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The weekend of the 2000 draft Tom Brady became a Patriot and I bought this hat. Tossed it in a closet and did not think of it for a while. September 23rd, 2001, Mo Lewis, Drew Bledsoe, and I wore this hat for the first time. Now it is falling apart, it smells quite bad, and is sticky to touch. You can read the whole story of my hat here. In short, I have had it for just shy of 20 years. With today’s news, the hat will be retired. Thanks Tom.
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What a game, Pats won, AFC East Champs, even sweeter when I get to roam the sidelines. For the record, they are 2-0 (both big games) when I am there with a camera, just saying. A great experience, thanks to the Boston Sports Journal, go check them out, the perfect site for Boston Sports Fans.
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Problem solved, Let’s Go Bruins. Chin up, get the cup.
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Week 6 of the NFL, Chiefs at Patriots, a national Sunday night game that was worth the slot. I was on the sidelines in an NFL media vest photographing it for Boston Sports Journal. I have covered plenty of High School sports but this was a whole new opportunity and something I had wanted to do for years. Just being on the sideline, seeing the game from that level, interacting with the stadium personnel, other photographers, at times even sharing space with players, an experience I will never forget. Add all of that in with it was just a great game, score after score by both teams, won on a NE field goal, 43-40 as time ran out, pretty great way to spend a night. I thank Boston Sports Journal for the chance, they used some of my photos from the Patriots Super Bowl rally back in January too, so do me a favor and go check out their page (after you check out my photos) they are a New England sports page run by New Englanders, I get all my Pats, Sox, Celts and Bruins news from them. I know plenty of you are sports fans too, you will not be disappointed. If you want to see even more of my photos of the game the whole set can be found on my website, just click here.
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Nine years ago tomorrow (Oct 1) I started taking a photo every day for a month. Thirty-one images posted on my Facebook page, get back into the swing of photography after a break between film and digital. Since then it has been 3287 days of photos, not bad for a month long project. Most years around this time I debate stopping the project, ending it on the year complete. If it were to end it would end on a year-end, but if that is the case why would I stop at nine if ten is right around the corner. So, tomorrow there will be another photo, with at least 364 to follow. Each year since the end of year two I have incorporated numbers in the picture, so below you have the last day of years two to eight. I asked social media for some suggestions on how to show 3287. Many of the ideas had been used before, but Stacey on my Facebook page suggested McCourty to Gronkowski. We had hoped for her kids to be wearing the jerseys, but it did not work out, so a quick trip to the Pro Shop and I got it. Thank you for all the suggestions. Feel free to send 3652 ideas for a year from now. Thank you for looking.
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End of:
Year 2- #730
Year 3 – #1096
Year 4 – 5 candles
Year 5 – #1461
Year 6 – #2191
Year 7 – #2557
Year 8 – #2822
Josie is ready for the big game. Go Pats!
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Some close friends and I got together this morning to wish the Patriots well on their upcoming game… we might be spoiled. Check all the photos out here.
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Got to see a cool ring today and learned the ‘truth’ of what was really under Tom’s tape last Saturday.
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Josie is spoiled… each year since she was born, her favorite team has been in the Super Bowl. She also loves wearing hats. Great day all around.
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On to…
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The last GOAT photo for awhile, but I really needed one more after the game.
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I am not an autograph collector, but I do have a few Patriots signatures, Tony Eason, John Hannah, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Dion Branch, Aaron Hernandez (yea, well) and Tom Brady. Some are worth more than others. Well, actually one is worth more than ALL the others together. Go Pats.
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