Posted in ESPN.com, Social Media, Sports on May 2nd, 2011
My ESPN.com social media column is off to a strong start. The initial plan is to have the column to probably run every other week, but in an effort to continue the momentum generated by the launch, we’ve started off with a column a week for three straight weeks. This week’s piece was on the […]
Posted in ESPN.com, Social Media, Sports on Apr 26th, 2011
With my social media column officially launched and generating some buzz, the goal was to further build on the initial column’s success. Considering that the NBA playoffs are underway and the league has been dominant among professional sports organizations in the social space, profiling the NBA seemed a perfect fit. See: The NBA’s social media […]
Posted in ESPN.com, Social Media, Sports on Apr 19th, 2011
I’ve technically been the ESPN.com social media columnist for a little over a month, but now it’s official. Named @Page2, my first column ran on Monday. It’s a notebook format with a large top item and some shorter notes. I spoke with White Sox general manager Ozzie Guillen for the first piece, and he was […]
Posted in Career, ESPN.com, Social Media, Sports on Mar 1st, 2011
I am extremely excited to be able to say that I am going to be the ESPN.com social media columnist. The column will begin running in early April and will cover all things social media as they relate to sports. It initially will be a biweekly column, later becoming a weekly feature on the site. […]
I realize I have a pretty cool job, but there are still times when I feel like I should pinch myself. Anytime I get to start a story with, “Tonight, for work, I’m going to the Boston Pops holiday concert because Shaq is the guest conductor…” falls under one of those moments. See: Shaquille O’Neal […]
With the World Cup concluded, I sat back to reflect on the tournament. How Spain finally won. How the Netherlands has now made three trips to the finals only to be met with heartbreak thrice. How the United States did alright. And how the next time I watch a soccer match, it won’t be accompanied […]
When I heard they were making a musical about the Red Sox, I was torn between wanting to cringe and laugh. Let’s be honest, sports and musicals haven’t gone together since the debut of “Damn Yankees in 1955. But “Johnny Baseball” wasn’t campy at all. In fact, it was a quality musical that hit on […]
For the second straight Page 2 feature, I went into the event thinking it would make for a good blog and ended up with a full story. After getting a media release about Red Sox players Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Beckett putting out two wines for charity, I thought it would work for a short […]
This story was initially going to be a quick blog off the Kirby Puckett statue unveiling at the Twins’ new ballpark, Target Field. But as I did some background research on the artist, I realized the sculptor would actually make a good feature. Instead of a 300-word post, it worked out to be a full-length […]
Last week, I became the envy of tennis fans around the world. I had the chance to take on four-time Grand Slam singles champion Jim Courier at (Wii) tennis. See: I beat Jim Courier at tennis, sort of. I went into the story thinking my lede would be something along these lines: Like many great […]