Wayne Drehs
@wdrehs.bsky.social
Visiting Professor of Practice, The University of Iowa. Storyteller for hire. Previously: 23-year ✍️ at ESPN. 🥎 ⚽️ Dad. I cheer for all the Chicago sports teams. It's not going well.
Thank you @iowapbs.bsky.social for sharing the story of our Iowa journalism students and the work they’ve done to keep community journalism alive in the Solon, Mount Vernon & Lisbon communities. It has been great to witness the impact they’ve had. youtu.be/HhJqY-lsbik?...
Community Journalism | Iowa Life
YouTube video by Iowa PBS
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April 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thank you @iowapbs.bsky.social for sharing the story of our Iowa journalism students and the work they’ve done to keep community journalism alive in the Solon, Mount Vernon & Lisbon communities. It has been great to witness the impact they’ve had. youtu.be/HhJqY-lsbik?...
Such mixed emotions about Kyle Tucker's start. On one hand, love to see any Cub have such success. On the other hand, along with the joy from each bomb comes this misery knowing the Cubs won't pay him. Tough to emotionally invest knowing the frustration that awaits.
April 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Such mixed emotions about Kyle Tucker's start. On one hand, love to see any Cub have such success. On the other hand, along with the joy from each bomb comes this misery knowing the Cubs won't pay him. Tough to emotionally invest knowing the frustration that awaits.
HUGE thanks to two of my favorite sportswriters & people, Sean Gregory from Time Magazine and @brett-taylor.bsky.social from @bleachernation.bsky.social, for joining my Iowa sportswriting class today to share their insights on sports media, writing, interviewing & creating content sports fans love.
April 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
HUGE thanks to two of my favorite sportswriters & people, Sean Gregory from Time Magazine and @brett-taylor.bsky.social from @bleachernation.bsky.social, for joining my Iowa sportswriting class today to share their insights on sports media, writing, interviewing & creating content sports fans love.
A great interviewer with a subject Iowa fans will love. Richard catches up with Lisa Bluder …
Wanted to do this podcast for some time.
The next podcast guest is Lisa Bluder, the famed Iowa WBB coach who coached Caitlin Clark. We go deep on Caitlin & the media — and how Bluder/Iowa approached having one of the most popular athletes in the U.S.
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The next podcast guest is Lisa Bluder, the famed Iowa WBB coach who coached Caitlin Clark. We go deep on Caitlin & the media — and how Bluder/Iowa approached having one of the most popular athletes in the U.S.
Out Thur. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Sports Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with...
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March 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A great interviewer with a subject Iowa fans will love. Richard catches up with Lisa Bluder …
Always great when Iowa football legend Quinn Early visits class to talk Frank Kinney Holbrook, Hayden Fry & more. Today we learned Quinn once bungee-jumped out of a helicopter into the Grand Canyon as a double for Will Smith!!
His advice: “Always follow your dreams and never take no for an answer.”
His advice: “Always follow your dreams and never take no for an answer.”
February 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Always great when Iowa football legend Quinn Early visits class to talk Frank Kinney Holbrook, Hayden Fry & more. Today we learned Quinn once bungee-jumped out of a helicopter into the Grand Canyon as a double for Will Smith!!
His advice: “Always follow your dreams and never take no for an answer.”
His advice: “Always follow your dreams and never take no for an answer.”
What a story. About humanity. About loving one another. Yes, it’s sad. But at the same time it will lift your spirits. Make you smile. Laugh. And feel. This one will stick with me for a long time. Masterful work by Sam and his editors.
www.espn.com/womens-colle...
www.espn.com/womens-colle...
Love, Abby: The forever friendship between the UConn Huskies and one magical fan
Young UConn fan Abby Zittoun was fun, irreverent, caring. And for Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Caroline Ducharme, her friendship is forever.
www.espn.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What a story. About humanity. About loving one another. Yes, it’s sad. But at the same time it will lift your spirits. Make you smile. Laugh. And feel. This one will stick with me for a long time. Masterful work by Sam and his editors.
www.espn.com/womens-colle...
www.espn.com/womens-colle...
BEYOND PROUD of @thedailyiowan.bsky.social crew which tonight won IOWA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR & BEST SPORTS SECTION at the Iowa Newspaper Awards!
Among the many winners, Iowa SJMC student Joel Kellar won best sports story & best sports feature photo for his work at the Solon Economist!
BEAMING! 👏👏
Among the many winners, Iowa SJMC student Joel Kellar won best sports story & best sports feature photo for his work at the Solon Economist!
BEAMING! 👏👏
February 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
BEYOND PROUD of @thedailyiowan.bsky.social crew which tonight won IOWA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR & BEST SPORTS SECTION at the Iowa Newspaper Awards!
Among the many winners, Iowa SJMC student Joel Kellar won best sports story & best sports feature photo for his work at the Solon Economist!
BEAMING! 👏👏
Among the many winners, Iowa SJMC student Joel Kellar won best sports story & best sports feature photo for his work at the Solon Economist!
BEAMING! 👏👏
I know half of our country doesn’t care. Their hero is a disruptor who makes America great. When he fails he blames someone else who those devout followers crucify. But damn. Trump has 99.4% of his presidency remaining. I fear what our country will look like when he’s done.
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I know half of our country doesn’t care. Their hero is a disruptor who makes America great. When he fails he blames someone else who those devout followers crucify. But damn. Trump has 99.4% of his presidency remaining. I fear what our country will look like when he’s done.
There are few things more Midwest than a college campus full of kids wearing shorts during a brief 45-degree mid-winter thaw.
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There are few things more Midwest than a college campus full of kids wearing shorts during a brief 45-degree mid-winter thaw.
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Mike Sweeney adding to the Ichiro mythology
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Mike Sweeney adding to the Ichiro mythology
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ESPN's sports analytics team has an opening for a data engineer: disney.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/disneycareer...
January 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
ESPN's sports analytics team has an opening for a data engineer: disney.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/disneycareer...
Call me a sucker and it doesn’t guarantee winning football games, but damn Ben Johnson is impressive. The eye contact. The direct nature. No stumbling around. Dude means business.
January 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Call me a sucker and it doesn’t guarantee winning football games, but damn Ben Johnson is impressive. The eye contact. The direct nature. No stumbling around. Dude means business.
Fall semester began with me sweating buckets because the AC was out in the journalism building on a sweltering August day. Spring semester begins with frozen icicles in my beard from this morning's walk to class. I can't win.
January 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fall semester began with me sweating buckets because the AC was out in the journalism building on a sweltering August day. Spring semester begins with frozen icicles in my beard from this morning's walk to class. I can't win.
I still don't think ND has any shot to force overtime, not to mention somehow win this.
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I still don't think ND has any shot to force overtime, not to mention somehow win this.
As a Bears fan, today was a good day. No promises Ben Johnson will be a great head coach. But he was clearly the best candidate and the Bears didn't mess around or get cute. They identified the guy they wanted and got it done. That's promising. Now they have to do it on the field.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
As a Bears fan, today was a good day. No promises Ben Johnson will be a great head coach. But he was clearly the best candidate and the Bears didn't mess around or get cute. They identified the guy they wanted and got it done. That's promising. Now they have to do it on the field.
I have a feeling our kids will look back at alcohol consumption the way many of us looked at our parents and smoking. “OMG, you smoked cigarettes!?!? At dinner!?!? Next to me!?!? And in the car!?!? When I was a baby!?!?l What do you mean ‘everybody did it!?!?’”
“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States. The majority of Americans are unaware of this risk.”
Surgeon general’s call for alcohol warning label likely to fall flat in Congress
Vivek Murthy says alcohol causes cancer, but the industry still has many friends on Capitol Hill.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I have a feeling our kids will look back at alcohol consumption the way many of us looked at our parents and smoking. “OMG, you smoked cigarettes!?!? At dinner!?!? Next to me!?!? And in the car!?!? When I was a baby!?!?l What do you mean ‘everybody did it!?!?’”
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New Years' Resolution: Share and amplify good ideas and positive messages instead of dunking upon (and propagating/legitimizing) bad-faith stupidity.
January 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New Years' Resolution: Share and amplify good ideas and positive messages instead of dunking upon (and propagating/legitimizing) bad-faith stupidity.
I love college football overtime rules, sorry.
January 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I love college football overtime rules, sorry.
This is why we watch. This is why we put up with all the garbage games, the commercialism, the NCAA BS. For games and drama and stars like this.
January 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is why we watch. This is why we put up with all the garbage games, the commercialism, the NCAA BS. For games and drama and stars like this.
Considering the lack of drama in these playoffs so far, I vote six OTs.
January 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Considering the lack of drama in these playoffs so far, I vote six OTs.
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Michigan's 7-5, Bama was seen as the biggest snub of the CFP. The Tide had all of its top draft prospects play in this bowl game (Milroe, Tyler Booker & Jihaad Campbell). The Wolverines had all their top guys opt out (Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant Colston Loveland) and UM is dominating this game. Wow.
December 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Michigan's 7-5, Bama was seen as the biggest snub of the CFP. The Tide had all of its top draft prospects play in this bowl game (Milroe, Tyler Booker & Jihaad Campbell). The Wolverines had all their top guys opt out (Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant Colston Loveland) and UM is dominating this game. Wow.
God I love fired up Kirk.
December 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
God I love fired up Kirk.
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
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the bears’ second half, down 3 points the entire time:
- punt
- punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- false start on 4th & inches
- punt team sent out
- timeout #1 burned with a stopped clock
- they think about it
- 1st down
- timeout #2 burned with a stopped clock
- int
- punt
- punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- false start on 4th & inches
- punt team sent out
- timeout #1 burned with a stopped clock
- they think about it
- 1st down
- timeout #2 burned with a stopped clock
- int
December 27, 2024 at 4:02 AM
the bears’ second half, down 3 points the entire time:
- punt
- punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- false start on 4th & inches
- punt team sent out
- timeout #1 burned with a stopped clock
- they think about it
- 1st down
- timeout #2 burned with a stopped clock
- int
- punt
- punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- reach SEA territory, punt
- false start on 4th & inches
- punt team sent out
- timeout #1 burned with a stopped clock
- they think about it
- 1st down
- timeout #2 burned with a stopped clock
- int
Why do I watch this every week? Legit what is wrong with me? Laurence Holmes said it two weeks ago. Stop watching. It’s gonna be ugly. I need to listen better.
December 27, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Why do I watch this every week? Legit what is wrong with me? Laurence Holmes said it two weeks ago. Stop watching. It’s gonna be ugly. I need to listen better.