Comm455/History of Journalism

The NBA witnessed one of the most historic ends to the a regular season. ESPN featured three games on the night of April 13, 2016: Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzles at Golden State Warriors, and Utah Jazz at Los Angles Lakers. The Boston Celtics found themselves down 26 points to the Miami Heat […]

Lehigh’s CJ McCollum‘s dreams were answered when the Portland Trailblazers selected him with the 10th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. After 2 years of playing behind talent players, McCollum was elevated to starting shooting guard and is having an incredible season for a Portland Trailblazer team that is suppose to be in an […]

On February 26, 2016, FIFA elected Gianni Infantio as the new president replacing Sepp Blatter. Infantio previously served as the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) General Secretary. The election of Infantio comes after a three year investigation leading to indictments of 14 people involved with FIFA and sports firms by the U.S. Justice Department. […]

The 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend was full of revival and goodbyes. NBA All-Star Saturday night has been a big draw for fans to watch the NBA players compete in the skills challenge, 3-point contest, and the slam dunk contest. This year none of these contest disappointed. The skills challenge saw a new addition in to […]

Sports reporting on ESPN during the 1990s consisted of getting daily score updates, news, and gossip by predominantly white sportscasters. Although ESPN had few African American sportscasters, one changed the game of sports reporting and that man was Stuart Scott. Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He grew up […]

America’s pastime. The father must be one of the all-time great players like Ruth, Mantle, or Aaron. Wrong. The father of the game is none other than Henry Chadwick. Chadwick was the first ever sports reporter. But beyond that, Chadwick was a pioneer of baseball, as stated on his Hall of Fame plaque. He enhanced […]

Sports writing is going through a transition. For the longest time, it was the team and the people who covered it with no allegiances, just off plain observation. Now, there are still team beat reporters, but now teams have brought in some of these writers to report for them. The reason:  to control the message.

Celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s death. Rashard Mendenhall of the Pittsburgh Steelers was not in a celebratory mood.  The fourth year running back took to his twitter account and expressed his anger over the celebration along with his belief Bin Laden did not order the attack. The post sparked outrage among fans across the country forcing […]

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Although the Carolina Panthers have started the season 0-2, their #1 overall pick is already living up to his legend. Cam Newton in two games has already thrown for over 850 yards. This has shattered rookie records and he is only the sixth player of any kind to throw for over 400 yards in two […]

Manager John Schiffner sees me coming from his perch in the dugout and makes sure to put on his hat. His hair is a little disheveled today, and wouldn’t look very good on camera. Ten years ago this scenario would never have played out in the small town of Chatham, Massachusetts. Ten years ago the Cape Cod […]

September 11, 2011. Exactly 10 years after the terrorist attacks aimed at both New York City and the Nations Capital; the New York Football Giants will travel to Landover, Maryland to face the Washington Redskins. The past decade has been very different for both franchises. The Giants have been to the NFL Playoffs five times […]