw three scoreless innings against players half his age in a MLB game. Some 60 years later, William Weinbaum pieces together an oral history from those who were in attendance. Read it: andscape.com/features/he-...
In 1965, Hall of Fame pitcher and Negro League legend Satchel Paige threw three scoreless innings against players half his age in a MLB game. Some 60 years later, William Weinbaum pieces together an oral history from those who were in attendance. Read it: andscape.com/features/he-...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com.
In 2006 Rushin was named the National Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. He is a 4X finalist for the National Magazine Award and the author of five books. His first, Road Swing, was judged Top 100 Sports Books of All Time by SI.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · last mo.In a world swirling with Hot Sports Opinions, Steve Rushin offers this: New Orleans Is the Super Bowl’s Spiritual Home. He bolsters his position with anecdotes from the Big Easy in the ‘70s that laid the foundation for the spectacle we know today. Read it: www.si.com/nfl/new-orle...
In a world swirling with Hot Sports Opinions, Steve Rushin offers this: New Orleans Is the Super Bowl’s Spiritual Home. He bolsters his position with anecdotes from the Big Easy in the ‘70s that laid the foundation for the spectacle we know today. Read it: www.si.com/nfl/new-orle...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com.
Rooney has published several works of short fiction and poetry in addition to her novels. Her writing has been recognized with Costa Book Award, the Irish Book Award and the Encore Award. In 2022, Time Magazine named her among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · last mo.Ronnie O’Sullivan is the greatest snooker player in history—what he can do, no one has ever been able to do. And no one can even explain how he does it. Sally Rooney spins up a smart story on O’Sullivan’s autobiography in the New York Review. Read it: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the greatest snooker player in history—what he can do, no one has ever been able to do. And no one can even explain how he does it. Sally Rooney spins up a smart story on O’Sullivan’s autobiography in the New York Review. Read it: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com.