Name: Jacob Palladino
No. 1 Sport: Mainly interested in football and mainly follows the teams Brighton and Lewes due to family connections and location. Jacob has had a Brighton season ticket since 2014. His favourite Brighton players are Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma due to them helping Brighton achieve European Football for the first time in their 122-year history.
Embed from Getty ImagesNo. 2 Sport: Jacob’s secondary sport is tennis, as he enjoyed playing it growing up and is trying to take more of an interest into the sport now in order to be a more versatile journalist. His current favourite tennis player is Emma Raducanu due to her rise to the top and great backstory to success.
Favourite Sporting Memory: When in Year 6 at age 11, from centre back Jacob scored a “bullet header” match winner for his school team in a cup final.
Favourite Sporting Highlight of 2024: His favourite sporting highlight of 2024 was Alex Yee’s historic Triathlon comeback in the 2024 Olympic Games, where he remarkably won with a last minute sprint to the finish line against the odds. With a time of 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, the 26-year-old Brit contributed 1 out of 14 Great British gold medals in Paris.
Career Ambition: He specifically would like to write for the Guardian due to the quality of their work as well as their morals and reliability. He would like to expand his writing further than just football which is the key reason why he is trying to take a further interest into tennis and other sports such as athletics.
Role Model in Sport Media: His role model in sports media is David Ornstein due to his reliability, and speed at which he reports key football news across Europe. His achievable route to success through a Sports Journalism course at Bournemouth University also makes him a better role model.
