Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
The inspiration for this story comes from my second day as a college student. On this day in September 2017, I arrived at Seton Hall at 8 a.m. for an Intro to Sociology class taught by a man named Robert Podhurst. In the first class, he said two things that stood out to me and…
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…
For the most part, the Seton Hall baseball team’s spring season has been like a wave, with an equal amount of ups and downs. Wednesday’s 10-3 loss to Monmouth was a down game for the Pirates, but one bright spot was the scoreless eighth inning put up by junior lefty Matt Ponsiglione. It may have been…
Fabled military general Sun Tzu said it’s important to know your enemy. The sworn enemy of the Seton Hall Pirates is Villanova. As a pirate fan and student, I’ve gotten to know our rivals from the city of brotherly love and now that they’ve reached the Final Four in San Antonio I feel like I…
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…
Photo via NJ.com High school basketball generally conjures up the image of a packed gym in a farm town in Indiana or a hotly contested battle between two New York catholic schools. But in recent years, the oft-mocked state of New Jersey has become the new mecca of the high school game. Karl Towns, Kyrie…