Alicia Hubbard steps to the center of the burgundy mat in early August. Tying her long black hair into a loose bun on top of her head, she sizes up the competition: a teenage boy who is about three inches taller.
The whistle blows, and her male opponent, Nico Gasparrini, quickly puts the 5-foot-3 Hubbard in [...]
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The Best of Two Worlds
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Northampton, Sports, Wrestling on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Old is New Again for Whately Pioneers
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Baseball, Vintage, Whately Pioneers on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buck opens the trunk of his light blue minivan. Rummaging through old baseball equipment, he finally finds what he’s been searching for: ibuprofen.
“I’m 60 years old,” he says, laughing, before popping two little red pills into his mouth.
Buck – known off the field as Pres Pieraccini – is about to stand over home plate, a [...]
Sportsnet – Day 5
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Toronto, Rogers Sportsnet on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The last day at Sportsnet… was sad. The week passed by EXTREMELY quickly and I wish I was staying for a bit longer. I spent the day in the web department and watched people putting articles together. It was cool to see the whole process, as web writing is so timely. They got a call [...]
Sportsnet: Day 4
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Rogers Sportsnet, EURO, Broadcasting on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 4 at Sportsnet was pretty short, to be honest, because I had my Political Science midterm this morning. I got into the office at around 1:30 and left at 5 – but while I was there it was definitely interesting. I got to sit in the main control booth while the producer, director and [...]
Sportsnet: Day 3
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Toronto, Rogers Sportsnet, Blue Jays on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Awesome. Really, awesome. I don’t have any other words to really describe it, so I’ll stick with awesome. The day started off at 3:45 – I met up with the two Sportsnet PR guys at the Rogers Center, got my press pass, and we went out onto the field.
Basically stood around for two hours, to [...]
Sportsnet – Day 2
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Toronto, Rogers Sportsnet, Internship, Producers, Blue Jays on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day two at Sportsnet was similar to day one, although it was a little more relaxed, and I couldn’t help but feel that I had little to do. I started my day at 10:30 and sat in on a producers’ meeting at 11. They discussed the day’s stories and brain-stormed to find new, timely pieces. [...]
Sportsnet: Day 1
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Toronto, Rogers Sportsnet, Internship on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First day at Sportsnet down, four more to go.
I started the day with a tour around the Rogers Sportsnet studios in downtown Toronto. I was amazed by how many people worked there – even though at 10:30 a.m. the place is kind of empty. I guess I never realized how much work goes into a [...]
The Y Factor
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Rogers Sportsnet, Baseball, Montreal Expos, Women Journalists on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“It’s hit solidly… to the warning track… HOOOME RUN!”
It’s the oldest cliché in the book: salted peanuts, the seventh-inning stretch and the familiar smell of a ballpark. But I make no apologies: ever since I can remember, I’ve been a baseball fan.
And I don’t mean a Yankees bandwagon-jumper. Oh, no. I may indeed have the [...]
Skylines
Posted in Sports, Summer Journalism, tagged Toronto, CN Tower, Skyline, Rogers Sportsnet on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As my plane flew into Toronto City Center airport, I couldn’t help but feel that the Toronto skyline is beautiful, especially with the red horizon fading into darkness behind it.
The CN tower, Rogers Center and countless high-rises greeted me as my little plane landed in Toronto’s harbor area; my uncle’s apartment is a mere five [...]
The US’ Leading Export
Posted in Sports, The Netherlands on October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night, in a brightly-lit gym in the middle of Rotterdam’s industrial southern neighborhood, I had my first taste of European basketball. I was looking forward to seeing tall Dutchmen (the Dutch are the tallest people in the world, after all) and hear players yelling in languages I couldn’t distinguish. But as I flipped through [...]
