The Tradition

Hi everybody,
I've had some pretty amazing opportunities since the last post. I was sent to The Tradition which is an event hosted by the museum in the Boston Garden where, "Each year, The Sports Museum honors a new set of legends from Boston sports -- the men and women whose accomplishments, contributions, and qualities of character and spirit have helped make Boston The Greatest Sports City In America." Its called the Tradition, and this year the honorees were:

• Curt Schilling - The big game ace for the champion Red Sox
• Troy Brown - The quintessential Patriot
• Nancy Kerrigan - The graceful Olympic champion
• Sam Jones - The clutch shooting guard for the 1960s Celtics
• Ken Hodge - The high-scoring winger on two Stanley Cup teams
• Jack Parker and Jerry York - College hockey legends and winners of back-to-back national championships

I got to meet Troy Brown, Sam Jones and Bill Russell! How incredible is that? They were all extremely nice, and really spent time talking to the fans and signing autographs for kids. I met everyone except Curt Schilling, who unfortunately arrived well after the meet and greet. BUT the best part of the night (by far) was getting to do a one on one interview with Nancy Kerrigan. I interviewed an Olympic medalist (not to mention childhood hero) by myself. It was such a rush. I also took some pictures for the Fox website, though that wasn't my focus (so the pictures aren't anything amazing). It was really just a great event, the fans buy tickets and get to meet their heroes which is always nice. The athletes are honored for not only their athleticism but also their character and representation of Boston. It was just really a great experience being there, definitely a once in a lifetime sort of thing. Well, until the day when this is my career.

Here is a link to the pictures: http://media2.myfoxboston.com/html/galleries/09/The-Tradition/indexGallery.htm

The other exciting tid-bit from my internship these past few weeks is that I got to edit some footage that went on-air! My boss asked me to edit a sequence for a Voice Over about John Smotlz and my sequence was deemed good enough for the news broadcast! It doesn't seem that exciting to you guys I'm sure, but it was really exciting for me. Since then I've gotten to edit several other clips that have aired. Who knows what I'll get to do next.

--Brittini