Commentary

Scott Van Pelt’s SportsCenter at the Xfinity Center
Between coach and player interviews, vignettes about various aspects of the University, old footage from the last time Maryland traded baskets with Georgetown and fan interaction; it could be said that there has never been any other hour of television filled with so much Maryland Pride in history.

Scott Van Pelt @ Merrill College
Merrill College hosted a journalism-only event with ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt in Knight Hall the afternoon of Nov. 17. Van Pelt – who is a Terp – hosted his popular SportsCenter show after the Maryland-Georgetown basketball game that evening.

Povich Symposium: Sportswriting Then & Now
Panelists gathered for the Shirley Povich symposium agreed that the decline of daily beat reporting and accountability and the rise of criticism from remote locations are among the biggest changes in the field of sportswriting Tuesday.

George Solomon at the Washington Post
Ryan Glasspiegel from The Big Lead wrote a piece about our Director George Solomon’s tenure at the Washington Post sports section which continues to influence the world of sports media today.

The Ironic Site of the Maccabi Games
The 2015 European Maccabi Games— the major European Jewish sports event of the year, are being held in Berlin, the same site of the 1936 Olympics that banned German Jews from participation under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi reign.

Movie Review: Pond Hockey
This documentary truly keys in on the cultural importance of pond hockey and offers a new perspective on hockey and the appreciation for the game for those of us who have yet to experience an outdoor game.