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Joan Niesen

Staff writer Joan Niesen returned to SI in 2014 after first coming to SI as an intern while in graduate school. She covers college football and the NFL.

Articles From This Author

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NHL

Blues’ Final Stanley Cup Celebration Spoiled by Capitals

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

What Do CFB Coaches Think of the Fair Pay to Play Act?

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

How Will the Lightning and Flames Rebound?

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

College Football Week 5 Winners and Losers

By Joan Niesen
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WNBA

How does Fowles balance WNBA workload, earning degree?

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Brown Goes for Two, but Clemson Survives in Chapel Hill

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

How Wisconsin Got Its Defense Back on Track

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

The Real Story Behind Picture of Tarasenko’s Son in the Cup

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

College football Week 3 winners and losers

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Florida rallies past Kentucky but loses Feleipe Franks

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Gabriel leads UCF to big Power 5 win over Stanford

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Will Penn State–Pitt rivalry fade away after 100th game?

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Missouri's work-in-progress offense already making strides

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

How Coastal Carolina's Jayhawk piñata came to be

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Pruitt on Titanic among most confusing CFB coach quotes

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Jonathan Taylor is driven by an insatiable curiosity

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

What Clemson, Texas A&M must do to win Saturday's clash

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Mailbag: Talking backup QBs, LSU's upside and more

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Northwestern's Paddy Fisher is just gtting started

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Ranking college football's greatest college towns

By Joan Niesen
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WNBA

How does Fowles balance WNBA workload, earning degree?

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Group of Five camp preview: What to watch in August

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Big Ten camp preview: What to watch as practices start

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Big 12 camp preview: What to watch as practices start

By Joan Niesen
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WNBA

How Vandersloot, Quigley found balance and bliss together

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Harbaugh's comments about Meyer aren't controversial

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

QB Martinez is ready to lead Nebraska's resurgence

By Joan Niesen
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High School

Bobby Witt Jr: Gatorade's 2019 National Male Athlete of the Year

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

The seven biggest snubs from 2019's Top 100 Players

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

College football storylines to watch this summer

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

September stumbling blocks for 2019's CFP hopefuls

By Joan Niesen
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MLB

Pujols's emotional return drums up nostalgia in St. Louis

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

The Group of Five teams with top-10 ceilings in 2019

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

Blues' Stanley Cup parade felt like redemption

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

Blues complete perfect comeback with Stanley Cup win

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Best QBs still remaining in the transfer portal

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

Blues back on road, hope to rebound one last time in Game 7

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

The ripple effects of 2019's double-bye CFB schedule

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

How Jordan Binnington embodies the Blues' magic

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

Blues finally return to Cup Final, but this time is different

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Jonathan Taylor adds track to his heavy workload

By Joan Niesen
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NHL

Can St. Louis come back from the Brink?

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Power 5 conferences reign supreme in first round of NFL draft

By Joan Niesen
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College Football

Six key players on the rise after spring practice

By Joan Niesen
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Tiger wins the Masters after Rae's Creek claims more souls

By Joan Niesen
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Golf (DO NOT USE)

Tiger Woods continues to garner all the attention

By Joan Niesen
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Golf (DO NOT USE)

From caddie to co-leader: Molinari's Masters transformation

By Joan Niesen
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Golf (DO NOT USE)

Tiger one shot back after Day 2 of the Masters

By Joan Niesen
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Golf (DO NOT USE)

Koepka looks like David, but he's playing like Goliath

By Joan Niesen
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Golf (DO NOT USE)

Conners overcomes the odds to contend at the Masters

By Joan Niesen
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