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Welcome Boston Sports Fans
Welcome to Boston Sports Then and Now, where fans can stay updated on the current happenings in Boston area sports while also regularly looking back at great moments, teams, players and games in Boston sports history. This site is for you, the fan, so please share your thoughts, memories and opinions.
What is Sports Then and Now?
The history of sports in America is long and glorious, but too often the athletes, moments and memories of the past are forgotten when analyzing the issues and events of the current sports world. Sports Then and Now takes the “hot button” issues of today’s sports world and looks at them in the context of sports history.
Sports Then and Now is intended to be a place where all sports fans can talk about what is happening today while also reminiscing about great players, teams, games and moments from the past. Suggestions for story ideas, links and other content are always welcome.
We are also always looking for good writers, so if you have a passion about a team, city, player or sport and want a chance to share your ideas with other sports fans, this is the perfect place for you.
Send any story ideas or comments on the site to: dean@sportsthenandnow.com
Dean Hybl Biography
Dean Hybl has lived and breathed sports for more than 40 years and is excited about the opportunity to develop a sports site where fans can share a passion for sports history while also keeping up-to-date on current issues in the world of sports.
Dean learned to read so that he could read the stats on the back of his baseball cards and has been a passionate fan ever since.
After playing sports in high school and then writing about sports for the school newspaper and Sports Information Office while in college at James Madison University, Dean had the chance to live out every sports fans dream.
In the summer of 1989, Dean served as a public relations intern for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles went 11-5 that season and made trips to London, San Diego, Miami and many other places that were new territory for a 21-year old from a small, rural community in Southern Virginia. The opportunity to meet and work with such greats as Buddy Ryan, Randall Cunningham, Reggie White, Clyde Simmons, Jerome Brown, Matt Cavanaugh, Terry Hoage and Al Harris was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Dean then did an internship with the Richmond Braves, then the Triple-A affiliate for the Atlanta Braves, and got to see future stars including Dave Justice, Steve Avery and Kent Mercker on their way to the majors.
For the next 15 years, Dean served as a college sports information director first at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and then at Rollins College in Florida. These great experienced allowed Dean to meet and work with many great young student-athletes and to continue cultivating his passion for sports.
Dean now writes about sports and sports history and has a communications consulting business in Orlando.
His sports writing has recently been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal Daily Sports Fix and by Rob Neyer in his SweetSpot blog.
Joe Gill Biography
Joe Gill is a long time Boston Sports fan. Growing up in the suburbs north of Boston, he is a devoted fan of the New England Patriots (season ticket holder for 15 years) and Boston Bruins (bleeds black and gold). He also follows the Red Sox and Celtics, but due to the heartbreak of the ’86 World Series and retirement of Larry Bird, not a die hard fan.
Joe is also a marketing professional who is not only passionate for sports but for marketing as well. He has written marketing blogs such as My Passion of Marketing and music concert reviews such as You are Never Too Old to Rock on Squidoo. He is now a contributing blogger for Boston Sport Then and Now and Trufan.com. Please check out Cup of Joe every Tuesday and Thursday for you weekly buzz of Boston Sports.
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