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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
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. For his collection of best works including sports, marketing and concert reviews, check out Cup of Joe Gill.
He is a featured blogger for Boston Sport Then and Now, Rootzoo.com, Trufan.com and Bleacher Report. Joe is also the creator of the successful Boston Sports Blogapalooza networking event.
Contact Joe Gill at bostonsportsthenandnow@gmail.com.
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Dan Sullivan Biography
Dan Sullivan
Dan is set to graduate from Endicott College in May of 2011. His coupled interest in both sports and business led to his choice of a major of Sport Management. Mid way through his junior year, Dan began to write a blog, Dan Sullivan Sport Management in his free time devoted to sports business and sport management. He is devoted to networking and sharing different sports business resources and events to attempt to further the careers of professionals and students alike.
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Carl Desberg Biography
Carl Desberg
Carl Desberg, who joined BSTN in May 2010, began blogging because his friends thought he should share his unique opinions on Boston sports. Ten months after starting his own blog, Carl joined the BSTN team in an effort to continue his day-to-day analysis of events, while also reminiscing on the recent rich championship history of the city.
With baseball as his first love, Carl’s house is a mini Cooperstown cluttered with old time player autographs and a specific section dedicated to his favorite player Ken Griffey Jr. A devoted Red Sox fan, Carl is proud to say he jumped on the Patriots and Celtics bandwagon well before their championship runs. He is a true Boston sports fan through and through.
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Stephen Bailey Biography
Stephen Bailey
Stephen Bailey has been a huge Celtics and Red Sox fan for the better part of 18 years. Stephen has also recently started cheering for the Bruins, and casually follows the Patriots, but roots for the Dallas Cowboys.
In the summer of 2009 he interned for Yale Sports Publicity, working on the football media guide and game programs among other things. He helped record statistics at home football games, as well as used a parabolic microphone for both the YES and Versus networks. Stephen also interned in the Group Sales Department for the AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He worked at various home games, helping with pre-game and intermission activities.
In April, Stephen started his own blog, Bailey’s Boston Sports Blog. Using social networking, he obtained a position as a contributing write on Celtics Life. He currently interns in the Sports Department of the New Haven Register, covering local high school and college sports. During his time there, he has interviewed various athletes including ex-Celtic Ryan Gomes.
Stephen will be attending Syracuse University in the fall as a Sport Management major. He hopes to continue his online writing at ‘Cuse and hopes to one day work for the Celtics or another professional NBA franchise.
Follow him on Twitter or contact him at sebredsox24@hotmail.com.
Jonathan Fucile Biography
Jonathan Fucile
Jon Fucile is a Boston native and Bruins addict, spending most of his time going to Bruins games, practices and tracking down old Bruins for autographs. Jon had previously blogged about the Bruins for other hockey sites, but his desire to write for a site that shared his passion for sports, the Bruins and their history compelled him to joined Boston Sports Then and Now in January 2010.
Jon will often argue that Shawn Thornton is the third greatest player in NHL history and is always up for talking, and arguing, about anything Bruins. Despite the recent ups and downs of the boys in black and gold, Jon remains convinced the Stanley Cup will soon return to Boston.
Ryan Durling Biography
Ryan Durling
Ryan is a graduate student at Northeastern University in the Higher Education Administration program. He is an avid Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and Celtics fan, but his one true love remains his hometownSyracuse University men’s basketball team.
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