Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
Tied at 90 with 0.7 seconds left in regulation, Toronto forward Kawhi Leonard shot an off-balance jumper from the right corner and drained the winning basket in front of a sold-out home crowd of 20,000 at the Scotiabank Arena that would advance the Raptors to the Eastern Conference Finals. Following the shot, we probably saw…
The Nets have been a franchise of moving pieces since its inception. They’ve called four cities in two states home in just over fifty years. They’ve played in both the ABA and the NBA, had two different names, and swapped colorways innumerable times. Of all that comes and goes with the Nets, only one move…
By Jose Feliciano The NBA playoffs are in full swing and so far, they have not disappointed as there has been some exciting series up to this point. Currently, the playoffs are in the middle of the second round but for each of those teams, they all won a series to get there. Those…
Whether it’s hitting fade-away game winners to win a playoff series or winning back-to-back titles to end a 40-year drought of postseason success, basketball players are steadily gaining notoriety as they come closer to reaping the fruits of labor that baseball players have. No salary-cap, more specifically a luxury tax for those that go over…
The players in the National Basketball League, like many other major league players, have always been paid nicely. These salaries can range from $623,646 for new players, to over $30 million for top tier players. Two of the highest paid players in the NBA are Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry with a total of…
Picture the number ten. Just your average, run of the mill number, no different from the other infinite amounts of combinations that can be put together to create a number. Now take this ten, and put six zeroes behind it. And now we’ve got something a bit different, a number that raises attention, that garners…
Rye, N.Y. is home to two historical landmarks, the Boston Post Road Historic District and Playland Park, and also home to Adam Silver, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association. Silver went from a town of 16,000 to the helm of hoops, but didn’t always envision working in the sports business as he saw himself “on…
When we think of potential threats to integrity in sports, for many years the top two were performance-enhancing drugs and spying on opponents. Now, as of May 14, 2018, we have a new threat on the block. This was when the US Supreme Court reached a verdict to legalize gambling in sports, allowing the states…
New York City kid, Knicks fan, Duke graduate, David Stern’s prodigy, NBA DC and COO, whatever you want to call him, Adam Silver has been as polarizing a Commissioner as the sporting world has ever seen. It is a misconception, however, to think that Silver’s impact on the NBA began when he was named Commissioner…
By Meagan Gonzalez The NBA draft has been up for much discussion this season as people feel the age of the draft is due for a change. Since the 2006 draft, the rules have been as follows: all drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. To…