Center for Sports Communication & Media

CSCM brings together interests in the instruction, practice, and scholarship of sports journalism, broadcasting, media production, and human communication.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

Based in Philadelphia, Pavlína Černá is Senior Features Editor for Hearst Magazines, which includes Runner's World. She is a native of the Czech Republic and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Temple University. See her full bio and portfolio: https://t.co/043HU35p05.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

Pavlína Černá profiles a 77-year old marathoner in "Jeannie Rice Knows Something the Rest of Us Don’t". It's not about talent. It's not about training. Rice has tapped into an ineffable force that defies her age and will never stop chasing it. Read: https://t.co/HMbo1F53xd

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

Pavlína Černá profiles a 77-year old marathoner in "Jeannie Rice Knows Something the Rest of Us Don’t". It's not about talent. It's not about training. Rice has tapped into an ineffable force that defies her age and will never stop chasing it. Read: https://t.co/HMbo1F53xd

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

The stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at https://t.co/4EabAhojth.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

Andrade Franco is an ESPN writer. He is a four-time Best Sportswriting finalist and has had is work included in the Best American Sports Writing anthology. He maintains a Substack at https://t.co/ySIGsUbaxf, where he writes "about the things I don’t write about at work."

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

The 2025 Terrance Crawford/Canelo Álvarez fight for the undisputed super middleweight championship of the world was epic from many points of view. Prizefights, however, are waning, as Roberto José Andrade Franco observes. Read his Crawford/Álvarez story: https://t.co/BvreyUNvDU.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

The 2025 Terrance Crawford/Canelo Álvarez fight for the undisputed super middleweight championship of the world was epic from many points of view. Prizefights, however, are waning, as Roberto José Andrade Franco observes. Read his Crawford/Álvarez story: https://t.co/BvreyUNvDU.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

The stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at https://t.co/4EabAhojth.

[Jay Jennings @JayJenni]

@UT_CSCM So happy to see this new award established after PEN dropped their sports book prize some years ago. Tough year! I’ve read both @bySLPrice and @SethWickersham and they are excellent finalists. Much more to be read now. Congratulations to all.

[Seth Wickersham @SethWickersham]

Thank you to the Jenkins Medal judges for including AMERICAN KINGS in its inaugural Best Sports Book category.

[Christine Brennan @cbrennansports]

Thank you to the Dan Jenkins Medal judges for including ON HER GAME: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports in their inaugural Best Sports Book category. Honored to be mentioned with so many friends, colleagues and fellow authors. @ScribnerBooks

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

What an honor (and what a nice bday surprise) to have A Big Mess in Texas selected by @UT_CSCM as a finalist for the Dan Jenkins Medal alongside these incredible authors.

[St. Martin's Press @StMartinsPress]

Congratulations to David Fleming (@FlemFile) who's been nominated as a finalist for 2026 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for Best Sports Book for A BIG MESS IN TEXAS!

[JaneLeavy @janeleavy1]

Honored to be included.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

The work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at https://t.co/EVoPFX1kHL.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

See the 2026 nominees for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. In addition to Best Sportswriting, we have created new awards for Student Sportwriting and Best Sports Book. https://t.co/786qHHGbpJ
Mark your calendars for the awards dinner: September 17 in Austin.

[Michael Butterworth @BurntO_Butterwo]

In 2026, we'll introduce two new Jenkins Medal awards. For the inaugural Best Student Sportswriting medal, I'm delighted to celebrate these outstanding finalists!

[Ian Curtis @Texiancurtis]

Excited to see a new “Student Sportswriting” category for this year’s Dan Jenkins Medal, and congrats to @OwenMurraySEA on his nomination!

[Michael Howes @Mikephowes]

Honored to be named one of six finalists for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting for my Washington Post story on Sean Asa Hicks as a junior last year at @merrillcollege.

I explored Hicks’ battle with retinitis pigmentosa and while learning how to wrestle.

[Owen Murray @OwenMurraySEA]

I’m honored to be selected as a finalist alongside several incredibly talented journalists for the Student Sportswriting award.

My story, Part I of a series, focused on the history on acrobatics and tumbling through the eyes of coaches and athletes who created and innovated it.

[Aman Misra PhD @sociologysport]

Omg let’s gooo @amandav_3 winner of the @gwaa1946 Kohler prize!

[amanda vogt @amandav_3]

Extremely honored to be nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting for my piece on Irmo Little League

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

We're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at https://t.co/786qHHGbpJ, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.

[Center for Sports Communication & Media @UT_CSCM]

See the 2026 nominees for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. In addition to Best Sportswriting, we have created new awards for Student Sportwriting and Best Sports Book. https://t.co/786qHHGbpJ
Mark your calendars for the awards dinner: September 17 in Austin.

[Shwetha Surendran @UsernameShwe]

Honoured to have our story nominated alongside such incredible work. The 1988 project was one of my favourite stories to have been a part of with @pinepaula, @MerrillLiz, and Mark

https://t.co/jwt1jsWzLD

[Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7]

Congratulations to all of the 2026 nominees!