Steven Goldstein

Bio

New York native, junior at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. I'm a beat writer for FOX Sports Next's Purple Wildcats, a Scout.com coverage site. I'm also a featured columnist at Bleacher Report, a top national sports destination, and a contributor to HipHopDX, TD Daily and KevinNottingham.com. I'm a freelancer for Liberty Mutual's Coach of the Year award in college football. I was an intern at PolicyMic's Manhattan office for the summer of 2013.
Charlamagne Tha God is Changing Journalism and Taking Names
By Steven Goldstein
Charlamagne Tha God is wary of what he lets cross his mind these days. It’s not what you’d expect from one of mainstream media’s most unabashed entertainers. “It’s a bit surreal, and it’s a bit scary,” Charlamagne tells PolicyMic about his recent…
VMA Pre Show: Charlamagne Tha God Kicks Off MTV VMA Hype
By Steven Goldstein
Comedian Charlamagne Tha God hasn't been shy about wanting to be a late-night television host, and he's about to get his wish. Starting tonight, the hip-hop radio personality and budding star of the MTV2 program Guy Code will host a show…
Millennial Actors Rock the Stage in New York's Fringe Festival
By Steven Goldstein
It takes 15 minutes to set the stage, and another 15 to take it down. The technical crew doubles as a street team, and two actors are responsible for a total of six roles. Half: A Divorce Farce seems like mission impossible, even for those…
5 NFL Teams That Could Definitely Use New Jerseys
By Steven Goldstein
Are you ready for some football? The NFL is back — err, kind of — Thursday night with the kickoff of the 2013 preseason. Pro football has seen its viewership climb each year, and we shouldn't expect anything less this fall. But with increased…
What I Learned at PolicyMic That J-School Never Taught Me
By Steven Goldstein
I got my things together, made a round of good-byes, took the elevator down nine floors and walked out of the office building with my fist in the air, John Bender-style. I'm usually not one for overt emotions, but as I left PolicyMic's Manhattan…
The Most Epically Beautiful Craigslist Missed Connection Of All Time
By Steven Goldstein
The crowd-sourced nature of Craigslist can make posts come off as pretty creepy. Sometimes, however, you get a gem. Brace yourself for this one. A man recently detailed a failed opportunity with a woman in the Brooklyn missed connections section.…
Does a 'Hunger Games' Summer Camp Go Too Far?
By Steven Goldstein
Ah, the first day of camp. Friends reuniting, lathering on sunscreen, grabbing baseball mitts, and forming alliances to kill other campers. If you think that sounds about right, you may want to send your kids to Hunger Games camp. Speciality summer…
Will We Ever Trust Baseball Again?
By Steven Goldstein
When I was eight years old, my father brought me to the now-defunct Shea Stadium to watch the Mets play the San Francisco Giants. Despite my allegiance to New York sports teams, I didn't care about any of the nine players the Mets fielded. Only one…
You Won't Believe What Just Happened On Reddit
By Steven Goldstein
A classic culmination to a classic love story: a guy talks to his girlfriend's parents, buys a ring, and gets on one knee ... to pick up his laptop charger. The internet has made romance (and everything else) considerably stranger, and believe it or…
Who Does Desiree Hartstock Pick? The Sad Reality Of 'The Bachelorette' Season Finale
By Steven Goldstein
A grown woman will choose between two contestants Monday night, extending a rose to one future partner and ending a series of contests for affection. This isn’t some tribal ritual or primitive mating process; this is a television show that netted…