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…
Johnny Manziel Investigation is the Last Straw: NCAA Needs to Pay its Student-Athletes
By Steven Goldstein
Johnny Manziel is being investigated for writing his name on things. Cast aside the ESPN headlines and the connotations of the term "NCAA violation." The reigning Heisman Trophy winner has his eligibility and perhaps his entire career in jeopardy…
Mumford & Sons Just Dropped the Funniest Music Video Of the Year
By Steven Goldstein
Bearded men and stoic folk rock? Check. Sunset scenes in a country field, and a rowboat in a pond? Check and check. Jason Sudeikis? Uh .... Mumford & Sons pulled a fast one on all of us Sunday when they released their latest music video, for the…
Ellen DeGeneres is a Safe Pick to Host the 2014 Oscars
By Steven Goldstein
The Academy Awards are rarely exciting. Snagging Ellen DeGeneres to host them is a start. The comedian tweeted Friday that she'll be headlining the 2014 Oscars, marking her second time hosting the award show and giving a safe successor to Seth…
Jimmy Fallon and The Roots's "Blurred Lines" Cover Still Sucks
By Steven Goldstein
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" was, by all accounts, a horrible song. At least until The Roots' music stylings and Jimmy Fallon's charisma gave the tweeny single a whole new vibe on late-night TV. If you haven't seen last year's reworked version…
5 Ways To Make Shark Week Watchable
By Steven Goldstein
"Live every week like it's Shark Week," says an austere Tracy Morgan on 30 Rock. It's a mantra that people have been following for 26 years, and on Sunday, the 2013 installment of Shark Week launches to much anticipation at 8 p.m. ET. It's a strange…
Picasso Baby Video: Watch Jay Z's New Art Film
By Steven Goldstein
Dropping the most hyped album of the year and single-handedly changing RIAA certification rules was probably a bit tiring for Jay-Z. He followed that by rapping continuously for six hours Wednesday at New York City's Pace Gallery, drawing a horde of…
Shea Allen's Blog Post is Stupidity, Not "Transparency"
By Steven Goldstein
As the news continues to go viral, chances are you've heard something about the reason why Alabama broadcast reporter Shea Allen was fired from her CBS affiliate station Monday. Well, there were 10 reasons. Allen got the boot after posting a blog…
Tech N9nes's Rap About Sexual Assault Opens Door for Honesty
By Steven Goldstein
Tech N9ne is known as a lot of different things: a critically-acclaimed hip-hop artist, a live performer with a cult following, the head of an independent record label. And now we know that he was also a victim of sexual assault. Tech opened up…
Lollapalooza 2013: 5 Acts to Watch For This Weekend
By Steven Goldstein
If you're anything like me, the first few lines of this year's Lollapalooza lineup will make your eyes pop out of your head in cartoon fashion. Mumford and Sons. Kendrick Lamar. 2 Chaaaaainz!? Meanwhile, the bottom quarter of the entries blend…
In Honor Of Its 32nd Birthday, MTV's 32 Most Iconic Moments
By Steven Goldstein
Dismissing MTV as just music television is damn near criminal. For the past three decades, the network has spawned a culture of its own, giving us everything from unplugged performances to raunchy cartoons and everything in between. Sure, there's…