Okay so it's about time I checked in and represented the male half of this blog and let you guys know where I'm coming from. My love for sports has gone all the way back to my days as a child when I first learned how to read by looking at the baseball box scores every morning. Even at that young age, I quickly developed a passion and interest in the details of sports. I memorized every MLB team batting order, collected cards and played every sport imaginable. Although I was good at all sports, I quickly realized that my favorite to play were hockey and baseball. These became the sports I concentrated on my whole life which paid off eventually as I was lucky enough to play both sports in college, Colby College, in particular. Although baseball and hockey became "my sports", I actually follow the NFL and NBA more closely and find myself better able to discuss any aspect of either league.

It's been tough getting over the idea that I am no longer an "athlete", something I have identified myself as my entire life. However, through discussing sports with people such as Christine, coaching hockey, and watching any game I can, the transition has gone better than expected. I still miss that competitive edge more than anything. Nothing replaces it. Sure, I still play hockey, but it isn't the same. It isn't the same hitting the ice without that motivation that you need to do whatever you can to improve that particular ice session. Now it really doesn't matter how good I am at hockey, does it? Non-athletes will say "Oh just play it for fun" and assume it's the same. It's not. For me the fun was always in the competitiveness and testing myself against other people. Someone very special to me was the one who actually suggested I start blogging and even went ahead and started my first website for me. I am forever grateful to this person not only for recognizing the void that was left in my life, but for going the extra mile to try to replace it. While I'm not sure that it will be completely replaced, I do enjoy discussing and writing about sports and have always thought I had it in me to discuss sports on television intelligently and in an entertaining way. While getting to that point isn't the goal of this blog, it certainly would be a great side benefit!

In terms of my actual sports opinions, yes I am a huge Boston sports fan. However, I believe I am pretty unbiased and do try to look at everything in the big picture. Those of you who choose to follow me and Christine can look forward to a combination of podcasts, video links, serious articles, quick sarcastic remarks and anything in between. Additionally, the door is always open for those of you who would like to write an article for our website or join us on a podcast. That's it for now guys, be back soon.

~WH