"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, execs opine on the Daytona 500 and confess to the most inappropriate place they have checked a score.
- Leverage Agency GM & Exec VP/Sales Kevin McIntyre
– Watches everything -- "Love & Hip Hop," "Frontline," Anthony Bourdain, TMZ, "Bar Rescue."
- Getty Images Dir of Photography & Hockey Imagery Bruce Bennett
– Listens to the Serial and FroKnowsPhoto podcasts, as well as a heavy dose of the Howard Stern show.
- NYRR President of Events and TCS NYC Marathon Race Dir Peter Ciaccia
– Can be found binge-watching "Entourage" during holiday weekends.
- comScore Managing Dir of Sports Tom Sommer
– Has a secret obsession with "Pawn Stars" and an addiction to NYPost.com.
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Go-to karaoke song |
Daytona 500 in 2-3 words |
Most inappropriate place you've checked a score |
Favorite championship team |
Favorite board game |
McIntyre |
"Hot Blooded" by Foreigner |
Iconic, classic |
The bedroom |
'83 76ers |
Monopoly or Life |
Bennett |
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf |
Great American Race |
Off of a cruise ship, in a bathroom in Costa Mesa, Mexico |
Team Canada in the '72 Summit Series |
None. Simply no patience. |
 Ciaccia
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Anything from Bruce Springsteen |
One big kerfuffle |
During a traffic stop for speeding on the West Side Highway |
'10 Packers |
Sorry |
Sommer |
"Roll With The Changes" by REO Speedwagon |
Loudest sporting event |
During a funeral. Hey, it was the playoffs! |
'94 NHL Rangers |
Battleship |
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