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20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong> HOFSTRA MEDIA INFORMATION<br />
The Hofstra University Office of Athletic Communications welcomes the<br />
members of the media covering the 20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong> Pride <strong>Wrestling</strong> team. If we<br />
can be of any assistance to you throughout the year, please do not hesitate<br />
to contact us. We hope the following items will help you during your<br />
visits to Hofstra University. Enjoy the season.<br />
Jim Sheehan<br />
Associate Director of Athletics for<br />
Communications<br />
230 Hofstra University - PFC-232<br />
Hempstead, NY 11549<br />
(516) 463-6764 - Office<br />
(516) 523-6692 - Cell<br />
(516) 463-5033 - Fax<br />
(516) 463-7725 - Press Box<br />
About Your Host: Jim Sheehan is in his 25th year in the sports public<br />
relations profession and in his 17th year in charge of Hofstra<br />
University’s athletic publicity. In November 1999, he was promoted to<br />
associate director of athletics at the University. Sheehan came to Hofstra<br />
in 1988 after serving as assistant commissioner of the I-AA Gateway<br />
Collegiate Athletic Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1985 through<br />
1988. Prior to his Gateway stint, he served as coordinator of media relations<br />
for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League in<br />
1984-85. Sheehan has also served as director of sports information at<br />
the University of Tampa from 1982 through 1984; assistant to the commissioner/information<br />
director of the Sunshine State Conference from<br />
1980 through 1984 and director of sports information at his alma mater,<br />
Biscayne College in 1981-82. Jim and his wife Maureen have a daughter,<br />
Jillian (12). The Sheehan family resides in Middle Village, New York.<br />
Press Row: The Hofstra Arena press row, located on the south side of<br />
the Arena, is intended for working media. All press row guests must<br />
have a pass, issued by the Hofstra Office of Athletic Communications.<br />
Spouses, dates and non-workers are not permitted on press row.<br />
Credentials: All members of the press should contact the Office of<br />
Athletic Communications at least 48 hours before each match for press<br />
row space and credentials. Press passes will be left at the Will Call window<br />
at the Hofstra Arena ticket office.<br />
Photographers: Photographers who intend to shoot from matside<br />
should request a mat photo pass. Only accredited press and staff photographers<br />
will be allowed at matside.<br />
Press Parking: Media parking passes should be requested at the same<br />
time press row/photo passes are requested. The Reserved-Media parking<br />
lot is located on the north side of Hofstra Arena in front of the main<br />
entrance. Parking is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis in the<br />
Reserved-Media lot. Once that lot is filled, media will be directed to the<br />
general public parking areas around the Hofstra Arena.<br />
Game Services: Match information and releases can be found in the<br />
media room which is located in the southeast corner of the Arena.<br />
Telephones: Hofstra University provides numerous telephones for use<br />
by the media on press row. Please indicate your telephone need when<br />
you request your credentials.<br />
Radio: The Hofstra Office of Athletic Communications will provide a<br />
touch-tone digital phone line for the opponent’s commercial and student<br />
radio stations. Visiting teams will need to give the Athletic<br />
Communications Office two weeks notice of their intention to broadcast.<br />
An ISDN line is also available for a rental charge of $200.00. All calls must<br />
be made collect or direct dial from the radio station to the Hofstra Arena.<br />
Post-Match Interviews: Hofstra wrestlers will be available for postmatch<br />
interviews, upon request, after a 10-minute cooling off period.<br />
Contact Jim Sheehan with your request.<br />
Player Interviews: All requests for student-athlete interviews during the<br />
week should be made at least one day in advance with the Office of<br />
Athletic Communications. If you are requesting a phone interview, we<br />
will have the student-athlete return your call at a mutually convenient<br />
time. Wrestler home phone numbers will not be distributed. In-person<br />
interviews may be conducted in a number of locations in and around the<br />
Hofstra Physical Fitness Center. However, interviews may not be conducted<br />
in the locker room or the training room.<br />
20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong> HOFSTRA WRESTLING<br />
MEDIA OUTLETS<br />
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<br />
50 Rockefeller Plaza<br />
New York, NY 10020<br />
(212) 621-1630 - Office<br />
(212) 621-1639 - Fax<br />
NEWSDAY<br />
235 Pinelawn Road<br />
Melville, NY 11747<br />
(631) 843-2820 - Office<br />
(631) 454-6892 - Fax<br />
NEW YORK TIMES<br />
229 West 43rd Street<br />
New York, NY 10036<br />
(212) 556-7384 - Office<br />
(212) 556-5848 - Fax<br />
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS<br />
450 West 33rd Street<br />
New York, NY 10001<br />
(212) 210-1692 - Office<br />
(212) 643-7845 - Fax<br />
NEW YORK POST<br />
1211 Avenue of the Americas<br />
New York, NY 10036<br />
(212) 930-8700 - Office<br />
(212) 930-8727 – Fax<br />
LONG ISLAND PRESS<br />
1103 Stewart Avenue<br />
Garden City, NY 11530<br />
(516) 992-1800 – Office<br />
(516) 992-1801 - Fax<br />
HOFSTRA CHRONICLE<br />
Student Center<br />
Hempstead, NY 11550<br />
(516) 463-6965 - Office<br />
(516) 463-6977 - Fax<br />
NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND<br />
150 Media Crossways<br />
Woodbury, NY 11797<br />
(516) 393-3740 - Office<br />
(516) 393-1269 - Fax<br />
WLNY-TV 55<br />
270 South Service Road<br />
Melville, NY 11747<br />
(631) 753-6397 - Office<br />
(631) 420-4846 - Fax<br />
MSG SPORTS DESK<br />
4 Penn Plaza<br />
New York, NY 10001<br />
(212) 465-5955 - Office<br />
(212) 465-5944 - Fax<br />
WRHU-FM 88.7<br />
Hofstra University<br />
Dempster Hall<br />
Hempstead, NY 11549<br />
(516) 463-5667 - Office<br />
(516) 463-5668 - Fax<br />
HOFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING<br />
WRESTLING<br />
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