Boston Sports Blogapalooza Is Coming

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Joe Gill

What is Boston Sports Blogapalooza (BSB) you ask?

It started as a Bruins tweet-up but has morphed to something bigger. Much bigger.

I am relatively new to the Boston sports blogging scene, I have been writing for Boston Sports Then And Now for six months. Writing is an untapped passion I never knew I had.

I have met a lot of great people via Twitter, who write about the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Breakers, and Patriots. All of these bloggers write with passion and great dedication to their favorite team(s). Boston Sports bloggers are a tightly knit community and I can proudly say I have been accepted with open arms.

But, how do I get all of these Boston Sports Social Media Outlets (that’s what bloggers are folks!) in one place? Then it came to me in a vision!

Boston Sports Blogapalooza!

My event marketing background kicked in full throttle and the rest is history.

Why not organize an event where bloggers can meet, network, share social media ideas, and of course talk sports? Oh did I mention drinks and music too?

BSB will also provide a venue for Boston sports bloggers to meet local sports media members. Share your thoughts and opinions with the media bloggers, beat reporters, and radio show hosts in person! It’s all about networking folks and in a fun laid back atmosphere (no suits and resumes required!)

What can be better than spending an afternoon talking sports?

I am still in the planning stages of this event. I have been gauging interest and the interest is there! Currently, I have over 15 websites on board and four Boston media members.

But I am not satisfied. I want more (devilish laugh)!

Folks, I am now relying on your help. We need to use the power of social media to our advantage. Please tweet this, put it on facebook, bookmark it on stumbleupon, and link to it in on your blogs. Let’s build the buzz!

We need to get people excited about this.

We need to show companies that sponsoring this event will be worth their investment.

Companies know or will know that bloggers are a viable medium to talk up their products and promote their services. It’s all about inbound marketing.

Boston Sports Blogapalooza= business opportunities galore.
The tentative events details are as follows:

Event: Boston Sports Blogapalooza

Timing: A Saturday or Sunday Afternoon/early evening in the February-April timeframe

Venue: Boston Area Bar/Pub

Scope: 100-200 bloggers and fans

So Boston Sports Blogger Nation, help me spread the word and make this happen!

Please email me with any questions or feedback about the event at bostonsportsthenandnow@gmail.com

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Andy Brickley

Andy Brickley’s voice is familiar throughout New England and to those of us out-of-market fans who get the NESN broadcasts via the NHL’s Center Ice package. Brickley is the top TV analyst for Boston Bruins’ hockey games. Most fans know he was a part of Boston’s 1989-90 teams that reached the Stanley Cup Finals. What many fans may not know is how hard Brickley has had to work for everything in his career. To pay tribute to his effort and to acknowledge his tremendous contributions to the culture of Boston Bruins hockey is why he is BST&N’s Vintage Athlete Of The Month for April.

The need to prove himself to skeptics started right away in college. Brickley went to school at New Hampshire, but had to walk on the hockey team. He made the squad and played all four years, from 1979-82. By the end of his career he had made first-team All-American and led New Hampshire to the Frozen Four in his senior year.

Two years into his college career he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft, but by the skin of his teeth—Brickley was the final player chosen in a 210-player draft, going to the Philadelphia Flyers. He began his pro career there in the fall of 1982, but a year later he was traded to Pittsburgh, as part of a package involving multiple players and draft picks.

By rights, this should have been the point when his career took off. He scored 18 goals in 50 games, the highest goal output of his career and also had 12 assists. But he ended up demoted to the minor leagues for the egregious sin of breaking curfew. To put the early 1980s in perspective, this was a time when frequent reports of players’ cocaine addictions were becoming public—in all sports. Seen in that light, the idea of demoting Brickley because he broke curfew seems absurd beyond belief.

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