Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
When an athlete suffers an injury, many only think of the physical toll it takes on their body. However, it is often forgotten that injuries also have an affect mentally. One of the most essential things to understand about an injured athlete is that they have several emotional responses to realizing they will not be…
Coming in to the 2018 MLB season, all eyes were on the New York Yankees in anticipation of the new power-hitting tandem of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. However, it looks like the real power in the AL East is coming from the Yankees’ eternal rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Outfielders Mookie Betts and J.D….
For the Brooklyn and former New Jersey Nets, the reality of success and luck seems like an impossible achievement. The franchise has been used to the theme bad luck that fans are probably used to the enigma thrown at them. In the summer of 2013 the Brooklyn Nets traded for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and…
“Rebuild” is a word commonly used in sports. It signifies the start of the end for a team. A franchise arrives at a point where it does not make sense to go forward with their current team, so they “tear it down” only to attempt to build it back into a contender. Unfortunately for some…
The popularity of eSports internationally as well as on American college campuses has grown exponentially in recent years. eSports are competitions between players over a video game. Much like professional sports these athletes spend countless hours working on their craft, strategies and ways to better themselves to become the best at what they do. eSports…
With the 17th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers selected safety Derwin James out of Florida State. James was rated as one of the top defensive players in this year’s draft and was considered a lock to be drafted in the top 10 by many NFL scouts and analysts. Ryan McCrystal…
By: Kevin Huebler Rob Dadona walks into practice on a Thursday morning, a change in the Seton Hall baseball team’s practice routine during finals week. It is the day before the Pirates are set to take on perennial Big East powerhouse St. John’s with just two weeks remaining in the season. Typically practicing in the…
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…
The perception going into the 2018 NBA Playoffs was that the field was more open than in recent years and that the usual contenders would be far from a sure bet to reach the later rounds. In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers were being carried by LeBron James to a modest 4-seed and the two…
By: Nick Santoriello It is the summer of 2014. Matt Leon is finishing up his senior season at Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A skinny right-hander, Leon has had his share of success at the high school level. First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area selections, two career no-hitters, and a 1.55 ERA with 85 strikeouts in only 54 innings as a…