Health in the North End, College Sports

Our bloggers write on the site about things they are interested in just to inform you – our North End readers.

These are excellent writers who we appreciate and want to thank.

This week, we had particular favorites.

Tom Burke provided his welcoming address from the January 10 Gridiron Club of Greater Boston’s Football Awards Night.

Here’s an excerpt of what he said.

“It’s especially good and important that you’re joining us tonight, at this point in the history of college athletics.  I say that because it seems – to me anyway – that not everybody the sporting world still values tradition as highly as it should be valued.”

Tom provided an example.

“Maryland, My Maryland. Don’t you love that song? I get goose bumps when the Naval Academy Glee Club sings it before the post parade at the Preakness.

It’s a very nice musical rendition – set to the tune of ‘O Tannenbaum’ - of a long poem that is not so nice. In fact, it may be the most militaristic and warlike piece of poetry every written by an American.”

He went on to describe Maryland and Virginia and how they’ve been sisters for hundreds of years.

“And whatever side you might have taken during the Civil War, you’ll probably agree with me that they belong together,” Tom said.

Thomas from HordoN Health told us that after a long, challenging fall semester that was jam packed with schoolwork, HordoN HEALTH apprenticeship commitments and a hugely successful NEWHBA season, a day on the mountain was just what he needed.

“From an early age, ski trips have been a coveted experience for me. To me, they are the perfect blend of relaxed conversation with the friends that I go with or a fellow mountain-goer on the chair lift, and a freedom from routine,” Thomas wrote.

“It’s not that I need an escape, though. I love what I do; the challenges, the successes and failures, the time spent, and the experiences I have on a daily basis, school, apprenticing, and community service.”