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Skateboarding FAQ's: Can You Do This Trick?
When you spend as much time at skate parks as I do, especially ones filled with more little kids than skilled skaters, you get used to answering the same questions over and over again...
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Park Profiles: Salem, Mass.
The Ryan Brennan Memorial Skatepark in Salem, dedicated to my cousin who passed away after a rollerblading accident, is my home park. This wasn’t the first skate park I rolled, but is definitely the one that I roll most often...
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The Perfect Skate Spots: Rockport, Mass.
One fine Saturday, while I was working at the Gloucester Market Basket, I decided that it was time for another Recon Mission ...
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Skating By Myself Means Taking Photos Of Myself
As I mentioned in my first post here at Skate Sessions , I usually have to skate alone due to the lack of booters left around here. This had made it extremely difficult for me to document my sessions with photographs...
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Boston Bruins Are Ready For Buffalo In The Eastern Conf. Quaterfinals
Finally, the NHL playoffs are here, and the Boston Bruins have drawn the Northeast Division-leading Buffalo Sabres in the quarterfinal series that begins Thursday night at HSBC Arena...
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Mass. Schools For The Blind Face Off In Fencing Tournament
In the first event of it's kind, Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. and Carrol Center for the Blind in Newton, Mass. faced off in a friendly fencing competition...
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NCAA Frozen Four Set to Take Over the Motor City
March Madness is almost at its end, and it’s time to crown a National Champion. This isn’t another story about Duke, Butler, Michigan State, and West Virginia though; I am talking about Wisconsin, RIT, Miami (OH), and BC...
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Perfect Skateboarding Spots: Boston
Since I started skating again, I've been searching for new and exciting spots to skate that I will feature in upcoming "Recon Missions" posts. I have also been returning to spots that I skated back-in-the-day to get reacquainted with them...
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Greg Popovich Questions "World Champ" Banners at Boston Garden
The San Antonio Spurs laid down a serious beating on the Boston Celtics Sunday night at the TD Bank Garden. The 94-73 loss was the C’s worst of the season and only the third time they have been beaten by 20 or more...
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Bruins Fight for Playoff Life in Tight Eastern Conference Race
If the NHL regular-season ended today, the Boston Bruins would be in the playoffs; they currently sit in the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference...
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Violence and Aggression in Sports: An In-Depth Look (Part Three)
Here is the final installment of my work, "Violence and Aggression in Sports." Thanks to all who have been following along, I hope you have enjoyed this in-depth look at a disturbing trend...
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Welcome to 'Skate Sessions'
It just hit me one day, that urge somewhere deep in my brain that I hadn’t felt in a long time. I really wanted— no I needed, to skate.There was a time in my teens, when I spent whole days out ‘rolling’ with my friends...
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Violence and Aggression In Sports: An In Depth Look (Part Two)
Here is Part two of my three part series 'Violence and Aggression In Sports.' Thanks to those of you out there taking the time to read an in depth article on this dangerous sports trend...
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Violence and Aggression in Sports: An In-Depth Look (Part One)
I know this is a risky venture, since most readers are used to short, concise sports reporting or opinion, but I am going to give it a shot anyway. This is a piece I wrote about some causes for violent and aggressive behavior in and at sporting events...
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Bruins' Sights Set on Matt Cooke and Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in Boston tonight to face off against the Bruins at the TD Garden. This is the first meeting between these clubs since Matt Cooke delivered a season ending head-hunter elbow to Bs star forward Marc Savard...
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Boston Bruins Help Teachers Engage Students
Now that the Olympics are over and the Big Bad Boys in Black and Gold are heading back to Causeway Street, I'd like to take a minute to shine some light on a community outreach program that the Boston Bruins are involved in...
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2010 Winter Olympics: Polish Skiing Star Wins Big in Vancouver
The 2010 Winter Olympic games were full of great stories of personal triumph and amazing athletic prowess. One such story that has gone greatly under-reported is that of Polish cross-country skiing starlet Justyna Kowalczyk...
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Keeping an Eye on the Biased Media
As the Canadians and the Americans prepare to once again face off for Olympic Ice Hockey gold, it's interesting to take a look back at how the media approached their coverage the last time these two teams met on the international stage...
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Canadian Women Win Third Straight Ice Hockey Gold
The Canadian Women’s hockey team continued its dominance of the Olympic ice with a 2-0 win over their arch-rival US squad Thursday night in Vancouver...
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Linus Omark Stick Tricks and the NHL's Worst Shootouts Ever
The Olympic Games are in full swing, and I have been scouring the internet for some amazing hockey moments to share with all of you...
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Most Ironic Sports Names
I am an avid reader of Sports blogs and lists, but all of the other blogs out there keep posting the same 20 ridiculous sports names over and over again. Sure, Rusty Kuntz is hilarious the first time I heard it...
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5 Great Red Sox Commercials
I have been a Red Sox fan since I was born in 1983, and while most of those teams were great disappointments there were plenty of great media to amuse and entertain. These are 5 great Red Sox commercials I chose...
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MLB All-Star Game Festivities: Just an Idea
With the MLB All-Star Break half over, and the immense hype about the home-run derby upon us, here are a few things I believe could improve MLB's All-Star Festivities. Extend the Festivities...
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Bill Bulloch remembered by Salem State
as featured on Red Skies.Bill Bulloch Tribute Bill Bulloch is remembered by the Salem State Community By Nate Snow Under gray skies on a windy Friday October 3rd, the Salem State ...
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Germany's Lahm plays the Lion in Euro-Cup Semifinal Victory
Few expected Turkey to make it to these semifinals, in Basel, Switzerland, against a tournament tested German team. Germany led the head-to-head battle between these two countries 11-3-3, though Turkey had won two of the last three meetings...
