{"id":1036461,"date":"2026-09-01T06:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036461\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T06:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:40:33","slug":"fort-worth-star-telegram-issues-damning-tcu-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036461\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Star-Telegram issues damning TCU report"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 26, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram\u00a0reported<\/a> that TCU banned the paper<\/a> from covering all Horned Frogs athletics. According to the Star-Telegram, TCU rescinded its credentials over its reporting on a locker room fight.<\/p>\n

TCU\u2019s decision did not have the desired effect, as it did not intimidate the Star-Telegram out of reporting on\u00a0the incident and its aftermath.<\/p>\n

\u201cTCU wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma was in the hospital for three days with injuries including a brain bleed and a concussion after teammate Jacob Fields punched and kicked him in the head, according to an arrest warrant affidavit,\u201d Shambhavi Rimal of the\u00a0Star-Telegram\u00a0reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n

Fields was dismissed from the team and has since been formally charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, as ESPN\u2019s Mark Schlabach reported<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to Rimal\u2019s new Star-Telegram\u00a0report, Ezukanma told the TCU Police Department that he had become unconscious after Fields allegedly punched him. Eventually, Curtis Talley Jr., the football team\u2019s assistant athletic trainer, drove Ezukanma to the Harris Hospital emergency room.<\/p>\n

\u201cEzukanma was given an urgent CT scan and the ER doctor read the results stating it was a brain bleed,\u201d Rimal wrote. \u201cHe was then transferred to the ICU, where he received a second CT scan. The results indicated the hematoma had grown, so he was given blood pressure and pain control medications. Ezukanma was said to be in a stable condition after a third CT scan was conducted, Talley told police.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTCU football player Dozie Ezukanma was not sent to the ER for nearly two hours after he was attacked by a teammate in the locker room and suffered a concussion and brain bleed, according to TCU police,\u201d longtime Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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TCU focused on the star-telegram yet dropped the ball on their own players health<\/p>\n

2 hours before he was sent er<\/p>\n

Where was the urgency for someone with a brain bleed and a concussion https:\/\/t.co\/mTKzTy5Hin<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Poor response by TCU athletics https:\/\/t.co\/mTKzTy5Hin<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But the star-telegram is the bad guy https:\/\/t.co\/MkCwOr6V43<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTCU focused on the\u00a0Star-Telegram\u00a0yet dropped the ball on their own player\u2019s health,\u201d Clarence Hill Jr., a Dallas Cowboys beat writer,\u00a0posted on X<\/a>. \u201c2 hours before he was sent to the ER.\u00a0Where was the urgency for someone with a brain bleed and a concussion[?]\u201d<\/p>\n

The sports media world nearly universally criticized TCU for revoking the Star-Telegram\u2018s credentials. Hill Jr. and Shehan Jeyarajah, president of the Football Writers Association of America, also publicly supported Steven Johnson, the\u00a0Star-Telegram\u2018s\u00a0TCU beat writer.<\/p>\n

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As President of the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists and as a dues paying member of the Pro Football Writers of America and former local chapter president, I strongly condemn the actions of TCU and stand with Steven Johnson and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/p4Iek5vxF9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists
Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists (DFW\/ABJ) strongly condemns Texas Christian University\u2019s decision to revoke the media credentials of Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Steve Johnson.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s coverage of\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/hBZ3fKWtlS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As president of @TheFWAA<\/a>, I strongly disagree with TCU\u2019s decision to ban the Star-Telegram from coverage.<\/p>\n

Steven Johnson has covered TCU with class for years and his credential to cover the game in Ireland should be reinstated immediately.https:\/\/t.co\/ZhDc4lIhXe<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JH0P9knHKc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Star-Telegram\u00a0sports editor Jim Barnes also stated Johnson has the paper\u2019s \u201cfull support<\/a>.\u201d The\u00a0Star-Telegram continues<\/a>\u00a0to cover TCU athletics, even without access.<\/p>\n

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