“Athlete Activism” is always a touchy category for people to discuss. Everyone has their own ideals of what is right and what is wrong. I am a firm believer that sports need to keep politics, no matter what side, out… Continue Reading →

It’s December 7th, 2020. Taylor Heinicke is sitting in his sister’s apartment, working to finish his engineering degree from Old Dominion University. As football fans know, this time of the year means the playoffs are approaching, but for Heinicke, this… Continue Reading →

For this assignment, we were tasked with reaching out to our “Sports Communication PenPal” and creating an infographic based on some brief questions and an interview. In bed, is my infographic (created on Canva), I hope you all enjoy!

Happy March Everybody! For this week’s assignment, we were tasked with watching a full sports game that was either live, televised, or previously recorded, then analyzing it, and breaking it down here. For this assignment, I chose the 2018 Texas… Continue Reading →

For this assignment, we were given the task to represent how we take in and use social media and more specifically, sports. Sadly, in the assignment instructions, an example of how to represent ourselves was “a long-suffering life as a… Continue Reading →

For this current module, each student was asked to choose someone in the sports communication world who works in a professional field. The person I chose to reach out to to be my professional penpal is former Vanderbilt offensive lineman,… Continue Reading →

In the past 40 years, sports media has changed and evolved rapidly and largely. From starting off as being headlines in the local newspapers, to being linked to every single social media platform and streaming sites. Over the past five… Continue Reading →

My Name is Aaron Birchmeier, a current senior at Old Dominion University, and I am currently in Sports Communication (COMM 462). I have played every sport under the sun, and even played college football at Alvernia University for a bit… Continue Reading →