THE DISH ON SPORTS

 

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When looking for my first guest for The Dish on Sports, I was watching some of the best hockey I’ve ever seen in this year’s NHL playoffs. Just as Anaheim and Ottawa were getting ready to tangle, I had the good fortune to sit down with the man who’s in charge of Lord Stanley’s Mug. No not Gary Bettman! I spoke with none other than Phil Pritchard, the vice-president and curator of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pritchard has become famous in Canada, having been featured in television commercials and newspaper columns as the keeper of the Stanley Cup. He’s currently on the road with the Cup now, as every member of this year’s champion, the Anaheim Ducks, gets to spend one day with hockey’s Holy Grail. He shares some fun stories in this interview, as he does in Travels with Stanley, his new book available in bookstores and on-line now.

Following the interview with Phil, I have some bonus material for you and what I hope to make a regular feature - The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK.

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Andrew Findlater is a public relations professional working in Toronto, Canada. A sponsorship and event management expert, Andrew has extensive experience working to promote amateur and professional sports.

Andrew began his career at the Canadian Tennis Association where he provided media relations support for Canada’s international professional tennis championships and promoted charity events in support of the Arthur Ashe Foundation for AIDS research.  His experience also includes organizing and promoting major golf tournaments sanctioned by the LPGA and Senior PGA Tours.  In addition, he has served as a publicist for professional racecar drivers such as Greg Moore, Dario Franchitti, Patrick Carpentier and Paul Tracy, touring the Indy racing circuit around the world.

Before embarking on his consultancy career, Andrew was a general news reporter with CBC Radio in Ottawa. He also worked as a freelance reporter for Broadcast News covering the Ottawa Senators in their inaugural season.  He draws upon this experience to provide media training for spokespeople across all industry sectors.

Andrew is a graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism with an Honours Bachelor of Journalism, majoring in Political Science. 

The Dish on Sports is a sports blog and podcast that is all about turning the sports world on its head and looking at it from a different angle….the angle you usually never think about. Forget the line scores, the injury reports, and the win-loss column. Go beyond the score and examine how sports brings us together….or drives us further apart. We offer you a range of topics, issues and personalities that will crank the cranium or tickle the funny bone. Whether it’s delving into boardroom business or bench-clearing brawls, speaking with power brokers that make sports tick or colorful characters that just plain tick us off, you’ll get it all, right here - with The Dish on Sports.