Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
Russell Westbrook spent the majority of the 2016-2017 season shouldering most of the load for the sixth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. Even with two perennial all-star additions, he ended the Thunder’s 2017-2018 postseason run attempting to carry that same weight. Questions about the future envelop Oklahoma City after their game 6 loss to the…
The Nationals enter Thursday with a 15-16 record in the midst of their hottest play of the season on a 4-game winning streak. However, that just makes them 5-5 in their last 10 games. What is going wrong with this team that won 97 games last season and only improved over the off-season? Their starting…
80 minutes. That’s all it takes. 80 minutes for two teams to come together and compete not only in a contest of strength, but also in a contest of will. With 30 men on the field, sprinting full-tilt for every second of the game, yelling bloody murder to make sure their teammates hear them among…
Athletes can come out of retirement, and apparently so can sports radio hosts. Four months after retiring from his radio job at WFAN, Mike Francesa told Newsday on April 24 that he is ending his retirement and returning to the station. The 30-year veteran is back. The fan base Francesa left behind expressed its glee…
Round one of the NFL Draft was this past Thursday and to the surprise of no one, it was an eventful night. Widely recognized as the consensus number-one pick, USC quarterback Sam Darnold did not receive a phone call from the Cleveland Browns. Instead, Heisman Trophy winner, Baker Mayfield, heard his name come off the…
On April 26, Seton Hall hosted a symposium on Sports Business and Media Ethics, featuring numerous panels of experts in the field. The highlight of the day was the keynote speaker, former NBA commissioner David Stern. After a short lunch break and introduction by professor B.J. Schecter, Stern and former head of the NBA Players…