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  • Legacy Leagues Basketball - Summer/Fall Internship

    LEGACY LEAGUES BASKETBALL

    INTERNSHIP - Summer/Fall 2017

    Legacy Leagues is a basketball league that provides a full “professional athlete experience”—including full stats, video highlights, game recaps, SportsCenter-type pregame, and postgame shows.


    Legacy Leagues is looking for student interns:

    • who want the experience of covering a sports team/league
    • who have an interest in keeping statistics, as those statisticians do for ESPN
    • who would want to write post game recaps of some of the basketball games.

    There will also be opportunities for students to get in front of the camera and do some on-camera post game reports and studio work.

    The next season of the Legacy Leagues will be running from September 20, through the first couple weeks of December, and will be taking place at a facility in Trumbull, Connecticut.

    Intern Roles:

    • Keep full statistics for the league's basketball games in real time, just as ESPN does for professional/collegiate games
    • Write post-game recaps of games as you would for any company or website that are published online
    • Record video in a way that is compelling to viewers, using Snapchat (and all of its newest features)
    • Appear on-camera after each night’s games reviewing the action and doing some analysis
    • Interview players at halftime and post-game, using Facebook’s “Live” video feature
    • Edit and compile game highlights into highlight packages, published online
    • Assist in other areas of game operations on a weekly basis, as needed

    Responsibilities:

    • Keeping statistics accurately while the basketball game is going on (we will provide training)
    • Writing post-game recaps in a timely manner after the games have concluded
    • Come up with logical questions for interviews with players
    • Record video in real time while the action is taking place
    • Use apps like Snapchat and Instagram to post videos online
    • Use basketball knowledge to understand time and score to relay that info to viewers

    Skill Set Required:

    Some prior sports writing experience is required. Applicants may be required to submit a sample of something they have previously written.

    Prior on-camera and filming experience is a plus. Applicants may be required to submit a sample.

    A knowledge of the game of basketball is not required, but will definitely help.

    Location: Trumbull, CT

    • Games will be taking place at "Insports" on Monday nights starting June 5 and running through early August. "Insports" a facility that has indoor basketball courts - address: 29 Trefoil Drive, Trumbull, CT.
    • Insports is a facility with indoor basketball courts
    • Other post-game duties can be completed anywhere where there is wi-fi.

    Compensation: This is a paid internship (stipend), eligible for academic credit (for details about earning credit, contact Joel Nebres at jose.nebres@uconn.edu)

    Application Procedure:

    Please send your resume, and a short paragraph explaining why you think you would be a good fit for the position, to thelegacyleagues@gmail.com

    Contact Info:

    Joey Zocco, thelegacyleagues@gmail.comail

    203-414-1025

    Feel free to call or email anytime with questions or your application.

    League’s Website: www.thelegacyleagues.com

     

    For more information, contact: Joey Zocco at thelegacyleagues@gmail.comail

If you have any questions, please contact Jose (Joel) Nebres at 860-486-6316.