Posted by Fordham SportsNet on October 16, 2009
In January, Fordham will host Dayton at Madison Square Garden. Tomorrow, the New York Knicks, who play their home games at MSG, will hold an open practice at the Rose Hill Gym.
Here is Fordham’s press release announcing the Knicks’ practice at Rose Hill.
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Posted by Fordham SportsNet on October 12, 2009
BY CHARLES COSTELLO
As part of an aggressive marketing campaign designed to increase the number of Fordham basketball season ticket holders, the university has hired the marketing firm of Furman Roth to develop and place ads on local radio stations and in local newspapers, Joe DiBari, Fordham’s Sports Information Director, told Fordham SportsNet over the weekend.
Speaking on behalf of the university, DiBari provided a timeline of the marketing campaign, which began last spring when the Athletic Development Office raised funds to be used exclusively for the promotion of Fordham basketball. Fordham’s Public Affairs Office then held meetings over the summer to discuss the marketing campaign. The result was a plan to run advertisements on local radio stations and in local newspapers to promote the sale of season tickets. Public Affairs then hired Furman Roth, an agency they’ve worked with in the past, to place the ads.
The first step of the marketing campaign, which took place over the last two weeks of September and the beginning of October, was working with a telemarketing firm to solicit season ticket sales in the tri-state area. That was followed by the advertisements currently being run on local radio stations such as WFAN (660 AM) and WEPN (1050 AM) promoting the sale of season tickets. DiBari said that these ads will probably run for another week or two.
There are other parts to this marketing campaign, DiBari noted. First, an effort was made to schedule men’s basketball games in off-campus arenas such as the Izod Center and Madison Square Garden. As a result, Fordham will play Villanova at the Izod Center on December 19, a home game for the Rams, and in a scheduling change announced last week, Fordham will host Dayton at MSG on January 13.
DiBari pointed out that the price of a season ticket is less expensive than last year, and includes the games at Izod Center and MSG, as well as a season ticket for all women’s home games.
“The ultimate goal of the basketball PR campaign is to increase the number of season ticket holders,” DiBari said. “We hope that the advertising campaign and the cost savings of a season ticket, along with the fact that a season ticket includes a ticket to both off-campus men’s home games, will bring former fans back and new fans into the Rose Hill Gym.”
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Posted by Fordham SportsNet on July 1, 2009
Frankie Frisch, the Fordham Flash. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
Joseph M. McShane, S.J., the president of Fordham University, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium tonight before the Yankees’ game against the Seattle Mariners.
The Yankees are paying tribute to the 150th anniversary of baseball at Fordham. It’s a history that includes some of Major League Baseball’s all-time greats, including Frankie Frisch, a Hall of Famer; Esteban Bellan, the first Latin American to play professional baseball in the United States; Jack Coffey, the only major leaguer to play with Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in the same season; Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the Dodgers; and Michael Kay, the play-by-play voice of the Yankees on the YES Network. Kay mentioned during last night’s game that McShane would be throwing out the first pitch tonight.
The Fordham Prep baseball team will also be honored on the field tonight as part of the Yankees’ “Field of Dreams” program. This past spring, Fordham Prep won its first Catholic High School Athletic Association championship since 1992.
“I am delighted that the Yankees have chosen to honor Fordham’s contribution to the great American pastime,” Father McShane said in a statement posted on the university’s website, fordham.edu. “I hope to do Fordham proud in my fifteen seconds on the mound.”
(This post is a revised version of a press release posted on Fordham University’s website.)
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Posted by Fordham SportsNet on March 7, 2009
Okay, so maybe it had nothing to do with Fordham basketball, and the Rose Hill Gym was still empty, but for the first time in a long time fans showed up at Fordham to watch and cheer. And, Father McShane addressed the thousands in attendance. The perfect scene on a March morning at Rose Hill.
If you haven’t already heard, U2 made their way to the Bronx campus yesterday morning, part of a week of events the band planned in New York to promote their new album. ABC’s “Good Morning America” televised the event.
Here’s a link to an article from this morning’s New York Times reporting on U2′s appearance at Fordham (U2 Sneaks Into Fordham, and So Do Fans).
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Posted by Fordham SportsNet on December 19, 2008
Dec. 19, 2008
Bronx, N.Y. – Eight new members will be inducted into the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday, January 25, 2009, joining such Fordham notables as Frankie Frisch, Vince Lombardi, Vin Scully and Peter Harnisch.
The day will start at 9:30 a.m. with a special mass in the University Church followed by the annual Awards Bruch in the McGinley Center Ballroom at 11:00 a.m. Following brunch, the Rams will take on Duquesne University in an Atlantic 10 match-up in the Rose Hill Gym at 1:00 p.m., in a game that will be televised live by the CBS College Sports Network. The eight new Hall of Famers will be introduced to the crowd at halftime.
Here is a brief bio for each of the new Hall of Famers:
Joe Bernal (Swimming Coach): In a short time, Bernal accomplished a lot with the Fordham swimming and diving program. He led the 1973-74 team to the NCAA Championships, a squad which finished second at the Metropolitan Championships and seventh at the Eastern Championships. For his exploits, Bernal was named the 1973-74 Metropolitan Coach of the Year as well as recipient of the 1974 Iron Major Award as Fordham’s Coach of the Year.
Six swimmers from the 1973-74 team qualified for nationals and the Rams set numerous school records under his guidance. Four of his swimmers are currently in the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame
Matt Fordyce FCRH ’03 (Football): Fordyce became the first kicker in Patriot League history to be named First Team All-Conference as both a punter and a placekicker, doing so in his senior season (2002). That year, he connected on an NCAA I-AA playoff record five field goals in the 2002 NCAA I-AA playoff win at Northeastern.
As a senior, Fordyce finished with a school-record 18 field goals as well as converting a school-record 44 extra points.
Charlie Gulotta FCRH ’68 (Water Polo & Swimming): Gulotta capped his Fordham career by garnering Honorable Mention All-American Collegiate Team honors in 1966. A two-time team captain, he also was named team MVP in 1964, 65, and 66.
With the swimming squad, Gulotta served as co-captain as a senior and graduated with the school record in the 200 IM.
Daniel Iannuzzi CBA ’81 (Swimming & Water Polo): Iannuzzi earned First Team All-East & Mid-Atlantic All-Conference honors as a senior in 1980, helping the squad to a second place finish at the Mid-Atlantic championships.
With the swimming team, Iannuzzi broke the school 100 backstroke record as a senior, winning the event at the Metropolitan Championships.
Greg McClure FCRH ’01 (Rowing): A four-year member of men’s crew, McClure won gold medals at the New York State Championships with the varsity heavyweight four (2001), varsity lightweight eight (1999) and the novice four (1998). He was also a 2000 Atlantic 10 gold medalist with the lightweight four and an Atlantic 10 silver medalist with the lightweight eight.
McClure was just the fourth person in Fordham history to make the finals at the World Indoor Rowing Championships. He also medaled at the prestigious Dad Vail Championships all four years, closing out his career with a gold medal in the men’s varsity lightweight four as a senior in 2001.
Andrew Nacrelli CBA ’55 (Football): The late Nacrelli was a Second Team All-East selection as a senior in 1954 and was invited to play in the 1954 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama as the punter.
A two-way starter as a junior and senior, Nacrelli led the team in receptions as a junior and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles following graduation.
Joseph Pantginis FCRH ’91 (Track & Field): Pantginis set the school high jump record of 7′ 1.75″ as a senior in 1991 while scoring in the event at the IC4A Indoor Championship. He also won the 1991 CTC and Metropolitan Conference high jump championship.
Pantginis qualified for the NCAA championship in the high jump as a senior when he was ranked 18th in the nation in the event.
Amanda Vogel FCRH ’99 (Rowing): After learning to row with the novice team as a freshman, Vogel proved to be a quick learner, competing with the Atlantic 10 and Dad Vail championship crews as a sophomore. She went on to race at Women’s Henley in England as a sophomore and made the final four of thirty international college crews in the collegiate four event.
Vogel also won Atlantic 10 and Dad Vails titles as a junior and senior, helping the crew to an undefeated season the spring of her senior year.
For more information, or to order tickets, please contact the Fordham Athletic Promotions Office at 718-817-4300.
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Posted by Fordham SportsNet on December 18, 2008
August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008
Fordham SportsNet joins the Fordham University family and the Catholic community in mourning the death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
Cardinal Dulles, a Professor of Religion at Fordham University since 1988, a renowned theologian, and the first American to be named a cardinal who was not a bishop, died last Friday at the age of 90. Raised Presbyterian, Dulles converted to Catholicism in 1940 and was ordained a priest in 1956. On February 21, 2001, Dulles was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II. Cardinal Dulles’ theological writings include 24 books and more than 800 articles, essays, and reviews. The life of Cardinal Dulles was celebrated today in a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Links to stories on Cardinal Dulles, from the Fordham University website, are below:
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/archives/archive_1433.asp
http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_1435.asp
(Photo appears on fordham.edu, the official website of Fordham University)
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