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Cassie Kolias, Author

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Double Coverage: Sacramento got punked

Cassie Kolias
May 11, 2011

Although it’s great for Sacramento Kings fans that the team will remain in town for another year, it’s really sad that it took a move threat to sell tickets. I think that Sacramento got punked. At...

Double Coverage: Bromances are in many sports teams

Cassie Kolias
April 27, 2011

Cassie Kolias Ever noticed a pair of men on the football field, or the basketball court, who seemed like they were closer than most teammates? Do you almost feel when looking at them that the two men...

Double Coverage: Press box is a no-cheering zone

Cassie Kolias
April 19, 2011

Cassie Kolias

Journalists should never cheer in the press box.

It's really as plain and simple as that.

Sports journalists may especially have the tendency to inherit an attachment to the team they cover, but that doesn't mean they should cross the line of professionalism in the press box.

There is a time and place for everything. While on the beat covering a story is definitely not the place, and during the game is not the time.

No matter how big the accomplishment of the team or athlete, the cheering should wait until the writer is off duty. They should first file the story before ever considering clapping their hands or cheering.

A month ago there were articles surfacing about the writers covering the Daytona 500, and about how the journalists not only cheered in the press box, but they also applauded when the race winner, Trevor Bayne, made a joke.

What are you, a groupie? No.

The journalists have a job to do, and it means that you must put any fandom aside for the time that you are writing a story.

For a journalist, cheering in the press box could potentially cost his or her job.

It's like an unwritten rule that you just follow as a sports journalist. A news reporter wouldn't cheer at a press conference, and the same should stand for sports reporters. Just because it's a game doesn't mean that it gives sports reporters a right to turn into a giggling, clapping fan.

It's completely fine to want the team you are covering to win. But express it silently. In your own head.

Not cheering goes along with the no-autographs rule. It would be unprofessional to ask any players for their autograph while working, so what makes it fine to cheer? Nothing.

There is no excuse. Even if you are a blogger for a fansite for the team, when you are in the press box it is all business.

As a credentialed member of the media, you forego your right to cheer. If you can't abide by this rule, buy a ticket and garlic fries and sit in the stands where the fans belong.

Thomas Bowles, the journalist who cheered during the Daytona 500, was fired. If you can't keep your cheering to a mild roar inside your head, then get out of the press box. You are in the wrong profession.

You can reach Cassie Kolias at [email protected]

Double Coverage: Baseball Season is Here — and so are Bandwagon Fans

Cassie Kolias
April 5, 2011

Cassie Kolias It is baseball season again, which means two things for me. The first is that in general, I will be happier. Baseball season signals both the spring and summer seasons. It means that the...

Double Coverage: Could you be a Jersey Chaser?

Cassie Kolias
March 29, 2011

Cassie Kolias Sometimes jersey chasers can be mistaken for fans &- they might blend into the scenery, they are sneaky and cunning. Sometimes a jersey chaser's knowledge of the sport could seem impressive...

Double Coverage: Athletes and Celebrities don’t mix

Cassie Kolias
March 20, 2011

KimKardashian. Jessica Simpson. Carrie Underwood. Kate Hudson. Now that I caught your attention - What do these women have in common? Aside from that fact that they aren't too terrible to look at, they...

Double Coverage: Women win final game of season

Cassie Kolias
March 8, 2011

Women's basketball finally won a game. And it was possibly the most important win of the season. After having a Big Sky record of 0-14 going into its final game of the season against Weber State on Saturday,...

Double Coverage: Dear pro teams, please don?t leave

Cassie Kolias
February 16, 2011

Although it's probably impossible to avoid, a professional team should never move away from its city. It's the worst idea. Ever. It's bad for fans, bad for the local economy and bad for the team. That...

Double Coverage: Women?s football league should showcase talent not skin

Cassie Kolias
December 8, 2010

Cassie Kolias I found the reason why female athletes are not taken as seriously as their male counterparts. It's called the Lingerie Football League. It's an actual league of 10 football teams made up...

Four Sac State football coaches fired

Cassie Kolias
December 7, 2010

Today a school spokesman confirmed to the Sacramento Bee that Sacramento State has fired four assistant football coaches. Among those fired was Lou Baiz, the longest-tenured coach in the Big Sky Conference...

Double Coverage: Shooting a half-court shot makes the top-10 bucket list

Cassie Kolias
November 17, 2010

Cassie Kolias What do you want to do before you die? Maybe you've seen the movie "The Bucket List" starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, or maybe you've seen MTV's hit reality series "The Buried...

Double Coverage: Super Bowl tops football bucket list

Cassie Kolias
November 10, 2010

Cassie Kolias Maybe you've seen the movie "The Bucket List" starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, or maybe you've seen MTV's hit reality series "The Buried Life," but either way you have probably...

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Mountain Lions shut down first-place Las Vegas Locomotives 27-24

Cassie Kolias
November 7, 2010

The Sacramento Mountain Lions shut down the first-place Las Vegas Locomotives 27-24 Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium by building an early lead of 21-0 and hanging onto it and their title game hopes....

Double Coverage: Classy and trashy sports weddings gain followers

Cassie Kolias
October 27, 2010

Cassie Kolias Here comes the bride, all dressed in whi... a jersey? That's not right. Rather than opting for a traditional black-tie, white wedding full of lace and diamonds, each year many couples opt...

Double Coverage: Duke scandal with athletes

Cassie Kolias
October 6, 2010

Cassie Kolias While "Sex and the City's" Carrie Bradshaw was settling down over the past two years, Duke graduate Karen Owen has been chronicling her sexcapades with as many Duke athletes as she could...

Sacramento Mountain Lions drop game against Omaha Nighthawks

Sacramento Mountain Lions drop game against Omaha Nighthawks

Cassie Kolias
October 2, 2010

The Sacramento Mountain Lions lost the lead in the final quarter, surrendering the win Saturday at Rosenblatt Stadium to the Omaha Nighthawks 20-17. Former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia stole the win from...

Double Coverage: Athletes crave media attention

Cassie Kolias
September 22, 2010

eSure, everyone likes a little attention once in a while. A moment in the spotlight. Fifteen minutes of fame. Who doesn't want those things? Well some athletes have taken those ideas, used them, run with...

Sacramento Mountain Lions drop UFL debut to Hartford Colonials

Cassie Kolias
September 18, 2010

The Sacramento Mountain Lions dropped their United Football League debut and season opener 27-10 to the Hartford Colonials today at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. The teams battled it out in...

Best and worst of professional uniforms

Cassie Kolias
September 15, 2010

U-G-L-Y. You ain't got no alibi, you ugly. When those cheerleaders chanted the infamous song that was written by Daphne and Celeste, they were probably talking about the players' uniforms. Over the years,...

Hornet Girlz dance team works to boost spirit and help Sac State community

Cassie Kolias
September 8, 2010

On Monday and Friday nights if you listen close enough, you may be able to hear the Lady Gaga remixes playing on repeat in Yosemite Hall. You probably did not know the low buzzing was coming from the Hornet...

Currey spices up volleyball team

Cassie Kolias
September 1, 2010

Janelle Currey's last name is fitting. Watching her eyes and her demeanor on the volleyball court, the spiciness is evident - and no doubt she's got kick to her game. As the co-captain of Sacramento State's...

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