3-3-0

This course examines themes and styles of the sports writing genre in journalism, fiction, and documentary narratives. One focus will be on the basics: interviewing athletes, writing tight, running game stories on deadline in CP style, and producing lively features and in-depth profiles. Students will also read works from Gary Smith, Al Stump, George Plimpton, A.J. Liebling, Jim Boulton, Ken Dryden, Maya Angelou, Hunter S. Thompson, among others and examine film segments based on athletes and events that are representative of sports writing themes, including: Cobb, Eight Men Out, Slap Shot, Hoosiers, Breaking Away, Rudy, Raging Bull, Rocky, and The Greatest. Students will produce sports-related stories in CP style, as well as analyses of sports writing, reportage, and films.