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Merrill’s Howard Center and Povich Center Publish First Collaboration, on College Football Deaths from Exertion-Related Illnesses
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism have teamed up for the first time to publish “Pushed Too Far,” an investigation into the 22 Division I college football player deaths from exertion-related illnesse...View Article Details for Merrill’s Howard Center and Povich Center Publish First Collaboration, on College Football Deaths from Exertion-Related Illnesses -
Terps in the Booth: How Maryland Broadcasters Are Taking Over the Minors
By Matt Gilpin, Maryland Athletics Staff Writer With long bus rides, unglamorous meals, and hours upon hours of working, minor league baseball players have to scratch and claw every day to make their dreams come true. The University of Maryland has put a number of ballplayers into the minor leagu...View Article Details for Terps in the Booth: How Maryland Broadcasters Are Taking Over the Minors -
Merrill's Lila Bromberg ‘21 Wins APSE Student Contest
COLLEGE PARK -- Lila Bromberg ‘21 has been named the winner of the 2021 Associated Press Sports Editors Student Contest, APSE announced May 25. Bromberg is the first University of Maryland student to receive the honor since the contest started in 2017. Bromberg was recognized for some of her rece...View Article Details for Merrill's Lila Bromberg ‘21 Wins APSE Student Contest -
Povich Center End-of-Year Recap
As we wrap up a school year like no other, we wanted to provide you with an update on what’s been happening inside The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. It’s been a challenging year filled with Zoom calls, virtual classes and more, but our students have persevered, and we are so proud of ...View Article Details for Povich Center End-of-Year Recap -
Povich Center Announces Sports and Politics Poll Collaboration With Washington Post, UMD Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement
COLLEGE PARK — The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism on Wednesday announced it will conduct as many as two sports and politics polls per year in collaboration with The Washington Post and the UMD Center for Democracy and Ci...View Article Details for Povich Center Announces Sports and Politics Poll Collaboration With Washington Post, UMD Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement -
Povich Center Names Late Philadelphia Sportswriter John Smallwood '87 Winner of Lacy-Smith Award
COLLEGE PARK -- John Smallwood '87, whose distinguished career as a reporter and sports columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer spanned three decades, has posthumously been named the winner of the 2021 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award. The Shirley Povich Center for Sport...View Article Details for Povich Center Names Late Philadelphia Sportswriter John Smallwood '87 Winner of Lacy-Smith Award -
Sports Writing in the Pandemic
This essay was an assignment in Mark Hyman's Sports and Society course All I wanted to do for months was write about sports. I wanted nothing more than to go to a game, feel the energy, watch an entertaining matchup and have the satisfaction of finding the perfect lede after an exhaustingly back-an...View Article Details for Sports Writing in the Pandemic -
Sports Writing in the Pandemic
This essay was an assignment in Mark Hyman's Sports and Society course Working as a sports journalist is difficult enough. What about when you’re in the middle of a worldwide pandemic? Almost impossible. So, how am I, a sports journalist, succeeding amidst the coronavirus pandemic? Hard work and pe...View Article Details for Sports Writing in the Pandemic -
Championship Chat: In Povich Center Panel, Former Terps Cover The Bases On 2020 World Series
By Annie Dankelson Maryland Today Six weeks after facing each other in Game 4 of the 2020 World Series, former Terps Brandon Lowe and Adam Kolarek met again last night, this time swinging at questions from Mark Hyman, director of UMD’s Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Hyman wasn’t th...View Article Details for Championship Chat: In Povich Center Panel, Former Terps Cover The Bases On 2020 World Series -
Mark Hyman Named Merrill College's Inaugural George Solomon Endowed Chair In Sports Journalism
COLLEGE PARK (5/14/20) — Veteran journalist, professor, author and lawyer Mark Hyman has been named the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s inaugural George Solomon Endowed Chair in Sports Journalism, Dean Lucy A. Dalglish announced Thursday. He will direct the college’s S...View Article Details for Mark Hyman Named Merrill College's Inaugural George Solomon Endowed Chair In Sports Journalism