The Povich Center is pleased to announce that late Philadelphia sportswriter John Smallwood '87 is the winner of the 2021 Lacy-Smith Award: go.umd.edu/SCJ
The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism
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The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism
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The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism prepares students to be innovators and leaders in all facets of sports media.
- Join us March 3 for a virtual conversation with former Terps @Kurkjian_ESPN & @notthefakeSVP. Kurkjian and Van Pelt will discuss the status of the MLB season and Kurkjian’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. REGISTER: go.umd.edu/Kurkjian_VanPe…
- We're excited to announce NBA Commissioner Adam Silver & Wizards Owner Ted Leonsis will headline the 18th Annual Povich Symposium, ‘The Future of the NBA,’ in person on Friday, Nov. 17. Registration required: go.umd.edu/18thPovichSymp…
- Please join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Povich Center founding director @sportsgeorge! 🎂🥳🎈
- Congratulations on your retirement George! And thank you to everyone who joined us virtually tonight to celebrate.
- A couple of legends stopped by the Povich Center today. A big thanks to @notthefakeSVP and @sportsgeorge for chatting with our students today.
- Our book club selection this year is "I Came As a Shadow," the autobiography of @GeorgetownHoops' John Thompson written with @jessewashington. A generous contribution from @TheUndefeated helped us provide books to 485 area high school students. MORE: go.umd.edu/BookClub
- How much would Curt Flood earn in today's game? Scott Boras, baseball's most influential agent, weighed in at the Povich Symposium last week. @merrillcollege @UMDsportsprof
00:00 - Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports), an award-winning national sports columnist for USA Today and commentator for CNN and ABC News, has been named the 2022 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award winner. MORE: merrill.umd.edu/articles/povic…
- .@ProfBlackistone's Sports Reporting & Writing class covered last night's Nationals-Dodgers game. The students filed a story on deadline and got to witness the Shohei Ohtan-media frenzy in person. Thanks to the @Nationals for having us!
- A big thank you to @Kurkjian_ESPN for spending the afternoon with us yesterday. The always popular Kurkjian discussed everything from what makes a good story to his opinion on MLB's "ghost runner rule." (Spoiler Alert: He isn't a fan).
- We're excited to share that we're partnering with Sports Business Journal to send one student to L.A. to cover Super Bowl LVI in February 2022. The Povich Center selected senior @JacobHRichman, who will be embedded with @sbjsbd to produce content leading up to the Super Bowl.
