Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
Think back to the beginning of this year … it’s January 2020. Nobody expected the world to be in the state it’s in now roughly three months later. Yes, sometimes in life, we have to expect the unexpected, but not like this. The world has come to a standstill. Schools have been closed, businesses have…
No basketball. No baseball. No hockey. The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced sports to shut down until further notice, leaving many fans looking for an answer to cure their boredom. There is only one source of sports entertainment that can adapt and conquer during this crisis. It’s something that we desperately need—esports. Before the COVID-19…
Sports have taken a significant drift in just about every aspect. How to watch it, how to follow it, how good athletes are getting, etc. Everything is drastically changing, especially with what’s going on with COVID-19. Now, since no sports are going on right now, there’s no way to watch your favorite team and no…
After a month’s worth of anticipation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to fully postpone the 2020 Tokyo olympics until 2021. After other major cancellations within the NCAA and professional leagues, the fear and sheer panic stemming from the growing cases of COVID-19. The Olympic Games had only been postponed or cancelled for war over…
This year saw a nice change of scenery for many fans of New Jersey schools in college basketball. The state had a sort of college basketball renaissance that came to a disappointing, abrupt end with the cancellation of both conference tournament and the NCAA Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams such as Seton Hall…
Media for different sports are at a premium now. It doesn’t matter if it is a professional team or a low division college team, the one thing that can make a sports team great is the media coverage behind it. Rich Behan is a senior at Seton Hall University, but he is more than just…
With the emergence of COVID-19, a deadly pandemic that has wreaked havoc worldwide, the NCAA men’s basketball season has been cut short. Months and years of hard work put in by student-athletes ends with a state of mystery and “what-ifs.” A number of schools were having seasons to remember in men’s college basketball, notably the…
Two words. Distance. Running. These words are typically met with eye rolls and swearing under peoples breath. I sat with Thomas Little, who is now a Marine, to discuss the days of track seasons that took up a majority of our years in high school. Joseph Fox: Tom, do you still actively participate in any…
Although the MLB season is suspended until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mets will be looking forward to competing for their first NL East title since 2015, a season which also included a trip to the World Series. In 2019, the Mets fell just short of the playoffs as injuries and blown…
As announced in early November in 2018, Seton Hall University has decided to renovate its Owen T. Field. The reason for this decision is to keep Seton Hall highly competitive in the improving collegiate landscapes. The the bleachers used for the baseball side as well as the soccer side will be upgraded to new chair-back…