Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
Hot takes were abound, to start this college basketball season. Villanova should leave the Big East for a more competitive league for them. They would point to the Wildcats winning the regular season crown every year since the Big East reformation. However, a school in Cincinnati was brewing a season to end that streak, as…
MLB AL Power Rankings: #1 – Houston Astros Starting with the reigning World Series Champions, who were the second-best team in the American League last year with a 101-61 win-loss record. They have not added any position players and they did not need to. With stars like Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, and George Springer they…
The 2018 NFL League year is just a few weeks away. On March 14, 2018 the NFL free agency period begins at 4:00 pm. Many notable players are free agents this year, including Drew Brees and Le’Veon Bell. However, it is likely that both of these players will stay with their current teams. Here are…
Image courtesy of MLB.com Through a hunt to find an internship or a job, I decided to start looking into other fields of sports that I had not already looked at. This led me to consider a path in sports media and specifically social media. My brother has a friend, Matt Stein, who works for…
From a championship winner to a program battling for a Big East championship, Simone Asque is joining the Seton Hall coaching staff for the 2018 campaign, but she’s not your everyday assistant coach. Hall Pass: What’s one thing about Simone Asque that no one knows? Simone Asque: So I have two sisters, the older one…
The end of February means the conclusion of county tournaments in NJ high school basketball. The county tournaments were intense and filled with drama and didn’t come without the occasional upsets. As the calendar turns to March, and contenders are separated from pretenders as the state tournament unfolds. I’ll recap the county tournaments and make…
This season, the level of play seen on a nightly basis each night has been impressive and a pleasure to watch. We have seen guys like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving continue their dominance, but we have also watched players improve their game drastically and surprised many viewers from early October to late February. There are many…
Anyone who has been to a professional baseball game has heard David Bowie’s “Changes” blaring during a pitching change. But in 2018, change brings on new meaning across Major League Baseball with a host of prominent players making a switch in the position they play. With strange house cleanings across the league during the offseason,…
During the early 2000’s, Billy Beane, a general manager for the Oakland A’s, created a strategy for drafting and acquiring players that would change the way we analyze sports forever. Beane and his staff were able to take a shoestring budget and transform the A’s into a power house in the American League. Their plan…
February basketball is here and March basketball is in sight. With that, Hall Pass’ first edition of college basketball bracketology has arrived, and the discussion centers on what teams have résumés that are being overlooked. Does anyone even remember that Butler beat Villanova back in December? Here are the breakdowns of some under-the-radar teams. Washington…