"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, panelists weigh in on the NFL conference championship games and their top concerts.
- Centerplate VP/Marketing Diana Evans
– Describes herself as an unrepentant media junkie.
- Fanatics VP/Partner Business Management Joseph Bevilacqua
– Listening to the top 40 with his kids is a guilty pleasure
- Patent Seven Productions writer/producer Aaron Cohen
– Follows the world through Twitter, for better and worse.
- Stars VP/Sales & Marketing Matt Bowman
– Was (before this feature) a closet science-fiction junkie.
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Conference title Sunday or the Super Bowl? |
What sport were you best at growing up? |
Favorite ballpark food |
Top concert |
Four sports personalities you would like to have dinner with |
Evans |
For the sheer spectacle, the Super Bowl
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Field hockey-lacrosse a close second
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Hands down, the Crazy Crab'z sandwich at AT&T Park |
The Met Opera's 2016 "Die Walküre." Otherwise, Pearl Jam |
Venus Williams, Scottie Pippen, Leo Messi,
Yogi Berra |
Bevilacqua |
Conference championships
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Golf
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Peanuts |
Phish
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Arnold Palmer, Lawrence Taylor, Muhammad Ali, Coach K
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Cohen |
Super Bowl weekend - better party
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Ping Pong
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Hot dog
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Springsteen and the E-Street Band
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Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige, Dick Schaap
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Bowman |
Super Bowl - for the show |
Football |
Hot dog |
Zac Brown Band |
Michael Jordan, Dan Marino, Tiger Woods, Hayden Fry |
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