Filling in the gaps

So...its been over a week since I have last posted.  I have so much to catch up on.  There were some pretty eventful moments in the New England Sports scene.  Not sure when specifically all of these events took place, but they were all important things to me and my internship.  So, this might be somewhat of a scattered post.

I have started to settle into my post here at Comcast Sports.  I am still searching the twitter-verse for important news relevant to our region.  With a ton of news surrounding the New England Patriots, Tom Brady, and Randy Moss I learned a few massive lessons. The first lesson I learned was how important sources are to the sports writing world.  On September 7th I came into work with news swirling about an "imminent" deal for quarterback Tom Brady. The Boston Herald reported the deal... it turned out to be false.  "Imminent" turned out to be a very wrong choice of words.  The news of the false report was the talk of the newsroom.  Needless to say, Tom Brady, and a quick trigger finger by Ian Rapoport were the talk of the Newsroom.  I learned a couple things because of the situation, when a report comes out such as this, give the source FULL credit for two reasons.  1) It was their information first, they put in the work, they should get the credit.  2)  Just in case they did not put the work in and the report is FALSE, it is their head is on the line for the information released.

The second event sent shock-waves through the entire New England sporting world.  Tom Brady was in a car accident in the morning.  Not a whole lot was known about the severity of the incident.  Once again, I arrived to work at 9:00 am and was forced to navigate my way through the fact and fiction of the myriad of reports coming through the Twitter wire that occupied my screen.  For the second day straight Tom Brady was responsible for a days worth of work.  This story was above any contract discussions, this involved the livelihood of not only a sports icon, but others as well.  We sifted through the details and discovered that Brady was alright, but a man in the other vehicle was injured.  Then the media began to dissect every move Brady made, including his motions, his attitude, and even the fact that he wore his helmet during stretches.

Another big event that took place was the debut of Quick Slants.  An interactive show with Tom Curran and Mary Paoletti (you should really check it out).  This show was a pretty big deal.  The set is literally right next to my desk (pictured) and  I got a chance to help out with the rehearsals for the show!  I sat in the production room and sent chat questions to Mary to try and simulate the random questioning from viewers.  I came up with some zingers, I hope it helped.  The show debuted to great numbers as I got to see my co-workers in action... and yes they are as cool as they seem.

I have really learned a lot already throughout my internship, and I have only been here two weeks.  I could not have asked for a better boss.  Art is a great writer, just reading his work (and how quickly he writes it) is impressive and will help me become a better writer.  We will have to see how that goes.


JUST ANNOUNCED: While I was working on this very blog Laurence Maroney was traded to the Denver Broncos. I love when big news comes in!