TO ALL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MEDIA
Appropriate Titles:
UMass vs UMass Lowell
UMass vs Lowell
Massachusetts vs UMass Lowell
Massachusetts vs UMass Lowell
INAPPROPRIATE TITLES:
UMass Amherst
UMass has one of the best Sports Management programs in the country.
UMass Athletics and Isenberg should be making some kind of course/seminar/certificate to help student-athletes capitalize on NIL laws IMMEDIATELY.
Some personal news:
I am very excited to announce I've accepted a position as a sports reporter at the
@BerkshireEagle
and
@EagleSportsZone
.
Can't wait to get back to Western Mass!
It's past midnight.
I have to walk up the Central hill.
I have class tomorrow.
And
@UMassHockey
is in the
#FrozenFour
Championship.
So yeah, it's worth it.
St Bonaventure may not be in Olean... But I will be!
Happy to announce that I will be joining the Bradford Era as a Sports Reporter helping them cover High School and College sports in Western PA!
This was without question the best UMass game I've been to as a spectator and Top 3 overall
Great atmosphere, awesome to meet so many of UMass Twitter in person, plus some serious tangible progress for the program
Hope this makes someone's day
Mullins Crew putting in the floor for
@UMassBasketball
Stay safe, don't spread COVid, and you might get some UMass BBall this winter
Shoutout
@BpenfieldJ
for hopping in the
@RedditCFB
Spaces and asking:
"So with USC and UCLA moving to the Big 10, how will that impact UConn Football's recruiting efforts in Southern California?"
UPDATE:
Meek Mill got to UMass and left.
There will be no Meek Mill at the
@MullinsCenter
or for
#MullinsLive
At least tickets were only $10-15 but it remains to be seen if refunds will be given out.
In Pittsfield
Wearing a University of Massachusetts long sleeve
Eating Big Y pizza
Waiting for UMass basketball to come on
I've reached Western Mass. Nirvana
Well, happy to say after over a year, I'll be back in the press box at McGuirk to cover
@UMassFootball
and
@StonyBrookFB
.
Will be great to be back and super weird to be doing it as an alum. Also, shout-out to
@howardherman
for taking the longer drive assignment.
For those who were wondering:
UMass Hockey's announced crowd was 7,737.
Although personally I think it peaked even higher.
Still, that's over 12,155 people total between men's hoops and hockey at the Mullins on Saturday.
UMass is a 30 point underdog
"It lit a fire inside of me cause it lets me know that we need to earn our respect."
- Ellis Merriweather
"We all know that we have something to prove"
- Cole McCubrey
The crowd today, including student turnout, is actually a strong one for UMass
Noon on a Saturday has always been tough to get students in. It was 20 years ago when I was here, it still is now
So I really just lost
A job
A class (in person)
A studio (like all other WMUA)
Peace of Mind at the Testing Center
And I'm not even a student athlete!
I'm sorry who thought we should bring students back to campus?!?
Takeaways from a Media Zoom call w/
Ryan Bamford and Walt Bell:
From late June to today: 1/488 Total Tests came back positive
The 1 positive was upon arrival, the player quarantined & has rejoined the team
EVERYONE who enters the facility is Temp Checked, Sanitized & Masked
Big win for UMass. Beating the top team in the conference on the road.
Taking a lead early and then keeping it a 10 point game for pretty much the entire second half.
Going 86.4% from FT is a pretty big step in the right direction.
The
@BerkshireEagle
is the
@NENPA
Newspaper of the Year in the category of "Sunday Edition, less than 25,000 circulation"!!!!
The Eagle and
@DailyHampGaz
are Distinguished Newspapers in the "Daily Newspaper with 10,000-20,000 circulation"
Bell on Carvel:
"Huge congratulations to those guys, everything that Carvel has done since he's been there... Best in the world, very few people who know what that's like."
"First time I ever saw hockey played was when I got hired & they hit
#1
"
It can only help elevate UMass
For the second time in three years UMass will play in the Worst FBS Team Bowl
2019 vs Akron
2021 vs UConn
That's so incredibly hard to do and schedule it's almost impressive.
Impressive enough it should be shared with the world on
@CollegeGameDay
One big thing from Bell post game:
This was the first time I've seen him truly exasperated. Just utterly worn.
He knew EXACTLY how dominant his defense was. And he knew EXACTLY how hard it is for a defense to do that in college football.
You can't waste those performances
Elizabeth Warren: The courage, courage to take on the Giants, in Washington.
You a plebe: Wow, Warren is calling out big monopolies and telling DC to step up.
Me, an enlightened individual: Wow, Warren is calling out the Redskins for not being able to beat the Giants.
Wearing my UMass longsleeve and the waiter at the front sees it and goes
"Oh UMass! Hell yeah man I'm from Amherst!"
Vibes in Pittsburgh are already elite
FINAL FROM OT
@WRHSGoBlue
: 13
Cohasset: 12
Billy O'Neill scores the game winner in Overtime to put Wahconah in the
@MIAA033
Division 4 State Championship.
@EagleSportsZone
On the flip side, Bell said the same things about Carvel.
What's it like to take on a rebuild at UMass, dealing with a lot of losing early on, etc.
Bell said Carvel was an awesome resource and gave him some great advice.
For UMass football fans: Carvel praised Walt Bell on zoom today, said they’ve had great conversations about culture and character.
“I don’t know football, I know people, and I think Walt’s the right man for the job.”
Jordan Chiles got jobbed by the rules the Olympics uses and wasn't able to compete in individual all-around.
She STILL was out there in street clothes to hug Biles and Lee and congratulate them.
Amazing teammate right there.