Pending a few more match results, this was most likely my last coverage of Real Salt Lake for KSL.com. I enjoyed every minute of this phenomenal experience. HERE is a link to my final RSL article.
Thank you to all the reporters I worked with at KSL.com, fellow reporters in the press box, Real Salt Lake Media Relations, and the Real Salt Lake players - it was a blast.
30 October 2011
27 October 2011
It won't be easy, but
I drove to Sandy, entered the Rio Tinto south parking lot, handed my parking pass to the parking attendant and parked my car. I got out, walked to the west entrance and showed my media pass, I was in. And I was completely overwhelmed, intimidated and frightened. I had covered athletic events for the past three years at that point, but this, Real Salt Lake, was a whole new level of sports writing. This was professional. So naturally, I was nervous.
Before I knew it I was standing in the Rio Tinto press box about an hour and a half before the first kick. The view was incredible from the box, absolutely perfect, any young sports writers dream. I remember doing all my research, prepping myself with information, before the match began... yet I still felt timid, out of place.
That was just over five months ago. Last Saturday, Oct. 22, was RSL's final regular season game. I entered the press box that I had sat in so many times and I felt a sense of love, a sense of happiness. True happiness. I had done it, I had been the beat writer for a major publication covering a professional team for an entire season. This Saturday I will cover their first playoff game and I can't wait. I love this, I love everything about it. It's so hard to explain, it's a love that is so strong, it's right.
Along with this strong love is fear. Fear of the end. Being the playoff's, I don't quite know how much longer it will last, only time and match results will tell. So this weekend could be the final match I cover. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a intern and a beat writer for ksl.com. So much that while getting ready last Saturday for the final regular season match, I pulled my shirt out of the closet and completely broke down, sobbed. I was overcome with emotion, both sadness and happiness. Sadness because it's coming to an end, happiness because what an amazing experience this has been for me. It was a hard moment, but a humbling moment.
I love writing, I love sports writing, I love it. So it won't be easy to see my time with ksl.com come to an end, but the experience, memories and knowledge I have gained from this internship will take me onto my next adventure in the life as a writer. I won't forget anything from these last five months, it's truly been an incredible experience.
My work can be viewed on this link and my latest story can be viewed here.
Before I knew it I was standing in the Rio Tinto press box about an hour and a half before the first kick. The view was incredible from the box, absolutely perfect, any young sports writers dream. I remember doing all my research, prepping myself with information, before the match began... yet I still felt timid, out of place.
That was just over five months ago. Last Saturday, Oct. 22, was RSL's final regular season game. I entered the press box that I had sat in so many times and I felt a sense of love, a sense of happiness. True happiness. I had done it, I had been the beat writer for a major publication covering a professional team for an entire season. This Saturday I will cover their first playoff game and I can't wait. I love this, I love everything about it. It's so hard to explain, it's a love that is so strong, it's right.
Along with this strong love is fear. Fear of the end. Being the playoff's, I don't quite know how much longer it will last, only time and match results will tell. So this weekend could be the final match I cover. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a intern and a beat writer for ksl.com. So much that while getting ready last Saturday for the final regular season match, I pulled my shirt out of the closet and completely broke down, sobbed. I was overcome with emotion, both sadness and happiness. Sadness because it's coming to an end, happiness because what an amazing experience this has been for me. It was a hard moment, but a humbling moment.
I love writing, I love sports writing, I love it. So it won't be easy to see my time with ksl.com come to an end, but the experience, memories and knowledge I have gained from this internship will take me onto my next adventure in the life as a writer. I won't forget anything from these last five months, it's truly been an incredible experience.
My work can be viewed on this link and my latest story can be viewed here.
10 October 2011
Timing
It's an interesting thing, isn't it? Timing can be a bad thing or a good thing. It seems to sneak up on you at the most unexpected time. Now some of my readers know that I believe in fate, that things happen for a reason and that I do not, in any way, believe in a coincidence. And with that belief, it's been a interesting last couple months. A lot of change, some I welcomed and some I tried to stop, but all eventually ended up being for the better.
I've been worn out, physically and emotionally. Have felt as though I have been dragging my feet to no where, living a very routine schedule, which felt so routine that I wasn't going anywhere, I was just staying. I was stuck in a hole that I could not climb out of. I was disappointed, discouraged that everything I was doing was not working. My constant and rigorous job search, interview after interview after interview, and worry with what seemed like no open doors was getting to me, dragging me down and wearing me out, stressing me out. And on top of all that there was everything else. More I was dealing with. Dating, friends, loss, life, etc.
Trying to keep it together this week after a small breakdown, I was leaving my families house a few nights ago. I unlocked my car, started it, plugged in my iPhone for music, switched the stereo over to the iPod setting and hit shuffle. All of which is a very routine thing for me each time I get in my car, except hitting shuffle. Generally I will play one of two of my playlists, my purchased songs, which contain the newest music/newest purchases OR another playlist with music that always seems to calm me down, cheer me up, etc.
The songs started, I was probably ten minute from my families house when a song came on that caught my attention. The words were as if it was written about the last few months I have had. Before I knew it, tears were welling up in my eyes. Something that I try my hardest to hide, not let happen, but this time I couldn't control it. I repeated the song a few times, just listening to the words with the tears contenting. The words seemed so perfect and they were welcomed. I needed to near them. Some might find this silly, but I don't care what you think, to me, it was a perfect moment and a moment I desperately needed.
Generally when I write about songs, I post the music video to the song, but this time because the words were what meant so much to me, I decided to post them. However, if you'd like to listen to the song, here is a link to the song courtesy of the great YouTube.
Lessons Learned
Carrie Underwood
There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.
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I've been worn out, physically and emotionally. Have felt as though I have been dragging my feet to no where, living a very routine schedule, which felt so routine that I wasn't going anywhere, I was just staying. I was stuck in a hole that I could not climb out of. I was disappointed, discouraged that everything I was doing was not working. My constant and rigorous job search, interview after interview after interview, and worry with what seemed like no open doors was getting to me, dragging me down and wearing me out, stressing me out. And on top of all that there was everything else. More I was dealing with. Dating, friends, loss, life, etc.
Trying to keep it together this week after a small breakdown, I was leaving my families house a few nights ago. I unlocked my car, started it, plugged in my iPhone for music, switched the stereo over to the iPod setting and hit shuffle. All of which is a very routine thing for me each time I get in my car, except hitting shuffle. Generally I will play one of two of my playlists, my purchased songs, which contain the newest music/newest purchases OR another playlist with music that always seems to calm me down, cheer me up, etc.
The songs started, I was probably ten minute from my families house when a song came on that caught my attention. The words were as if it was written about the last few months I have had. Before I knew it, tears were welling up in my eyes. Something that I try my hardest to hide, not let happen, but this time I couldn't control it. I repeated the song a few times, just listening to the words with the tears contenting. The words seemed so perfect and they were welcomed. I needed to near them. Some might find this silly, but I don't care what you think, to me, it was a perfect moment and a moment I desperately needed.
Generally when I write about songs, I post the music video to the song, but this time because the words were what meant so much to me, I decided to post them. However, if you'd like to listen to the song, here is a link to the song courtesy of the great YouTube.
Lessons Learned
Carrie Underwood
There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.
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