Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
The New York Mets and the New York Yankees are the foundation of Major League Baseball inter-league play which originated in 1997. Thus, the Mets and Yankees rivalry began. The Mets and Yankees would square off in an annual exhibition game known as the “Mayor’s Trophy” from 1963 to 1983 and would not meet until…
The Seton Hall Pirates men’s soccer team was founded in 1928. They have had 22 Big East Tournament appearances (14-14-6) and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances (5-11-1). We will follow their success and failures through a timeline of coaches, records, Big East Tournament appearances and NCAA Tournament appearances. 1928 Head Coach: Tom O’ Connor Record:…
North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball coach Roy Williams announced his retirement on Thursday, April 1 after 33 seasons as a Division I head coach. In his last season at UNC, the team was 18-11 overall and 10-6 in the ACC. Williams’ legacy in Chapel Hill began when he was a college student playing on…
Northeast This region of the United States is one of the most conservative when it comes to attendance at games. The majority of teams seem to be on the same page in stressing the importance of social distancing. 20% is the highest amount of capacity allowed at any game in the northeast. MLB: The Boston…
After a new Georgia restrictive voting law was recently signed into order by Gov. Brian Kemp, the 2021 MLB All-Star Game was moved from the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park to the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field in Denver. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement to strip the Braves of the event on Friday April 2,…
This weekend I spoke with Ed Haag, a former Seton Hall men’s soccer player. Haag played for The Hall from 1985-1988 and won three Big East Championships while he was a student here. The two of us discussed how he became interested in soccer, what the tournament years were like, and how the team dynamic…
The sports media landscape was already changing before the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a halt. Seton Hall’s Sports Media students involved in 89.5 WSOU and Seton Hall’s Pirate TV (PTV) have been adapting and stepping up in covering Seton Hall sports and communicating it to Pirates’ fans as easily as possible. PTV and…