For all my writing about hockey, lacrosse, football and baseball, it is easy to forget that I started out as a youngster who wanted to write about the Olympics, in particular figure skating and gymnastics. I am not as into both sports as I once was, but came across two noteworthy comeback/flashback stories of sorts in the past day in those two sports and needed to share. Continue reading
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Hoping for tickets to the pricey but oh-so-fun-filled Red Sox Picnic in the Park this Sunday? As part of my baseball season long partnership with Tickets for Charity (TFC), you have an opportunity to win tickets by playing a good ol’ game of I Spy.
The low-down from my friends at TFC:
The event is so special, the team at TFC decided to put together a fun contest to give away the tickets. It’s called “I Spy with my Fenway Eye,” and here’s the catch: entrants will need to bring their Fenway-insider A-game to name 10 people, places and things we found around the park last week.
The game is tough—but worth it for a chance to win the Picnic tickets, where players will be signing autographs and auctioning off amazing prizes. And of course, it’s all to support the great work of the Red Sox Foundation. Details about the Picnic event can be found here.
Try your hand at this fun game with a great prize here. But hurry! This contest ends on Thursday, July 21 and the winner will be notified via email 9 a.m. on Friday morning so they can make their weekend plans. So give it a try and see if you can snag tickets to this popular event!
I have a laundry list of blog posts to write up from my vacation. The handwritten list is growing by the day. The following may not be the most substantial, but I just had to share.
Every time I visit my hometown, I am on the hunt for Buffalo Bills merchandise that I wouldn’t be able to find online or even in the most overarching of Massachusetts sports stores. I found the perfect item on the last day of my vacation at In The Zone, a sports collectable store in the Mall at Greece Ridge in Rochester, NY.
Yes, that is a Buffalo Bills purse.
It’s actually one of the most practical purses I’ve ever bought. It is made from heavy duty fabric, has several pockets, and is roomy enough for me to use on the commute to and from work. It also has studs on the bottom corners to prevent the bag from getting ruined.
Not a Bills fan, or not in Rochester? Don’t worry. The purse is created by Charm 14 New York, and they have an entire line of classy and practical sports handbags available online. Look at this one for the Boston Red Sox fans among us:
And this one, which immediately made me think of my friend Sara:
Charm 14’s sport handbags are between $17.95 for a wrislet and $35.95 for the tote (though I did get my tote for less at In The Zone – pricing in stores seem to vary.) They also have wholesale packs for sale, perfect for if I ever open the SportsGirlKat gift shoppe. (And if you want to give me some kind of funding or location towards the SportsGirlKat gift shoppe, you know how to contact me.)
I’m flying Friday morning. I happen to be one of the world’s worst flyers. The only way I can get through flying is by listening to music and either drinking just enough beer to make me sleepy or taking Benadryl.
So I’m compiling my list of the songs that I’ll be blasting in my attempt to make me forget I’m on an airplane. Below I’m listing a few of the songs that made the list – each picture links to where you can purchase that specific MP3 through Amazon.com (where I buy all of my MP3s.) And through midnight on Thursday, June 30th, you can get $2.00 worth of MP3s for free through a current Amazon promotion. Free music, and you won’t have to pay a massive court appointed fine to get it!
Loud Music, Michelle Branch – Michelle Branch’s new single hopefully signals the end to her country experiment of the last few years. Not that she was bad at it (because she wasn’t), but that genre has gotten way too saturated. I need some angry, Are You Happy Now? era Michelle Branch, and this rocker delivers.
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To be blunt, I am a straight up coward in big rooms with many people. After I got the confidence burnt out of me in college, I would walk into networking events in my chosen career path of higher education and be at a complete loss for words and a complete loss of desire to try. Everyone knew everyone else, and since I didn’t go to the “right” grad program or wasn’t in a hiring capacity, no one wanted to talk to me. Accordingly, I started avoiding networking events and conferences in my field, and labeled myself an introvert. Continue reading