ENC 3934-Fall 2025-Sanders

In this course, you will gain essential skills to write effectively for sports. From the Super Bowl to the Olympics and from Serena Williams to Caitlin Clark, you will enhance your storytelling techniques that will enable your readers to visualize the game-winning touchdown or the gravity-defying flip in gymnastics. This course will encourage you to bring your subjects to life in a way that is meaningful, creative, and expressive. Who are athletes on and off the field? What led to their triumph or defeat? How did they overcome adversity? These are some of the guiding questions that will compel you to dig deep and write engaging content.

Other aspects of the course include analyzing sports artifacts and discussing the impact of the media (print, television, radio, and Internet) in shaping public perception about athletes. Writing assignments may include a feature article, sports narrative, press release, and sports column. Whether your knowledge of sports is limited or extensive, this course sets a foundation to write effectively for sports.