Writers
The Sports Tomato has compiled a roster of hard working, passionate, and motivated writers to present the juiciest issues in sports.
Founder/ Chief Editor- Elliot Solop
Elliot Solop is the Founder and Chief Editor of The Sports Tomato. He founded the site in the summer of 2010 hoping to provide a different outlook on the legal and business side of sports.
Elliot is currently a 2nd year student at New York Law School pursuing a career in sports law/management. His strong passion for sports dates back to when he first picked up a basketball as a child. Elliot carried his passion for basketball at the collegiate level playing for Montclair State University in New Jersey. He graduated in 2009 from Montclair State earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Finance (Cum Laude). In addition, Elliot also spent time as an assistant basketball coach at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in New Jersey.
During the fall, he will intern at Aregatta Sports and Entertainment. In the summer of 2010, he worked for Friedman & Salisbury Sports Management LLC, a player’s agency representing soccer and hockey players from the Americas to the Scandinavia region.
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Sandeep Satish
Sandeep Satish is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business and is currently a second year analyst working in Public Finance Investment Banking at Citigroup (I’ll make it clear right now, I am not a Mets fan). I was born with sports – literally, my parents say one of the first t-shirts I wore was a Yankee shirt (don’t forget, the Yanks weren’t good back then). Born in central Jersey, I am loyal home team supporter, avidly following the Yankees, Jets, Devils, and Nets. Just as I am diehard NY/NJ supporter, I equally despise all things about Boston – the Red Sox, Pats, and Celtics especially (notice they all play in the same division as my teams). I grew up playing tennis, soccer, basketball, and baseball and ultimately committed myself to playing tennis in high school. I continue to be involved in sports today, coaching youth baseball for Harlem RBI. The goal of my column, titled “Enter Sandman” will be to offer closing thoughts on the week in sports. I hope that as a young professional, I can share my passion for sports with those that are in a similar position.
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Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor is a 3L at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, LA, where she pursues the sports law certificate. She is the Senior Articles Editor of The Sports Lawyers Journal and The Sports Lawyer Newsletter and has participated in the Tulane National Baseball Arbitration Competition. In her free time, she is the assistant coach of the Tulane Rowing Club and a runner.
During the upcoming school year she will intern with the National Labor Relations Board. In the 2010 summer she worked for Friedman & Salisbury Sports Management LLC, a player’s agency representing soccer and hockey players with emphasis on the Scandinavian region, and the New Orleans Hornets legal department. During the past semester she interned with the New Orleans Saints. Early in and prior to law school, she has worked for the Entertainment Legal Assistance Program, Cook County Public Defender, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and DeSanto & Morgan LLC, a plaintiff’s litigation firm.
She graduated Connecticut College in 2008 with a degree in government and mathematics. While there, she was a four-year member of the women’s rowing team.
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Anthony Sessa
Anthony Sessa is a senior at Stockton College (NJ) majoring in Communications. He has written several articles for the school paper with a focus on many major sports. He will be focusing on Fantasy Sports and will be delivering a weekly “Fantasy Friday” column that will focus on the NFL. He plans on venturing into other sports (baseball, basket, hockey) in their respective seasons. He brings the perspective of a “die hard” fan that shows passion when discussing any sport. Anthony will also have acticles outside of the fantasy landscape looking to bring a different outlook on the most pressing issues in sports.
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John Culotta
John is currently a 2nd year law student at New York Law School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Long Island University before attending law school. Upon graduation from law school, he hopes to pursue a career in Sports Law focusing on athlete representation.
His interest in sports has been ingrained in him since he was a child. He began playing both basketball and baseball year round since he was old enough to shoot a basketball or swing a bat. He continues to play both sports through high school and still consider them hobbies of his.
Baseball has always been and always will be his favorite sport as he follows it on a daily basis. He believe it is the only game where on a given night you may see something that you have never seen before in the history of the game, which dates back to over 100 years ago. The goal of his articles is to give insight on things happening in the game of baseball that the average fan may overlook or not realize at first glance. He looks forward to any comments or suggestions to help improve the quality of his work.
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Lawrence Fox
Lawrence Fox is currently a 2L at New York School. He received his BSPA in Legal Studies from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He loves all things Rangers, Knicks, Giants, and Yankees and accepts that there will never be another time like the Spring of ’94. Lawrence is an avid Indiana basketball fan and loves college sports. He worships the Messiah and still can’t understand how Ewing has 0 rings. His goal as a writer will be to share my passion for sports with the fans and to provide insightful feedback into the beautiful industry we call the sports world.
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Jared Dubin
Jared Dubin is currently a second year law student at New York Law School who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami. Prior to college, he played 4 years of football for Marlboro High School in Marlboro, New Jersey. He once attempted to block current Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno, then a star 2-way player at Middletown South High School. It’s entirely possible that he even caught a few passes. Although he was raised in Giants/Jets territory, Jared grew up an unashamed Dallas Cowboys fan and considers Emmitt Smith the best running back in NFL history, but Michael Irvin (from? THE U!) is and always will be his favorite player. He is also a fan of the 27-time World Series Champion New York Yankees, the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers, all University of Miami sports teams, and is a long-suffering New York Knicks fan who would like to give James Dolan a piece of his mind one day. After law school, he plans to attempt to buy the Knicks with his Bar Mitzvah money and if that fails he will pursue a career in either sports and entertainment law or criminal or corporate litigation.
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Ed Palubinskas “The Shooting Surgeon”
Coach Ed Palubinskas is the “World’s Basketball Shooting Coach”. Before Ed became “Coach Palubinskas”, he starred at LSU (averaged 18.6 points per game) during the mid-70′s where he was selected as an All-SEC, All-Region SEC, and an All-Coaches’ Team member. Following his tenure at LSU, Ed was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 3rd round of the NBA Draft in 1975 and was also drafted by the Utah Stars in the 8th round of the ABA Draft. Internationally, Ed starred for the Australian Men’s National Team during the 1972 (2nd in Olympic Scoring) and 1976 Olympics (Olympic Scoring Leader). He was selected as an All-World member during both Olympic tournaments. Ed still finds himself as an active player, playing in the Senior Olympics and breaking Guinness Book World Records for shooting on a consistent basis.
Ed has an even more impressive resume as a coach than he does as a player. Ed has molded the shooting form for many professional players- Shaquille O’Neal, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Sean Elliott, Brandon Bass, Brandon Roy, Jerry Stackhouse, Bobby Phills, Oliver Lafayette, Ronald Dupree, and Roger Powell. Lauren Jackson consistently credits him for her transformation as a player during her 2010 WNBA season.
Ed’s approach to coaching is much different than the typical shooting instructor. He has developed the “Smartball” and a variety of instructional DVD’s that bring an “outside-the-box” approach to his shooting methodology (All of these can be purchased at www.freethrowmaster.com). Ed will post articles, posts, lessons, and videos for The Sports Tomato. His mission is to change the way the world thinks about shooting a basketball.
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Sriram Satish
Sriram Satish is a finance student at New York University. He has a fervent interest in international sports, mainly the major European football leagues. As a Liverpool fan, he has taken a lot of interest in the transfers and changes in leadership at the club and how the poor finances have impacted the quality of the team. Find him on twitter at @sansri88 and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sriram.satish
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Edward Isaacson
Ed Isaacson is the owner/writer of nbadraftblog.com. He started the blog in April and has established a following and reputation among fellow bloggers, writers, radio analysts, and NBA team personnel. The majority of nbadraftblog.com is dedicated to player scouting reports, but also ventures off into other areas related to the NBA Draft. Ed is also a member of the US Basketball Writer’s Association and will be contributing to various blogs on the ESPN True Hoop Network. In addition, look for Ed’s own radio show on nbadraftblog.com.
Ed will be helping out on the NBA side of things for The Sports Tomato. He will be contributing articles on the collective bargaining agreement, salary cap issues, player deals, and other business and legal news hovering around the NBA scene. You can follow Ed on twitter @NBADraftBlog.
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Gregg Moran
Gregg Moran is a recent graduate of Montclair State University where he majored in Marketing. During his undergraduate studies he was an intern and, later, a Game Night Coordinator for the New Jersey Nets in the Partnership Marketing Department. Upon graduation he was hired as the Marketing Coordinator for an indoor sports training facility in East Brunswick, NJ. He aspires to one day start a sports marketing and talent agency.
A former resident of the fine city of Chicago, Gregg has been a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan and has seen Jordan play at home in the United Center. He’s an all-around Baseball fanatic, constantly glued to the MLB Network and playing every spring and fall in adult hardball leagues.
Gregg will be giving insight into the world of sports marketing on the professional level and what it’s like helping build a small, sports- based business from the ground up.
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Dave Annetta
Dave Annetta is currently a senior at William Paterson University of New Jersey where he is a English Writing major. Dave was a member of the William Paterson University soccer program. Recently Dave interned with Sports Psychologist Dr. John F Murray on his upcoming book about the Super Bowl and the mental aspect of the big game. He aspires one day to work for a big time newspaper or magazine company and his dream would be to be involved with sports for the rest of his life.
A resident of New Jersey his entire life, Dave’s favorite sports teams all reside in the Metropolitan area. Dave has been a lifelong Rutgers University football and basketball fan. Dave has traveled to South Bend IN, to see Rutgers play Notre Dame and he has also traveled to Miami, Florida to see Rutgers take on the University of Miami. As a die hard college football fan, Dave’s Saturdays are filled with watching college football from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed.
Dave will be writing about college football and basketball every week while each season is going on.
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Jennie Luptak
Jennie Luptak is a social media geek, blogger, and purveyor of obscure hockey facts. She is currently a marketing intern working with MLX, a revolutionary hockey skate company with two Stanley Cups under its belt. She’s also a “freelance marketing consultant,” which is a fancy way of saying “self-unemployed.”
A born-and-raised Pittsburgher, Jennie thinks the Ben Roethlisberger is a jagoff, the Pirates are an embarrassment, and Mario Lemieux is a saint. Her greatest sports memory is watching her Pittsburgh Panthers beat the Fighting Irish, 36-33 in quadruple overtime, live from last row of Notre Dame Stadium.
Jennie will keep The Sports Tomato fashionably informed on the wide world of social media. From Tweetgates to blogger controversies, she’ll be studying the good, the bad, and the what-were-they-thinking of professional athletes’ and sports franchises’ digital communication decisions.
You can follow Jennie on Twitter [@jennierye] or be her Facebook friend [/jennieryanluptak]. And if you want to help ditch the self-unemployed label, check out her portfolio [jennieryanluptak.com].
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Jared Blumetti
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