Category: Meet the Press
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Jake Brandt goes the extra miles to ensure lasting UND connection
Uh, headphones? Skates? A two-billed hat that reads insurance agent by weekday and hockey analyst by weekend? All of those answers take turns applying for Jake Brandt in a given week. But he never tires of the inevitable banter that comes with plastering his name on his own State Farm insurance office in Brainerd, Minn. In…
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What’s on tap for Greg Wyshynski?
It’s harder to imagine now, but there was a time when blogs were considered a lower form of sports media, an insult to the mores of old-school journalism. Crazily, that was only about a decade ago. The idea that even reputable news outlets would find themselves hosting blogs was pretty widely panned by the establishment.…
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How to get social like Bob McKenzie
Part of what we like doing at Pucks and Recreation is chatting with cool, interesting people in hockey media. Everyone has a story to tell — and not to get too meta here, but that includes the storytellers themselves. We’re always happy when we get a chance to talk shop with our peers and idols,…
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Dave Starman on college, USA Hockey now and in the future
Dave Starman has experience working in nearly all facets of hockey. His career path has taken him through youth, junior, college and professional hockey. His time in the media began with the AHL’s Baltimore Skipjacks, where he provided analysis for play-by-play colleague and longtime acquaintance Kenny Albert. Starman had grown up on Long Island, listening to Kenny’s dad,…
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Boys of Brunch: The Tasteful Tandem of Pete Blackburn, DJ Bean
In an ever-evolving media landscape, it’s become abundantly clear that being a one-trick pony isn’t going to get you far. WEEI’s DJ Bean and Fox Sports’ Pete Blackburn — the Boston-based duo that collaborates with Joe McDonald on WEEI’s hockey-centric program, “Sunday Skate,” as well as their own pop culture-loaded podcast, “Brunch” — are two shining examples…