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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 8d

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!

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 12d

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?...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 14d

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?...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 19d

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…..

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 20d

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....

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 22d

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...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 26d

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...

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 27d

Join us at the Jenkins Medal awards dinner on September 26 at the Penn Club in New York City. Roy Blount Jr. and Billie Jean King will also be recognized for their accomplishments and legacies. Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a7e

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 28d

Join us in celebrating Billie Jean King.
In her legendary tennis career, King captured 39 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles, including a record 20 Wimbledon championships. She was the year-end #1 player in the world six times.
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 29d

We'll be honoring Blount for his contributions to the sportswriter's craft at the Jenkins Medal awards dinner as our Lifetime Achievement winner. Join us on September 26 at the Penn Club in New York City! Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 29d

Roy Blount Jr. is funnier than you are. But don't feel bad because he's funnier than almost everybody. His book about hanging out with the Pittsburgh Steelers, "Three Bricks Shy of a Load," was declared a classic of American football writing and a masterpiece of New Journalism.

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us in celebrating sports icon Billie Jean King
“100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century” by Life magazine
First woman athlete to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
First individual woman athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
Tickets: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Sep 3

jenkinsmedal.com Join us at the Jenkins Medal awards dinner on September 26 in New York City. We'll be celebrating with fellow honorees, Roy Blount Jr.and Billie Jean King. cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Sep 3

jenkinsmedal.com Read the story: Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, the winner of the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. espn.com/womens-colle.... By Wright Thompson, ESPN Senior Writer.

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 29

Seats and tables for the Jenkins Medal awards dinner will be on sale for two more weeks or whenever supply runs out, whichever comes first. Our event will be at the Penn Club in NYC on September 26. cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a.... Limited sponsorships available as well: [email protected].

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 26

Roy Blount, Jr. is the author of 24 books, including About Three Bricks Shy . . . And the Load Filled Up, his 1974 account of hanging out w/the Pittsburgh Steelers. This book has been cited as a classic of American football writing and one of the masterpieces of New Journalism.

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Jenkins Medal jury cited Thompson's ESPN article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Make Peace in the Process (espn.com/womens-colle...) as the best sportswriting of 2024. Thompson won the inaugural 2017 Best Sportswriting medal for his profile on Tiger Woods. jenkinsmedal.com

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 21

The 2025 Jenkins Medal Sports Legend is Billie Jean King, sports icon and equality champion. Join us on 9/26 to celebrate her and the (forthcoming) winners of the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. Seats, tables and sponsorships: available: cvent.utexas.edu/event/c4fe4a...

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Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 19

Join our celebration of sportswriting and the 2025 Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting finalists at www.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....

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Jun 10

We're pleased to present the Best Sportswriting nominees for the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. Get article links and all the details at jenkinsmedal.com.

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 15

Since February 2020, Wilson has covered college football while based in Austin, writing about the people and culture that make the sport so special and unique. A native of Kilgore, Texas, Wilson attended Texas A&M, Kilgore College and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 14

Even people in Austin, TX enjoyed reading Barry Switzer, 'The King' of Norman, Is Still Unapologetically Himself at 87 by Dave Wilson. Switzer was a favorite of Dan Jenkins and continues to reign as one of college football's living legends. READ IT: www.espn.com/college-foot...

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🔻 Punished Wobbler @merthyr1831.bsky.social · Aug 14

I enjoy motorsports, but I loathe... LOATHE the way that capitalism is the driving force behind F1. It is stripped from competition and intrigue by marketing ghouls and middle managers.

If you are frustrated at F1 not fulfilling its potential you are a temporarily embarrassed communist.

Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · Aug 12

Streaming series and Hollywood blockbusters emphasize the drama, excitement, and glamour of F1. This self-described "cycling journo" goes behind the scenes of the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin to reveal a different, and darker, side of the sport. READ IT: escapecollective.com/behind-f1s-v...

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