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ESPN should play college sports more

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BY ANDREW KRUSZKA, STAFF WRITER Hello! ESPN! Wake up! You’re missing out on a very good opportunity right now! We understand as viewers it’s March, and we all know what that means in the sports world. March Madness! If you’re looking for an article on that, though, you’re probably not in the right spot. I…

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Adrian Wojnarowski to deliver commencement address

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BY KURT MARTONE, NEWS EDITOR Although he graduated in 1991, Adrian Wojnarowski feels like he has never left Bonaventure. “It’s remarkable to me,” said Wojnarowski, senior NBA insider for ESPN. “Thirty years later and it feels like I’m still getting in a car to drive down 17 (Interstate 86) to come back for a semester.” …

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Jandoli School holds “CommDay”

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The Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University hosted its annual CommDay this past Friday. The event boasted a turnout of over 250 students from local high schools and offered them a variety of different ways to be introduced to the journalism field. “CommDay is an event that brings high school students from around…

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Symposium to welcome alumni journalist majors

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Next Tuesday, locals and students will be given the opportunity to speak with several accomplished sports journalists at the biennial Dick Joyce Sports Symposium. Headlined by Bobby Marks, NBA Insider for Yahoo! Sports’ The Vertical, the free event will feature several successful alumni. The symposium is held every other year and honors the late Dick…

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LaPlaca selected as speaker

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By Dom Lovallo Managing Editor For the first time in school history, students were involved in selecting the keynote speaker for graduation. After being nominated by students, the Board of Trustees approved Chris LaPlaca, ’79, to be the keynote speaker at St. Bonaventure University’s 157th commencement ceremony. When Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., resided as president,…

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Do the math: advanced stats are the future

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By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor Monday, baseball fans experienced the always comforting (unless you’re a Mets fan) opening day. To prepare for this, SportsCenter ran a segment where anchor Karl Ravech attempted to sum up all the offseason happenings in 162 seconds. It was a cute enough idea, but it was marred by one mind-numbingly…

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Glory days: the age of the NFL

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By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor Last Sunday, after a long weekend of unfulfilled goals and compromised aspirations, I unwound in front of the TV, listening to the not-so-soothing sounds of Tim McCarver and Joe Buck call game four of the World Series. The Red Sox stepped to bat in the top of the third…

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ESPN’s ‘First Take’ highlights networks shift from quality to entertainment

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By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Assignment Editor ESPN took another major step away from the direction of journalistic integrity Thursday, March 14. According to Deadspin, they suspended columnist Bill Simmons from Twitter for three days after he tweeted criticism of the network’s afternoon debate show, “First Take.” Simmons serves as editor-in-chief of the ESPN-sponsored website, Grantland,…

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