Sports
This sports reporting has been created by students in the Sports Media Certificate program within the John Huland Carmical Sports Media Institute, along with contributions from other courses at the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication.
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UGA Men’s Tennis Has ‘Sense Of Unfinished Business’ With Gem Of A Season Canceled
On March 12, the day before a match against the Florida Gators, Georgia senior tennis player Robert Loeb wanted to celebrate his 22nd birthday with his teammates. A team trip to the movies ended up far from a normal viewing of “Hidden Gems.” Loeb and his teammates received the news…
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‘Shameful’ Stigma Surrounding Athletes, Their Periods
Periods play a role in the lives of the majority of women who, in 2019, made up 44% of all NCAA athletes and 43% of all high school athletes, according to the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations, respectively. However, due to the taboos…
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Athens Twilight Postponed To Fall For First Time In Its History
Ashley Travieso was about to travel to Birmingham, Alabama, after teaching a trapeze class on March 12 when she heard the news. Due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, the city pulled the permits and canceled Birmingham Hammerfest, a bike race which was supposed to take place on March…
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‘Coronavirus Sets The Timeline’: UGA Athletes Try To Stay In Shape Despite Uncertainty
In late March, University of Georgia track athlete Victoria Powell went to her former high school track, at The Lovett School in Atlanta, to work out. With college students being sent home, Powell’s only option was her former home. She was promptly turned away by school security guards, who explained…
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UGA Coaches Find New Ways To Communicate With Athletes During Pandemic
University of Georgia equestrian coach Meghan Boenig and her staff set up an Excel spreadsheet soon after the COVID-19 pandemic ended the team’s season. Riders can sign up just to chat by phone or FaceTime. Boenig knows that her role is more than being just a coach to her riders,…
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COVID-19 Tumbles UGA’s Competition Cheer Club
Elizabeth Cummings was in Jamaica on a spring break mission trip when she first heard of the school and sports cancellations due to the coronavirus. Immediately, she began thinking about what this would mean for UGA’s club cheer program. “The second week of April, we go to NCA College Nationals,…
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California Travel Softball Players Maintain Their Skills Despite COVID-19 Limitations
Spring is normally a season filled with college acceptance letters and high school softball. However, COVID-19 has devastated sports at the high school level, including girls softball. Adding to the woes is the fact that travel softball teams suspend their operations during the high school season. Therefore, female softball players…
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Transgender Inclusion in Athletics
At all levels of sports, transgender athletes are breaking barriers, simultaneously stepping onto the podium and into headlines across the world. This past year, college senior CeCé Telfer became the NCAA Division II national champion in the 400-meter hurdles, and at the high school level, Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood…
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Development Academies Changing Path To Collegiate Soccer, Causing Mixed Emotions
For Georgia Soccer head coach Billy Lesesne, the Development Academy is changing the way athletes are recruited, and, like many other coaches and players across the nation, he’s not quite sure how he feels about it. US soccer founded the Development Academy in 2007 in an attempt to place the…
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Concussions Lead to A National Decline in High School Football, But Not in Georgia
Whistle. Break. Whistle. Break. The sound of helmets clashing against full pads fills the air until the whistle is blown and it’s time for the next two players’ strength and game-like skills to be put to the test. This is the sound of the Oklahoma drill in football practice. As…