By: John Kurkjian & Demi Pappas https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QoDYsgBft5p860enXOaZPA_v6TaEWJWm/view?usp=share_link Demi and I worked together to cover the Georgetown Men’s Soccer first-round NCAA Tournament game against the Navy Midshipmen, which they won 2-0. We captured footage during the game and interviewed one student and one player from Georgetown to get varying perspectives on the game itself. It was…

By: John Kurkjian Herschel Walker (R-GA.) and incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA.) have advanced to a runoff in the Georgia Senate race this cycle, one that figures to be an important factor in which party controls the Senate going forward. The runoff comes even as Republican incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp soundly defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams…

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQpkG02Yk/ScjZO0BOeNpPrw9o_9xkIg/view?utm_content=DAFQpkG02Yk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton The above infographic takes a deeper look at some of the NFL’s viewership statistics, fan interactions, and revenue acquisitions for the past year or so. The infographic features research showing that while the league may never reach its past record viewership statistics of the 1980s, it has been more than successful in rebounding from…

The first episode of my podcast, John’s SportsTalk, is now live on SoundCloud! I want to first thank Tim and Demi for agreeing to be on the show. Secondly, I wanted to discuss what the process of making this podcast was like. I used the platform Podcastle to record my interviews and subsequently edit the…

By: John Kurkjian What would you do if you felt the water below you begin to hollow out? Or if you felt the motion of a larger object in the water pulling you? For most people, it would seem like one of their worst nightmares come true. But for Lynne Cox, a champion American long-distance…

By: John Kurkjian These days, anything can go viral. And I don’t mean COVID-19 viral, I mean socially viral. While it helps a decent amount if you’re already world-famous, or in this case, if you’ve won a Super Bowl, a kid literally got on The Ellen Degeneres Show years ago because he wore white Vans…

By: John Kurkjian, Julia Cannamela, Rushil Vashee Migrants stand by the Norwegian Embassy near the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. after being bussed from Texas on Thursday morning. (Marat Sadana/Reuters via Texas Tribune ) Over 100 migrants from Texas arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. following orders by Florida…

By: John Kurkjian A sign on a mask stand inside a classroom in Healy Hall, Georgetown’s flagship building COVID-19. Ugh, right? When will it end? That’s the current sentiment among students on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. after the school’s administration once again made masks mandatory in classrooms for the Fall 2022…

Jim Brown, widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, died of natural causes today at the age of 86. Brown, a Manhasset, NY, native and member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a superstar running back at Syracuse University and later for the Cleveland Browns in…

Hi! My name is John Kurkjian, and I am a junior at Georgetown University studying Government and Journalism. At Georgetown, I work as a Creative Content Intern with the Athletic Department and as a Student Manager of the Men’s Lacrosse team. I’m from Manhasset, NY, a small town roughly 30 minutes east of Manhattan, but…