Center for Sports Communication & Media
@ut-cscm.bsky.social
CSCM brings together interests in the instruction, practice, and scholarship of sports journalism, broadcasting, media production, and human communication. moody.utexas.edu/cscm
What do these have in common?
* 4 Nations Hockey Tournament
* WNBA labor issues
* U.S. Open (tennis)
* NBA in China
* Sports gambling in sports media
*Bad Bunny
They're all subjects for critical essays in our Politics and Sports Media report. Read it!
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
* 4 Nations Hockey Tournament
* WNBA labor issues
* U.S. Open (tennis)
* NBA in China
* Sports gambling in sports media
*Bad Bunny
They're all subjects for critical essays in our Politics and Sports Media report. Read it!
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
We're pleased to release our fifth annual “Politics in Sports Media” report. This year's report was prepared with the work of 22 total contributors, including 5 faculty, 15 grad students, and 2 undergraduates. Great quantitative and qualitative insights.
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these have in common?
* 4 Nations Hockey Tournament
* WNBA labor issues
* U.S. Open (tennis)
* NBA in China
* Sports gambling in sports media
*Bad Bunny
They're all subjects for critical essays in our Politics and Sports Media report. Read it!
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
* 4 Nations Hockey Tournament
* WNBA labor issues
* U.S. Open (tennis)
* NBA in China
* Sports gambling in sports media
*Bad Bunny
They're all subjects for critical essays in our Politics and Sports Media report. Read it!
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
Need some #funfacts from our latest Politics in Sports Media report?
55.42% of respondents do not support athletes sharing political views on social media.
In 2025, ESPN and Yahoo Sports both featured the highest number of political topics on their homepages during October.
55.42% of respondents do not support athletes sharing political views on social media.
In 2025, ESPN and Yahoo Sports both featured the highest number of political topics on their homepages during October.
We're pleased to release our fifth annual “Politics in Sports Media” report. This year's report was prepared with the work of 22 total contributors, including 5 faculty, 15 grad students, and 2 undergraduates. Great quantitative and qualitative insights.
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
January 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Need some #funfacts from our latest Politics in Sports Media report?
55.42% of respondents do not support athletes sharing political views on social media.
In 2025, ESPN and Yahoo Sports both featured the highest number of political topics on their homepages during October.
55.42% of respondents do not support athletes sharing political views on social media.
In 2025, ESPN and Yahoo Sports both featured the highest number of political topics on their homepages during October.
In 2025, American sports and politics intersected in many forms and contexts. Our survey and content analysis provide quantitative data and our critical essays reveal the underlying dynamics that reflect struggles over resources and power.
Read the report: utexas.app.box.com/s/byou101wcz...
Read the report: utexas.app.box.com/s/byou101wcz...
January 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM
In 2025, American sports and politics intersected in many forms and contexts. Our survey and content analysis provide quantitative data and our critical essays reveal the underlying dynamics that reflect struggles over resources and power.
Read the report: utexas.app.box.com/s/byou101wcz...
Read the report: utexas.app.box.com/s/byou101wcz...
We're pleased to release our fifth annual “Politics in Sports Media” report. This year's report was prepared with the work of 22 total contributors, including 5 faculty, 15 grad students, and 2 undergraduates. Great quantitative and qualitative insights.
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We're pleased to release our fifth annual “Politics in Sports Media” report. This year's report was prepared with the work of 22 total contributors, including 5 faculty, 15 grad students, and 2 undergraduates. Great quantitative and qualitative insights.
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
moody.utexas.edu/centers/spor...
#sportsphotography Sam Todd is a London-based photographer specializing in sport and lifestyle. He states: "Athletes are some of the most exciting, hard-working and inspiring people in the world. My aim is to capture this." He shoots straight sport and studio-based vignettes.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
#sportsphotography Sam Todd is a London-based photographer specializing in sport and lifestyle. He states: "Athletes are some of the most exciting, hard-working and inspiring people in the world. My aim is to capture this." He shoots straight sport and studio-based vignettes.
We're now accepting 2026 Best Sportswriting entries for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting through Feb. 6. All forms of sportswriting are eligible. Must have been published in 2025. All the information and entry form can be found at www.jenkinsmedal.com.
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
We're now accepting 2026 Best Sportswriting entries for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting through Feb. 6. All forms of sportswriting are eligible. Must have been published in 2025. All the information and entry form can be found at www.jenkinsmedal.com.
#sportsphotography Andrew Medichini is a photographer for the Associated Press. When he's not capturing pictures of Popes at the Vatican, as he's done since 1997, he's liable to be covering sports stories, including the torch relay for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which beings next month.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#sportsphotography Andrew Medichini is a photographer for the Associated Press. When he's not capturing pictures of Popes at the Vatican, as he's done since 1997, he's liable to be covering sports stories, including the torch relay for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which beings next month.
ICYMI...To NYC And Back: Fall 2025 🚀
Our fall semester newsletter recaps the Jenkins Medal Awards dinner in Manhattan and other CSCM-related activities on the UT-Austin campus. Email [email protected] to get on the distribution list. Read the latest here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1320...
Our fall semester newsletter recaps the Jenkins Medal Awards dinner in Manhattan and other CSCM-related activities on the UT-Austin campus. Email [email protected] to get on the distribution list. Read the latest here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1320...
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICYMI...To NYC And Back: Fall 2025 🚀
Our fall semester newsletter recaps the Jenkins Medal Awards dinner in Manhattan and other CSCM-related activities on the UT-Austin campus. Email [email protected] to get on the distribution list. Read the latest here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1320...
Our fall semester newsletter recaps the Jenkins Medal Awards dinner in Manhattan and other CSCM-related activities on the UT-Austin campus. Email [email protected] to get on the distribution list. Read the latest here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1320...
#sportsphotography Bruce Bennett began shooting hockey in 1974 at Madison Square Garden and Nassau Coliseum for The Hockey News. Since then, he has covered over 5,600 NHL preseason and regular season games in 58 arenas. He's shot 45 Stanley Cups, 33 All Star games and 6 Olympics.
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#sportsphotography Bruce Bennett began shooting hockey in 1974 at Madison Square Garden and Nassau Coliseum for The Hockey News. Since then, he has covered over 5,600 NHL preseason and regular season games in 58 arenas. He's shot 45 Stanley Cups, 33 All Star games and 6 Olympics.
#sportsphotography Kennedy Weatherby is a photographer for The Daily Texan and was at the UT/A&M football game last week. (ICYMI, the Longhorns won 27-17 and brought the all-time series record to 78–37–5 in UT's favor. Also, UT has an undefeated record vs the Aggies since 2011.)
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#sportsphotography Kennedy Weatherby is a photographer for The Daily Texan and was at the UT/A&M football game last week. (ICYMI, the Longhorns won 27-17 and brought the all-time series record to 78–37–5 in UT's favor. Also, UT has an undefeated record vs the Aggies since 2011.)
#sportsphotography Breanna Biorato is the staff photographer for the @washingtonspirit.com, which will be playing in the @nwslsoccer.com Championship this weekend against @gothamfc.bsky.social. Biorato is a recent graduate of @utahtechu.bsky.social, currently living and working in the DC metro area.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#sportsphotography Breanna Biorato is the staff photographer for the @washingtonspirit.com, which will be playing in the @nwslsoccer.com Championship this weekend against @gothamfc.bsky.social. Biorato is a recent graduate of @utahtechu.bsky.social, currently living and working in the DC metro area.
#sportsphotography The Texas high school football playoffs are upon us. Carter Pirtle (aka Cartershots) shoots #TXHSFB in the Texas Panhandle and south plains, much of the time for @PressPassSports. Based in Skelleytown, TX, his portfolio runs the gamut of high school sports...
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#sportsphotography The Texas high school football playoffs are upon us. Carter Pirtle (aka Cartershots) shoots #TXHSFB in the Texas Panhandle and south plains, much of the time for @PressPassSports. Based in Skelleytown, TX, his portfolio runs the gamut of high school sports...
#sportsphotography Brynn Anderson (@brynnbot) has been a photojournalist for the Associated Press since 2012. Based in Bowling Green, KY and an alumna of @wku, Anderson previously worked for the Omaha World-Herald, The Palm Beach Post, the Lincoln Star-Journal and the Lima News.
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#sportsphotography Brynn Anderson (@brynnbot) has been a photojournalist for the Associated Press since 2012. Based in Bowling Green, KY and an alumna of @wku, Anderson previously worked for the Omaha World-Herald, The Palm Beach Post, the Lincoln Star-Journal and the Lima News.
Here's the video from the Every Day is Sunday conversation with Ken Belson and @burnto-butterwo.bsky.social: youtu.be/Uwlf2Fvcj44
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here's the video from the Every Day is Sunday conversation with Ken Belson and @burnto-butterwo.bsky.social: youtu.be/Uwlf2Fvcj44
Author talk tomorrow! The first 25 UT students (with ID) who arrive will receive a free copy of the book. Doors open at 5:30.
NEW EVENT: NY Times writer Ken Belson discusses his new book, Every Day Is Sunday, on campus on 10/28. It's a deeply researched account of how the NFL commissioner and two owners supercharged the American cultural obsession with pro football. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ken-b... Join us!!!
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Author talk tomorrow! The first 25 UT students (with ID) who arrive will receive a free copy of the book. Doors open at 5:30.
NEW EVENT: NY Times writer Ken Belson discusses his new book, Every Day Is Sunday, on campus on 10/28. It's a deeply researched account of how the NFL commissioner and two owners supercharged the American cultural obsession with pro football. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ken-b... Join us!!!
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW EVENT: NY Times writer Ken Belson discusses his new book, Every Day Is Sunday, on campus on 10/28. It's a deeply researched account of how the NFL commissioner and two owners supercharged the American cultural obsession with pro football. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ken-b... Join us!!!
We’re still feeling the love from the 2025 Jenkins Medal awards dinner. Get all the info and see more pics at www.JenkinsMedal.com.
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We’re still feeling the love from the 2025 Jenkins Medal awards dinner. Get all the info and see more pics at www.JenkinsMedal.com.
Your 2025 Jenkins Medal awards winners! Wright Thompson (w/Seth Wickersham), Best Sportswriting; Billie Jean King (w/Michael MacCambridge and Sally Jenkins), Sports Legend; Roy Blount Jr. (w/Alexander Wolff), Lifetime Achievement. Program video (and more pics) coming soon!
September 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Your 2025 Jenkins Medal awards winners! Wright Thompson (w/Seth Wickersham), Best Sportswriting; Billie Jean King (w/Michael MacCambridge and Sally Jenkins), Sports Legend; Roy Blount Jr. (w/Alexander Wolff), Lifetime Achievement. Program video (and more pics) coming soon!
Here's our appetizer for tonight's awards dinner.
In 2016, His Ownself let us follow him around with a camera crew while he covered The Masters. He was irascible, opinionated and funny, as you would expect. Reflective, too. Watch it: youtu.be/t5Pt3W2CjI0?...
In 2016, His Ownself let us follow him around with a camera crew while he covered The Masters. He was irascible, opinionated and funny, as you would expect. Reflective, too. Watch it: youtu.be/t5Pt3W2CjI0?...
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Here's our appetizer for tonight's awards dinner.
In 2016, His Ownself let us follow him around with a camera crew while he covered The Masters. He was irascible, opinionated and funny, as you would expect. Reflective, too. Watch it: youtu.be/t5Pt3W2CjI0?...
In 2016, His Ownself let us follow him around with a camera crew while he covered The Masters. He was irascible, opinionated and funny, as you would expect. Reflective, too. Watch it: youtu.be/t5Pt3W2CjI0?...
Remember when the Pardon the Interruption guys (Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon) sent us this shout out for Dan Jenkins and 2018 Lifetime Achievement medalist Dave Kindred? If you don't you should watch it because it's hilarious and will get you ready for Friday night! youtu.be/iev0fdtMzwI?...
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Remember when the Pardon the Interruption guys (Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon) sent us this shout out for Dan Jenkins and 2018 Lifetime Achievement medalist Dave Kindred? If you don't you should watch it because it's hilarious and will get you ready for Friday night! youtu.be/iev0fdtMzwI?...
Celebrate the craft of sportswriting and the work of Wright Thompson and around Blount Jr. Attend the 2025 Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner at The Penn Club in New York City on September 26. Also, hear Billie Jean King! Info and tickets available at cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a7e…..
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Celebrate the craft of sportswriting and the work of Wright Thompson and around Blount Jr. Attend the 2025 Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner at The Penn Club in New York City on September 26. Also, hear Billie Jean King! Info and tickets available at cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a7e…..
Join our celebration of sportswriting and the 2025 Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting finalists at jenkinsmedal.com. Attend the 2025 Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner at The Penn Club in New York City on September 26. Info and tickets available at cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a....
BREAKING: The winners of the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting are Wright Thompson and Roy Blount, Jr. They'll join Jenkins Medal Sports Legend Billie Jean King at our awards dinner on September 26 in New York City. jenkinsmedal.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join our celebration of sportswriting and the 2025 Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting finalists at jenkinsmedal.com. Attend the 2025 Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner at The Penn Club in New York City on September 26. Info and tickets available at cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a....
www.jenkinsmedal.com
Look back at our 2024 Jenkins Medal awards dinner, honoring Sally Jenkins (Best Sportswriting) and Grant Wahl (Lifetime Achievement): youtu.be/-ktJU6Lbxjk?....
Excited to hold this event in NYC next week. Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
Look back at our 2024 Jenkins Medal awards dinner, honoring Sally Jenkins (Best Sportswriting) and Grant Wahl (Lifetime Achievement): youtu.be/-ktJU6Lbxjk?....
Excited to hold this event in NYC next week. Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
September 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
www.jenkinsmedal.com
Look back at our 2024 Jenkins Medal awards dinner, honoring Sally Jenkins (Best Sportswriting) and Grant Wahl (Lifetime Achievement): youtu.be/-ktJU6Lbxjk?....
Excited to hold this event in NYC next week. Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
Look back at our 2024 Jenkins Medal awards dinner, honoring Sally Jenkins (Best Sportswriting) and Grant Wahl (Lifetime Achievement): youtu.be/-ktJU6Lbxjk?....
Excited to hold this event in NYC next week. Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
Join us in celebrating Billie Jean King.
BJK is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Tennis Association and the Billie Jean King Foundation. She is part of the ownership groups of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC.
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
BJK is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Tennis Association and the Billie Jean King Foundation. She is part of the ownership groups of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC.
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Join us in celebrating Billie Jean King.
BJK is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Tennis Association and the Billie Jean King Foundation. She is part of the ownership groups of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC.
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
BJK is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Tennis Association and the Billie Jean King Foundation. She is part of the ownership groups of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC.
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...
We're delighted to present Wright Thompson with the 2025 Jenkins Medal for Best Sportswriting. He won for his ESPN
article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, a 16,000 word opus, chronicling the senior season and developmental backstory of Clark as a Hawkeye.
article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, a 16,000 word opus, chronicling the senior season and developmental backstory of Clark as a Hawkeye.
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're delighted to present Wright Thompson with the 2025 Jenkins Medal for Best Sportswriting. He won for his ESPN
article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, a 16,000 word opus, chronicling the senior season and developmental backstory of Clark as a Hawkeye.
article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, a 16,000 word opus, chronicling the senior season and developmental backstory of Clark as a Hawkeye.