The panel included ESPN’s TJ Quinn, Washington Mystics player Elizabeth Williams, and executive founder of Center for Sports Media Bob Ray ’76. Photo credit: Beth Berardi
The Sports Media Center at Seton Hall University hosted a panel discussion on Britney Greiner’s Russian incarceration a day before the deal to release the WNBA star in a prisoner exchange was announced.
“From Britney Griner to the World Cup: The Virtues and Dangers of International Sports” features Washington Mystics player Elizabeth Williams and ESPN reporter TJ Quinn, executive founders of Center for Sports Media Award-winning former ESPN sports anchor hosted by Bob Ray ’76.
As secretary of the WNBA Players Association Executive Council, Williams was also a key leader in the campaign to bring WNBA player Brittney Griner home from captivity in Russia. Williams advocated for Warnock to win a Senate seat in Georgia after his team owner and Republican Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler publicly criticized his Black Lives Matter movement. , was also a key speaker in the “Vote for Warnock” campaign.
Additionally, ESPN’s investigative reporter TJ Quinn has spearheaded reporting on the Griner case after his success behind many sports scandal situations. His context was invaluable in helping students understand the geopolitical context of Griner’s arrest. Ray, who provides panel discussions and seminars like this.
“There are no three people with a more balanced insight into what’s happening today than Williams, Quinn and Ray,” said Jane McManus, executive director of the Sports Media Center. Reflecting on the timing of her events, she added: These conversations are exactly what we’re trying to do at the Sports Media Center. ”
Williams met a small group of students and McManus in front of a panel, took selfies and shook hands.
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About the Sports Media Center at Seton Hall
The Sports Media Center within the College of Communication and the Arts educates students on media, communications, sports business, engagement with the sports community, and how to create groundbreaking content through partnerships with university channels and major media outlets. Redefine how is trained. Established in fall 2021, the Center for Sports Media provides an interdisciplinary foundation for academic training and theory with practical experience related to excellence in the field of sports media.