On New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, Kansas State Wildcats football fell to the world-renowned Alabama Crimson Tide, 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl. Kansas State finished a historic season for the program, taking me to the press boxes of the Superdome in New Orleans and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the Big 12 Championship Game. Just under 1,000 miles away in … [Read more...] about In smaller newsrooms, some sports reporters are covering 10 sports at once
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Corporate alliances put squeeze on sports journalism
Editor's note: This is an opinion article by John Shrader. Sports journalism is dead. That was the notion in late August, when ESPN abruptly ended its relationship with PBS’ “Frontline.” ESPN had partnered with “Frontline” for more than a year on a documentary film examining the NFL’s handling of head injuries. It looked like the perfect collaboration of the hard-hitting … [Read more...] about Corporate alliances put squeeze on sports journalism
Credibility questions sidetrack investigative journalism
Unintended consequences often prove fruitful. Sports Illustrated’s recent series of articles chronicling cheating at Oklahoma State University were meant to reignite a long-running conversation about the seedy culture of big-time college athletics. Instead, Sports Illustrated started a conversation about credibility and perceptions of bias that overshadowed its original … [Read more...] about Credibility questions sidetrack investigative journalism