This week Fox 25 Sports sent me out to the Patriots media day with
Walt, like I said before, it is always an adventure when I am with Walt. I met
Walt at the Fox 25 studio Wednesday morning, and we drove over to Gillette
Stadium together in the Fox van. Walt is not a Patriots fan so to when we
entered the hallways and saw other media people, Walt was sure to yell
"how about my boy Sherman." If you are not familiar with Sherman, he
is a Seahawk player that intercepted Brady causing the Patriots to lose the
game. So as you can imagine, I was scared of how people would react but Walt is
Walt and in his words he "is an alpha dog", meaning he does not take
crap from anyone.
Walt and I were on our way to the blue floor, which is where the media people
meet up and get some food, but when we reached the elevator we ran into people
from channel seven who said there was no food. I had met the camera guy from
camera seven; his name is Greg Classy and a really nice guy. Greg always tries
to get me to ditch Walt and Fox and go work with him at channel seven.
Walt and I decided to skip going up stairs and go to the visitor locker room where the Tom Brady Press conference would be held. We were waiting for Tom to come out, but talking to Greg and other camera people. It is an interesting environment to walk into, everyone knows each other and they are all friends. Walt describes it as being a family because they spend so much time together. I like the environment. Tom Brady comes out and people ask him a few questions, I am able to get pretty close and got some nice pictures. Walt comes up to me and asks if I am ready for the locker room.
I should tell you guys that Fox subscribes to a camera company called LSN who
film certain things for us so we can get different stuff, if we did not
subscribe than we would not get as much footage as we do. So with LSN filming
the press conference, we were able to go to the locker room where Rob Gronkowski
would be talking. I am going to be a girl here for just a second and say that
Gronk is my favorite player and I have had a crush on him since his rookie
year, there is no doubt in my mind we will date one day! Okay back to intern
mode. I was able to get pretty close when holding the microphone, but there
were not a lot of reporters in the locker room so that was easy.
The next person to come out and talk was Deion Branch. The best way to describe the locker room is this: if you have ever been to a concert and are in the general admission area, and the star comes out and all the fans rush the stage and you get caught up in the middle, it is the same thing. The player comes out and all the reporters and camera people rush the area, if you are not quick enough you don’t get close or you get trampled. I learned this very quickly! I also became very stealthy when it came to working my way up close!
We got a few more players and then the locker room was closed and everyone rushed upstairs for lunch. Like I said before Walt is an "alpha dog" so we ended meeting one of his old interns (who now works for the Patriots) and he took us up a different elevator so we got to cut the line a little. We ate lunch with all the people from channel 7, Greg the camera man, their intern, and Rhett Lewis the 6:00 sports anchor. It was a very entertaining lunch, most of which I just sat and observed what was going on.
After Lunch the Bill Belichick press conference began and we watched it. The
last part of our day would be to head down to the practice field and watch the
Patriots practice. The practice is only open for about 15 minutes meaning, if
the players are late, then we do not get much footage. Lucky for us the players
were late and all we got was them walking onto the field. That concluded our
day at practice.
I am quickly learning that this field is hurry up and wait sort of deal. Some parts you have to be hardcore and fight your way to the front for the story, other parts you can just sit around and talk to people. I am in the Studio again on Thursday and Sunday to log the Patriots vs. Jets game, which should be a show down, until then guys!
P.S. Here is the run down of what media day looks like.
Walt and I decided to skip going up stairs and go to the visitor locker room where the Tom Brady Press conference would be held. We were waiting for Tom to come out, but talking to Greg and other camera people. It is an interesting environment to walk into, everyone knows each other and they are all friends. Walt describes it as being a family because they spend so much time together. I like the environment. Tom Brady comes out and people ask him a few questions, I am able to get pretty close and got some nice pictures. Walt comes up to me and asks if I am ready for the locker room.
I should tell you guys that Fox subscribes to a camera company called LSN who
film certain things for us so we can get different stuff, if we did not
subscribe than we would not get as much footage as we do. So with LSN filming
the press conference, we were able to go to the locker room where Rob Gronkowski
would be talking. I am going to be a girl here for just a second and say that
Gronk is my favorite player and I have had a crush on him since his rookie
year, there is no doubt in my mind we will date one day! Okay back to intern
mode. I was able to get pretty close when holding the microphone, but there
were not a lot of reporters in the locker room so that was easy. The next person to come out and talk was Deion Branch. The best way to describe the locker room is this: if you have ever been to a concert and are in the general admission area, and the star comes out and all the fans rush the stage and you get caught up in the middle, it is the same thing. The player comes out and all the reporters and camera people rush the area, if you are not quick enough you don’t get close or you get trampled. I learned this very quickly! I also became very stealthy when it came to working my way up close!
We got a few more players and then the locker room was closed and everyone rushed upstairs for lunch. Like I said before Walt is an "alpha dog" so we ended meeting one of his old interns (who now works for the Patriots) and he took us up a different elevator so we got to cut the line a little. We ate lunch with all the people from channel 7, Greg the camera man, their intern, and Rhett Lewis the 6:00 sports anchor. It was a very entertaining lunch, most of which I just sat and observed what was going on.
After Lunch the Bill Belichick press conference began and we watched it. The
last part of our day would be to head down to the practice field and watch the
Patriots practice. The practice is only open for about 15 minutes meaning, if
the players are late, then we do not get much footage. Lucky for us the players
were late and all we got was them walking onto the field. That concluded our
day at practice. I am quickly learning that this field is hurry up and wait sort of deal. Some parts you have to be hardcore and fight your way to the front for the story, other parts you can just sit around and talk to people. I am in the Studio again on Thursday and Sunday to log the Patriots vs. Jets game, which should be a show down, until then guys!
P.S. Here is the run down of what media day looks like.
Wednesday,
Oct. 17
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Media Check-In and Press Box Open (Media will be escorted to the visitor’s
locker room from Security Command at approximately 10:45 a.m.)
11:10-11:20 a.m.
Patriots QB Tom Brady Press Availability (Visitor’s Locker Room – Set
Press Conference Style)
11:15-12:00 p.m.
Open Locker Room
12:00-12:30
p.m. Media Lunch as well as
Credential and Parking Pass Pickup (Red Level Press Box)
12:40-12:55 p.m.
Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Press Conference (Red Level Press
Box)
Approx. 1:15 p.m. Media
Availability at Patriots Practice until Team Drills (training camp practice
fields, weather permitting)
TBD
New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan Conference Call
TBD
New York Jets Player (TBD) Conference Call
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