NOTE: New content was added to the end of this story Sunday night.
There is no justification for the bawdy headline in LSU’s student-run Daily Reveille this past week that characterized how the Tigers defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks. In some ways, the headline is titteringly amusing in a pre-teen sort of way. In many more ways, [...]
Feb
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Block nickname metaphors simile to this
Aug
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2012
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Stories worth reading from college staffs
Like always, college newspapers across the country are focusing on football, game stories and columns. Games certainly drive sports coverage. But fans also appreciate a feature that reveals insights into an athlete, or coach, both on and off the field, along with breaking news. Here are some of the more compelling stories by college staffs [...]
Feb
9
2012
9
2012
Grantland Rice would be kinda proud
The Duke Chronicle called it “The Miracle on Franklin Street.”
The Daily Tar Heel lamentably wrote that the final shot ‘froze’ the Smith Center.
The Raleigh News & Observer characterized the finish as the ‘craziest’ in Duke and North Carolina’s 233-game history.
Yahoo Sports tagged it an ‘instant classic’ game.
Jan
13
2012
13
2012
Invigorate your sports section
Here’s some tips for improving your sports section at the start of a new semester.
Establish beats. Assign one person as the primary coverage reporter for each sports team on campus. Other reporters can jump in and help by writing sidebars, compiling notebooks and filling in to write the mainbar when the main reporter is unavailable.
File [...]
Dec
7
2011
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2011
Kernel’s basketball coverage a joy to read
As always, the Kentucky Kernel offers fully developed, original sports content. But the student-run newspaper especially shines in its reporting of men’s basketball. Sam Rothbauer offers a short piece on the team’s chemistry, focusing on a key play against North Carolina to illustrate the story’s theme. And Aaron Smith dives into some basketball sabermetrics that [...]
Feb
2
2011
2
2011
Too many college staffs fumble NSD coverage
National Signing Day is like Christmas to college football fans, coaches and athletic directors.
For most college sports staffs, unfortunately, Wednesday might as well have been Arbor Day for the lack of timely coverage of football signings across the country.
While there’s a direct correlation between a team’s success and the quality of its recruits, according to [...]
Jan
30
2011
30
2011
Double OT game is worth at least a story
I still don’t understand why student papers fail to report on bigger sports events as soon as possible. After all, we are in the news business, so when sports news breaks, like Louisville’s double-overtime basketball victory over UConn on Saturday, readers want to read about it – even more so, if the game was broadcast [...]
Dec
3
2010
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2010
Kernel reveals Kanter’s options
Apparently, it is acceptable to seek money from college football coaches and boosters but not to receive money for expenses from playing on a Turkish basketball team. At least, that’s what the NCAA seems to be saying based upon its decisions the past few weeks. As a result, Kentucky recruit Enes Kanter is sitting on [...]
Dec
1
2010
1
2010
Cyclocross – a future NCAA sport?
Want to learn more about a new, fast-growing sport? Check out the Louisville Cardinal’s piece on Cyclocross, an X Games-type sport that is now packaged like a sport any generation can appreciate. Essentially, promoters have found a way to condense mountain biking and to set up places for fans to get closer to the steep [...]
Nov
30
2010
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2010
College papers tackle TCU move to Big East
The Daily Skiff, the student-run newspaper for Texas Christian University, strongly supports the Horned Frogs’ move to the Big East, saying “practical benefits abound.” That includes significantly better TV exposure and considerably more revenue.
The newspaper filed a news story outlining the move along with two opinion pieces. The Daily Skiff was not alone in covering TCU’s [...]
Nov
25
2010
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2010
Great model for sports blogging
Check out the Indiana Daily Student’s sports blog for a good read and for great examples on how to cover a college beat. On the Hoosier Hype blog, the IDS staff posts game stories, game previews, notes, live chats and breaking news (like Indiana securing the No. 2 men’s basketball player in the country, according [...]
Nov
9
2010
9
2010
Don’t hide infractions at your school
You are not a cheerleader. You are not the sports information director, nor the university’s spokesperson. You are a sports reporter. That means you file stories about alleged infractions, such as those regarding Cam Newton, whose Heisman hopes are evaporating as quickly as a stolen laptop. Still, the other candidates are not exactly alter boys, [...]
Oct
19
2010
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2010
Shocker: Sex is part of selling sports
A writer for Colorado’s Scribe offers a nice take on women sideline reporters. No doubt sex sells. Why else would the NFL have hired Marisa Miller, a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model? After all, sex helped vault the NFL in the early 1960s when Roone Arledge required cameramen to find T&A shots. But the talent [...]
Oct
18
2010
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2010
College newspapers jump on BCS coverage
A look at college sports coverage from the weekend.
The Boise State Arbiter remained busy through the weekend, posting stories not only on the football team’s 48-0 rout of San Jose State but of the team’s rankings in the polls. Please, don’t tell me BSU does not deserve a BCS title shot. And don’t get [...]
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