Over the past four years, Patrick Hickey Jr. has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports today, including New York Mets All-Star Third Baseman David Wright, reliever Joe Smith and former Mets Left Fielder Cliff Floyd, in addition to New Jersey Devils superstars Martin Brodeur and Zach Parise, Negro League Legend Buck O’Neil, Former Major League All-Star Sid Fernandez and MLB Hall of Famer Jim Palmer. Hickey also attended the prospect camp of the New York Islanders in 2005.
Hickey has also proven he is more than a sports writer, interviewing Tony Award Nominee and musician Adam Pascal, Best-Selling Authors Lance Williams, Ross Bernstein and Miles Corwin, while conducting one on one’s with Eisner award nominated Comic Book Writer and Artist David Mack, known for his work on the Daredevil series and his own created series, Kabuki, Voice-actor Dana Snyder, known for his role as Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Radio Personality JJ Kennedy and Professional Wrestling Legends Harley Race and Diamond Dallas Page and current TNA Superstar, Shark Boy.
In addition, in April 2008, Hickey became a contributor to TriGames.net, where he will review video games for all current generation platforms.
Hickey recently finished a one-year stint as the Editor-In-Chief Kingsman, one of the two college papers of Brooklyn College after serving as the paper’s Sports Editor before graduating with a BA in journalism. He also writes for and has had his work published in Bay Currents Newspaper, the Coney Island News, the Brooklyn Papers, the Wave of Long Island, the Brooklyn Free Press, the Brooklyn View, NYSportsday.com, NYSportScene Magazine, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, BBallCentral.com, PlayLikeAGirlSports.com, NYCityWatch.org, and Scout.com.
During his writing career, Hickey has covered everything from the NFL and the NHL to both Major League and Minor League baseball, writing interviews, recaps, features and columns
In May 2008, Hickey won the Sam Castan Journalism Award at Brooklyn College for his contributions to the Kingsman.
In September of 2007, Hickey also launched a similar site where he will chronicle the happenings of the New Jersey Nets called NetNotes.com.
In February 2008, Hickey also launched the first Brooklyn Cyclones blog written by a beat reporter covering the team. It contains archives of every story he’s written on the team over the last two years and will be the most in-depth blog to ever be written on the team.
Hickey is also the former Editor-In-Chief/Production Editor/Sports Editor of Scepter Newspaper, the official newspaper of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY.
Under his guidance, the paper won a Gold Medal in the Columbia University Critique during the 2005-06 Academic year and printed more issues in a year than it had ever done previously.
To contact Mr.Hickey directly, e-mail him at PatrickHickeyJr@yahoo.com
