Game Plan

A team of @NUjournalism students, faculty, and alumni exploring the cutting edge of sports journalism from @Northeastern University in Boston.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

We The Youth, by Keith Haring, 1987, 📸 via @NFL

[Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner]

Kyrie Irving is his own molotov cocktail, infused with unmerited hubris and crippling ignorance. And he hurled himself directly at the league. Too bad his fellow NBA players simply ducked for cover and did nothing to stop the damage he was doing.

Column:
https://t.co/bskYwFzGA1

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

Some new work from Game Plan editor @caskade88. A deep dive into Seattle's basketball roots featuring @Pp_doesit and @JCrossover, among many, many others.

[Dan Hajducky @DanHajducky]

For months, ⁦@caskade88⁩ reported out the origin story of ⁦@rotaryhoops⁩, how #Seattle’s Central District has morphed over time, and talked to legends like ⁦@JCrossover⁩ and star-in-bloom ⁦@Pp_doesit⁩. It’s a hell of a read. https://t.co/EspeAisOi7

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

Biometrics were key for a successful (and safe) Tokyo Olympics, but how does THIS one end?

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Qatar's government will require all World Cup visitors to download data-tracking apps on their phones.

The apps, Ehteraz and Hayya — meant to track COVID and games — can share data, manipulate content, and even override a user's phone software.

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

With the @astros going up 2-0 on the @Yankees in the @MLB ALCS, @annacaruso14_ takes a look at how popular #media covered the team's infamous cheating scandal. @theathletic @HoustonChron @latimessports https://t.co/GC32oSWoR0

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

Not the video the sports world wanted, but the video the sports NEEDED.

[Playmaker @playmaker]

What a comparison 💀

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

That's one way to start an NBA career...

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

PAOLO BANCHERO 😱

He's adding to his poster collection in his first NBA game.

🎥 @BallySportsFL | @OrlandoMagic

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

@SurvivingGrady A lot of us then-high schoolers should have been in bed, but definitely weren't.

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

@_dadler Love this side-by-side.

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

@CandaceDBuckner Strange flex, coach.

[Red Sox @RedSox]

Sometimes it's okay to meet your heroes.

(🎥: @CatherinVaritek)

[Just Women’s Sports @justwsports]

BREAKING: Serena Williams has announced she will retire after the U.S. Open.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

The USWNT has announced that it will play England — and the match sold out faster than any women's soccer match in history.

The World Champions will meet the European Champions in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley in October 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

There will never be another Vin Scully. You will be forever missed. 🎙💙

[🏁 Jamal Crawford @JCrossover]

RIP Mr. Bill Russell.
A TRUE hero…

[ESPN @espn]

TIME magazine’s latest issue features Brittney Griner on the cover.

[Hoopfeed.com 🏀 @hoopfeed]

The Seattle Storm's final regular-season home game on Aug. 7 against the Las Vegas Aces, and the final regular-season home game for Sue Bird, is sold out. The first basketball sellout at Climate Pledge Arena (capacity: 18,100 for basketball). #WNBA

[Kelsey Plum @Kelseyplum10]

Wnba reporter: “who’s the toughest competitor you’ve faced this season?”

Me: the airlines, just brutal

[Game Plan @GamePlanNU]

Important message. Thanks, Paola.

[Paola Boivin @PaolaBoivin]

I like to share this when I am sensing angst from my students/recent students who are job-hunting. These are from my big box of rejection letters when I graduated from Illinois. It took me two years to find a job. Things worked out OK. DON’T COMPARE YOURSELF TO CLASSMATES!

[Hoopfeed.com 🏀 @hoopfeed]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert issued the following statement regarding today’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: