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Posts Tagged ‘Blogapalooza’

 
Jan
10
2012

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[VIDEO] CSNNE does it again: Food, Friends and Patriots talk

 

On a quiet and chilly evening, Comcast SportsNet New England set the stage at the Renaissance Hotel at Patriots Place for an evening of Patriots playoff discussion. Having been invited to the inaugural event in September, I had no doubt that they would put together another fantastic event…plus, the timing couldn’t have been better as were about to begin heavy preparation for Tim Tebow and the Dnver Broncos for Saturday evening’s game.

There were a lot of familiar faces at the event. Of course the “usual Blogapalooza gang” with Erik Frenz of Bleacher Report, Ian Logue of PatsFans.com, Joe Gill of FanFeedr and Boston Sports Then and Now, Russ Goldman of Patriots Fourth and Two and Bob Hylburg, author of Total Patriots were there. These are some of my favorite people to have a beer with as they always some of the best sports stories and I’m looking forward to the upcoming Blogapalooza later on this year. :)

In my attempt to keep things exciting, I made a nice little video of the event. It’s filled with interesting points by CSNNE’s most notable Patriot voices.

I also had the opportunity to meet some new folks like Steve Balestrieri ( @SteveB7SFG ) who also manages the Pats Pub blog on PatsFans.com.

Overall, the evening was great. As you’ll see from the video, some of the bigger questions revolved around Tim Tebow, Josh McDaniels and Wes Welker.

There was also a big question that Tom E. Curran brought up and it made for quite the response from the crowd.

I’ll give you a hint: It involves a certain slot receiver and moolah…

Check out the video and give me your thoughts. :)

Spanks.…

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Jun
27
2011

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Blogapalooza III: Return of the Blogi

 

Beer, food, sports and bloggers. Doesn’t sound like a perfect way to spend a beautiful Saturday in Boston?

Hell yes.

For myself, the trip was a familiar one. The only difference was that before, I’d either go with a sports fan friend or fly solo. This time around, I had Ryan and I was ready to show him the awesomeness that is Blogapalooza III.

For those of you have continued to read my blog and still haven’t made your way to any of the  last three Blogapaloozas, you’re seriously missing out. Yours truly is now 3/3 and I’ve learned something new every time.

I can’t emphasize this enough when I say that the stigma that sports bloggers have about being a bunch of wickedly burly guys who live in their parents’ basement is completely true. I mean some of the guys are rather burly (@ErikFrenz tries but it’s not at maximum burly-ness hehe) but you’d be surprised at the type of people you see at an event such as Blogapalooza.

I think I said to just about everyone when I walked in to West Side Johnnies (on Portland St in Boston, not Porter St. Don’t those two streets mixed up like I did or else you’ll get stuck in a bad part of Boston and most likely get stuck waiting for the bridge to go down. ) that it was an EXCEPTIONAL place to have an event like Blogapalooza.

Huge glass windows, a beautiful mahogany (?) bar and they had Guinness on tap, which is pretty much a thumbs up in my book.

 

Do you see that fancy pants open kitchen in the background? Yeah, pretty classy right?

As I’ve set the ambiance for you, let’s get down to business of Blogapalooza. I’ll tell you this, when I attended my first one about two years ago, I was wide-eyed Patriots blogger with a few decent articles on PatriotsInsider.com and I was one a mission to make everyone read my blog. Not even kidding,  I talked to everyone and anyone who wanted to listen to me prove that I was “legit”.

Flash forward to Blogapalooza III and I spent the majority of the time meeting people that I have been interacting with on twitter for over six months. My good friends @choley and @fangsbites are perfect examples of this. I’ve been sharing my daily thoughts on twitter with over 800 …

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Apr
13
2010

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Jets and The Name Game and Blogapaloooza!

 

I wonder what it feels like to be a fan of a team that signs big names.  As an avid Patriots fan/writer, I’ve grown to learn how teams work, more specifically, how the New England Patriots work.  Don’t get me wrong, I’d love for them to sign big player.  The Marshalls and the Westbrooks would give me a sense of quick satisfaction. But instead, we wait and wait and hope and wait some more.  New England does not the sign the names, even if it is an obvious fit for the needs of team.  Bill Belichick has a way of keeping fans on the edge of their seats.  It sucks, but it’s reality.

So what team doesn’t believe in the ways of Belichick? Divisional rivals New York Jets.  Led by Coach Rex Ryan, they have been signing marquee players like he was putting together his fantasy football team.  I define ‘marquee’ not necessarily that these players are the best available in their respective positions, but more of the free agents that grab the headlines.  Interestingly enough, they are also the names that I find the most frequently pop up on my twitter feed. ( Speaking of twitter, you should definitely follow me @kishaT )

Back to the Jets, late Sunday evening the Pittsburgh Steelers traded their former Super Bowl MVP and statistically impressive wide receiver to New York for a meager 5th round pick.  Some have called this a steal for the Jets.  I call this a slap in the face for Holmes.  Holmes had his best year EVER with 79 catches for 1,248 yards.  I guess keeping your toes in during the Super Bowl doesn’t make a drug violation ok.

For Patriots worriers out there, here are my thoughts on the so-called threat to our division:

Eh.

Seriously, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. Like I’ve said to a lot of people who’ve asked me, all these signings look amazing on paper.  If the Jets are trying to instill some fear or nervousness to the other teams in their division, this is a good try.  It’s definitely working a lot more with the fans than their rival teams.  The Patriots find comfort in having a solid locker room and do not deal with any off field issues. Big names or not, a player’s on and off field production is more important.  I have all the …

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