With the number 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft, the Carolina Panthers select Bryce Young. Wasting little time, the Panthers had a consensus decision with their staff on who they were going to use the first pick on. Bryce Young is a 1x Heisman Trophy winner in 2021, playing only two seasons at Alabama…

Part 1: Campus Survey What Our Group Was Tasked With: For eight weeks total, my group and I worked on ways to improve the publicity of the Old Dominion University Esports team. Our first task for this assignment was to create a survey that could provide quantitative data to the team. We developed a short…

I learned a lot from just our short Interview. I got this template from Canva and added the logos for ODU and NBC Sports at the bottom. I found his accomplishments to be amazing. To be the first to create a professionalized version of the NFL Combine was well worth noting, as it’s been set…

On November 24th, 2014, The St. Louis Rams vs. Oakland Raiders played against each other in Week 13 NFL game. Before the game, five Rams players took the field with a “Hands up, don’t shoot” pose. Nearly four months ago on August 9th, 2014, Michael Brown an 18-year-old, was shot 12 times by Officer Darren…

In 2021 the NCAA has allowed student-athletes to receive compensation on their name through endorsements, appearances, and likenesses. Previously this was not the case as players would be fined, kicked off the team, or stripped of any awards given if they made money through their likeness. Now with all these changes, few resources have been…

Becoming a sports professional has always been a dream of mine since I was a kid. I mean who wouldn’t want to get paid to work in the sports field? Through connections, I had a conversation with the Vice President of NBC Sports Communications, Chris McCloskey. He has over 25+ years of experience as a…

Over the last decade, I have experimented with different personas online from me being inspired by others and wanting to try a new persona to see if I really like it or not. For this assignment, I wanted to do something I was familiar with before and become a news outlet for the Carolina Panthers…

Over the last five years, my sports media consumption diet has changed vastly from what it used to be. Before I used to get my sports content through ESPN and Fox Sports. ESPN does its SportsCenter show with highlights and trades that happen in the world of sports. Once I got rid of cable in…