The Buffalo Bills, New York State and Erie County are nearing an agreement for a new stadium for the Bills. The stadium is expected to help the local economy, but it also will be costly for taxpayers. It also could… Read More ›
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Poll shows New Yorkers favor Yankees over Mets
When it comes to baseball, New Yorkers have no political divides.
As the 125th anniversary of the birth of Marian Anderson approaches, Joe Biden will appoint a Black woman Supreme Court Justice
By Alan J. Steinberg There are two African-Americans, a man and a woman, whose memory I venerate as 20th century champions of American freedom. This year of 2022 is a year of special anniversaries regarding the lives of both these… Read More ›
Will Monday’s Supreme Court ruling reshape college athletics?
Evan Weiner, a journalist who specializes in the business side of sports, discusses Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on compensation for college athletes, including the decision’s potential impact on small colleges such as St. Bonaventure University. Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard… Read More ›
The pandemic’s impact on student-athletes’ mental health
By Tierney Fitzgerald The coronavirus pandemic has affected student-athletes’ mental health through media and democracy due to university COVID-19 restrictions and prioritization of media coverage across all teams in season. The university mandated a no visitor policy that has limited… Read More ›
Josh Allen, Donald Trump and the WNY news cycle
By Richard Lee How popular are the Buffalo Bills in Western New York? A search of the Buffalo News website to see how many times Josh Allen’s name was included in stories on Jan. 15, the day before the Buffalo… Read More ›
Commercialism has consumed the soul of sports
By Paul Wieland St. Bonaventure has joined dozens of universities in the United States offering major fields of study in sports, either through business schools or communications studies programs. St. Bonaventure is using its major studies programs to attract students… Read More ›
Baseball And Radio, After 99 Years Is The Relationship Faltering?
By Evan Weiner One of the reasons the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team has a large regional following was the team’s broadcasts on KMOX, which was and is a clear channel station which means at night the signal did not… Read More ›
How the coronavirus pandemic affected college athletes
By Sarah Sinsebox It is no question that COVID-19 has challenged the world’s way of life. The world of sports has come to a standstill. Athletics at all the levels have ended abruptly. The cancellations have resulted in millions of… Read More ›
Is baseball hypocritcal about technology?
By Michael P. Riccards With the nation knee-deep in the pandemic and the loss of the spring, it appears very likely that at best we will have a truncated baseball season if any at all. Some of us believe that… Read More ›