Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
There aren’t many places as special as NBA basketball in Toronto, Canada. Where else on this continent will you find thousands of people standing outside an arena in the freezing cold watching the broadcast of their favorite team playing right next door? For a city that lives and breathes the few sports that the nation…
In the extremely brief NBA off-season this past November, the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved a trial run for a new addition to the league’s playoff format, known as the “Play-In Tournament“. With this new format, there will be three additional games at the end of the season to decide the seventh and eighth…
Today we watched the city of Minneapolis officially convict former police officer Derek Chauvin on all three charges for his role in murdering George Floyd 11 months ago. Chauvin was found guilty of 2nd degree murder, 3rd degree murder, and 2nd degree manslaughter; potentially facing decades of prison time, with sentencing to take place in…
Today, the prosecution and defense attorney gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Derek Chauvin. Since March 29, court proceedings have been taking place for this case in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Derek Chauvin took the life of George Floyd 10 months ago. However, even prior to that date, the city has been preparing…
Franchise players will always be hard to come by in the NBA. It’s one thing to find a player that a coach can consistently run their offense through or simply rely on in clutch situations for a season or two, but it’s another thing to find a leader for your franchise; the guy who’s willing…
As the Coronavirus spread last March, we witnessed the United States impose stay-at-home mandates and shut down all non-essential activity. This, of course, included Seton Hall Athletics. Pirates athletic director Bryan Felt spoke about the 2020 Big East Tournament and the domino effect he witnessed with sports across the country shutting down. He also shared…
This 2020-21 NBA season has proven to be one of the strangest we have ever seen in the sport. Amidst a worldwide pandemic, the league chose to forgo it’s recent “NBA Bubble” experience and operate with teams traveling to cities across the country, similar to the NFL and MLB’s protocols. As a result, with players…