About us

Seamans Media is the premier source for news and analysis about amateur athletics in the Northeast, featuring a multimedia portfolio of seven brands across baseball, golf, hockey, lacrosse, skiing and soccer — a podcast network and two Emmy-nominated TV shows that reach the most passionate and affluent sports markets.

Our Mission

To inspire and inform amateur athletes and their supporters by sharing compelling stories and insightful advice to help further their development throughout their careers.

Our Motto

Meet our team

Eric Seamans

Founder And Chief Executive Officer

Eric Seamans is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Seamans Media, a multimedia entity that focuses on high-level amateur sports in the baseball, golf, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, and soccer space across digital, television, podcast and print platforms. Eric founded the company in 1995 in his parents’ garage at the age of 25 with his father Robert J. Seamans, Sr. (1929-2001) and has grown Seamans Media into one of the largest regional sports media companies in the world.

Rick Daniels

Chief Operating Officer

Sean Leahy

Chief Content Officer

Dan Africk

Integrated media partnerships

Nick Williams

Integrated media partnerships

Sherene Kaighn

Client Relations Administrator

Mike Zhe

Managing Editor

EVAN MARINOFSKY

managing editor, hockey

Kyle Devitte

editor, Lacrosse

Dan Guttenplan

Managing Editor, Baseball

Matt Langone

Managing Editor, Soccer

eric wilbur

Editor, ski

sean melia

Editor, GOLF

DAVID YAS

PODCAST PRODUCER

PATRICK DONNELLY

WRITER

Our History

1995

The beginning

New England Hockey Journal is founded in a garage in Quincy, Mass., by Eric Seamans and his father, Robert J. Seamans Sr. (1929-2001)

1995

1996

A new title

New England Ski Journal and SkiJournal.com launch.

1996

1997

New frontier

HockeyJournal.com launches as one of the first-ever regional hockey websites.

1997

2008

Onto the field

New England Lacrosse Journal and LaxJournal.com debut.

2008

2010

Up at bat

New England Baseball Journal and BaseballJournal.com launch.

2010

2011

Moving the boundary

With the start of New York Hockey Journal and NYHockeyJournal.com, Seamans Media expands
beyond New England for the first time.

2011

2013

Onto the pitch

New England Soccer Journal and NESoccerJournal.com premiere.

2013

2013

A bigger platform

The New England Hockey Journal TV show
debuts on Comcast SportsNet New England.

2013

2014

Changing seasons

New England Ski Journal publishes its first Summer and Fall Editions and launches a TV show in prime time on Comcast SportsNet New England.

2014

2015

Changing channels

New England Hockey Journal TV moves to New England Sports Network (NESN), home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox.

2015

2018

Transformation

Seamans Media undergoes a major business model change and embraces a digital-first strategy with a paywall for the first time. New websites roll out for New England Hockey Journal, New England Soccer Journal and New York Hockey Journal.

2018

2019

The change continues

New websites, along with a paywall, arrive for New England Lacrosse Journal and New England Baseball Journal.

2019

2020

Another new platform

Seamans Media launches its first podcast and builds a state-of-the-art podcast studio at its headquarters in Milton, Mass.

2020

2021

Building the network

Seamans Media launches a podcast network, with relaunched programs for hockey (“RinkWise”), lacrosse (“Chasing the Goal”) and baseball (“The Base Path”) and soccer (“The Goal”) originating from its new podcast studio.

2021

2022

Onto the green

New England Golf Journal and NEGolfJournal.com
debut as the seventh title for Seamans Media.

2022

2022

hitting the slopes

New England Ski Journal adds the fifth title to the Seamans Media podcast network with the “Basecamp” podcast. 

2022

2023

A good round

New England Golf Journal launches the “On Course” podcast, the sixth title in the Seamans Media podcast network.

2023