In the Oct. 23 issue of The Hawk Newspaper, pages 1, 2, and 6 through 16 had a positive and optimistic view on the same topic: basketball at SJU. While I believe that there is a place for basketball at...
St. Joe’s fans got their first look at the 2024-25 men’s basketball team when it hosted Bucknell as part of its annual autism awareness game Oct. 26. The Hawks lost, 88-82, to the Bison, who are led...
Like many kids, I grew up habitually watching March Madness every year. I would stay up late watching game after game, upset after upset. There is a magic to college basketball that is wholly unique. Nothing...
Some schools have football or baseball as the “crown jewel” of their athletics program, the main team to which students’ passions and fanhood are channeled. At St. Joe’s, our area of sports pride...
Jared Gravely ’25, a.k.a. “the Grizz,” is a sports marketing major who started emceeing St. Joe’s men’s and women’s basketball games last season. He got the gig after Rachel Novotny, assistant...
Dramatizing the true story of Nike’s partnership with Michael Jordan, “Air” is a 2023 sports biopic written by Alex Convery and directed by Ben Affleck. The film stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Chris...
It’s almost basketball season on Hawk Hill! Soon, fans will pour into Hagan Arena to root for their beloved team. After seeing the men’s team go 14-3 at home and the women’s team appear at the Women’s...
Like all other sports, basketball was probably invented right here in Philadelphia. For a long time, it was called the “ball-in-basket” game until the term “basketball” was famously coined by Philadelphia...
