Tag: sports (Page 15 of 27)

Thank you for reading my missive on Colin Wilson. You’re the better for it.

25 February, 2009 / Kat

As I’m about to be published on KuklasKorner’s On The Forecheck blog regarding BU Terrier and future Nashville Predator Colin Wilson, I thought I would post a special welcome to those of you checking out my site after reading that piece. Thanks for taking a chance on me.

A little bit about me: I write primarily about college hockey, professional hockey, and lacrosse. I have recoccuring series on NCAA compliance (Better Know a Compliance Rule), my teenage addiction to the sport of figure skating (Revisiting My Teenage Geeky Figure Skating Lovin’ Self) and an interview series (Five Questions with…)

Here are some recent blog pieces that might be of interest to you, the educated hockey fan that you are (yes, I’m sucking up to you. I have no shame.)

First off, here’s a piece I wrote about Colin Wilson being drafted last summer, and the eligibility rules that allowed him to be drafted by the Predators but still play college hockey.

Better Know a Compliance Rule #2: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Other hockey related pieces of particular note:

The 2009 …On Being a Sports Girl Unofficial Beanpot All-Tournament Team

My Live Tweeting of Night One and Night Two of the Beanpot

At that Rate, I’m Surprised They Didn’t Give the Arena Away

If You Want the Bills and Sabres So Much, Why Don’t You Take All of Us?

The Everyone’s Favorite Goalie Watch: Dany Gets Benched, Curry Gets Chance

More Last Name Fun and Lerg Love from the Icebreaker

As the Forechecker mentioned, I also write for the HLOG – Hockey’s Ladies of Greatness – and these two pieces I wrote for them you might particularly enjoy.

The Mono Award

Dear Hockey East, Thanks for the Goalies. Love, The NHL

And what gained me the invite to guest post was my interview with the College Hockey Blog (reposted on my own):

Did I Answer Questions About the Beanpot? Did I Ever.

If you like what you read, please feel free to drop me a line at sportsgirlkat@gmail.com or add me to your RSS reader. Thanks again!

Revisiting My Teenage Geeky Figure Skating Lovin’ Self #2: America Would Like Figure Skating Again If We All Watched Us Some Caroline Zhang

22 February, 2009 / Kat

Updated 3/1/2009 – see end of post.

Programming Note: I can’t talk hockey right now. Can’t. Not after Saturday night’s BU-Northeastern game. I’m too heated. Going to distract myself by writing another piece in my ongoing series, Revisiting My Teenage Geeky Figure Skating Lovin’ Self. I’ll resume hockey talk later, I promise.

I think one of the most redeeming aspects about me being a geeky figure skating lovin’ teenager was that I was not alone. Back in the mid-1990s, everyone in the United States had jumped on the figure skating bandwagon. Weekend afternoons in the late fall and winter would be filled with all sorts of figure skating shows and competitions on every single channel. The mainstream sports media covered the sport along with the big four professional sports. Everyone in America was jumping on the bandwagon, until they all jumped off disillusioned when Michelle Kwan didn’t win an Olympic gold medal again in 2002.

Now, the sport of figure skating suffers, having lost all of its relevance among the American viewing public. It gets about one prime time showing a year – the US National Championships on NBC. ESPN dropped all of its skating coverage. Even the women’s networks – your Lifetimes, WEs and Oxygens – don’t show the sport. Current figure skating fans blame this downfall in popularity at the lack of a recognizable star – a Michelle Kwan, a Tara Lipinski, a Sarah Hughes, a Sasha Cohen. I believe more of the blame sits on the marketers of the sport itself, but there is something to be said for the lack of a traditional “ice princess” over the past handful of years, which makes a sports marketers job a million times easier.

Well, America, I’d like to invite you back to figure skating. And here is the figure skater that is going to bring you back.

Mono and All-Star Teams and Cool Interviews…Oh My

19 February, 2009 / Kat

I have two recent pieces on the HLOG and the Examiner that I especially am fond of.

First off, on the HLOG, I chronicled how my fantasy hockey season took a turn for the weird when I had two of my top players stricken with mono. (The Mono Award)

Secondly, I was able to get NLL All-Star and Boston Blazer “Dangerous” Dan Dawson to answer some quick questions about his fourth All-Star team selection this week for the Examiner. I think one of the highlights of doing this interview was the discovery that Dawson spells words the Canadian way, just like I do. I was way too excited about that. (Blazer Dan Dawson makes his fourth NLL All-Star Game; Cosmo, Belisle named reserve)

Maine: Players Will Be Sat On and Sinners Will Be Towed

16 February, 2009 / Kat

My Partner-In-Crime took this picture in Freeport, ME

For Valentine’s Day, my fiance and I traveled to Orono, Maine to cross yet another Hockey East arena off our list and see Boston University take on the University of Maine Black Bears. Because of our work obligations, we could only make the Saturday game and missed Friday evening’s BU blow-out. I followed the game on the radio and online Friday night, and knew we would see some angry Black Bears on Saturday evening.

Up in the Wilds of Maine

14 February, 2009 / Kat

I am heading to Orono, Maine for the second game in the weekend Boston University – Maine series. I’ll be Twittering from the game, but not as well as I did for the Beanpot, since it is Valentine’s Day and I should be paying attention to my fiance.

To see my updates, please visit http://www.twitter.com/sportsgirlkat. I don’t have my computer with me, so there won’t be an indepth recap until late Sunday when I get back.