Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
College Basketball is trending a certain direction. The power conferences are moving away from playing high level mid-major schools, and toward a 20 game conference schedule. The selection committee rather have a mediocre ACC team in the NCAA Tournament than a regular season champion from Conference-USA. This leads to a system that is benefiting the…
After another forgettable season, the New York Jets have to improve in just about every area. Gang Green got their main target in April’s Draft, USC quarterback Sam Darnold. How did they do with all their picks? Hall Pass analyzes and grades the Jets’ entire draft class. Round 1, Pick 3 (No. 3 Overall) Sam…
Russell Westbrook spent the majority of the 2016-2017 season shouldering most of the load for the sixth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. Even with two perennial all-star additions, he ended the Thunder’s 2017-2018 postseason run attempting to carry that same weight. Questions about the future envelop Oklahoma City after their game 6 loss to the…
The Nationals enter Thursday with a 15-16 record in the midst of their hottest play of the season on a 4-game winning streak. However, that just makes them 5-5 in their last 10 games. What is going wrong with this team that won 97 games last season and only improved over the off-season? Their starting…
80 minutes. That’s all it takes. 80 minutes for two teams to come together and compete not only in a contest of strength, but also in a contest of will. With 30 men on the field, sprinting full-tilt for every second of the game, yelling bloody murder to make sure their teammates hear them among…
Athletes can come out of retirement, and apparently so can sports radio hosts. Four months after retiring from his radio job at WFAN, Mike Francesa told Newsday on April 24 that he is ending his retirement and returning to the station. The 30-year veteran is back. The fan base Francesa left behind expressed its glee…
Round one of the NFL Draft was this past Thursday and to the surprise of no one, it was an eventful night. Widely recognized as the consensus number-one pick, USC quarterback Sam Darnold did not receive a phone call from the Cleveland Browns. Instead, Heisman Trophy winner, Baker Mayfield, heard his name come off the…
On April 26, Seton Hall hosted a symposium on Sports Business and Media Ethics, featuring numerous panels of experts in the field. The highlight of the day was the keynote speaker, former NBA commissioner David Stern. After a short lunch break and introduction by professor B.J. Schecter, Stern and former head of the NBA Players…
The past weekend brought us a tremendous display of action as the first round came to a close this past Sunday. The second round started as well as Golden State took care of Anthony Davis and the Pelicans and Houston beat the Jazz on Sunday. The last weekend of the first round brought great storylines…
Week of 4/23 (3-1) The Seton Hall baseball team rounded out their week of action with an 11-2 victory over Villanova on Sunday to bring their weekly record to 3-1. After stumbling through Wednesday’s non-conference matchup with NJIT, the Pirates rebounded with a three-game series sweep of the Villanova Wildcats. The conference series sweep was the…