tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-566125 2009-07-01T17:56:35-05:00 This blog is intended to help create and foster communication with our customers concerning our programs and events. We also encourage discussion about the amateur sports and event community in general. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452376769e2011570a6530f970c 2009-07-01T17:56:35-05:00 2009-07-01T17:56:35-05:00 Marie DeMars by Marie DeMars, NSC media intern This blog is the fourth installment of a series introducing the teams of the PUMA vElite tournament. The vElite group aims to increase the caliber of competition at the USA Cup, and the teams...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=5m_f9X1HaIo:escwAgiz0nM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452376769e2011570938afe970c 2009-06-29T14:05:14-05:00 2009-06-29T14:05:14-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern I woke up this morning slightly disoriented. I'd been working the past three days, so it shouldn't be Sunday or Monday. But I have the distinct feeling it's not Friday. Maybe Thursday? Shaking the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=hkO1uypyLY0:5dQRL5rLyII:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68491887 2009-06-25T13:43:56-05:00 2009-06-25T13:48:42-05:00 Barclay Kruse By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer Scott Seroka, a reporter with KARE-11 News, the Twin Cities' NBC affiliate, was here at the NSC yesterday doing a story on how the NSC's turf-maintenance department is dealing with this year's draught...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=cYpi5-gyZFk:EmVBfHUkHzE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68444509 2009-06-24T09:39:34-05:00 2009-06-24T09:44:27-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern Finally, I finished rifling through the pages of 25 Schwan's USA CUP programs! I was looking for clubs who have been with us for our entire history. I typed them all in Excel, clicked...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=_bMZ4cfynSQ:BE8eBIwdTiE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68218527 2009-06-17T16:24:56-05:00 2009-06-17T16:24:56-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern Media is a team effort at the NSC, but as the designated blogger, I’m kind of the only one you see. Against human nature, I’m going to share the spotlight and introduce you to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=D2tfr5JUzqo:iveT2pEaMLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68181233 2009-06-16T18:43:58-05:00 2009-06-16T18:43:58-05:00 Barclay Kruse By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer "What happens here, doesn't stay here." Besides being a take-off on the old Vegas marketing slogan, that's a slogan that we in the National Sports Center's media department have started to use as...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=SIf0QlxDW6M:pX0kOntWLfA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68179577 2009-06-16T17:48:26-05:00 2009-06-16T17:53:36-05:00 Barclay Kruse By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer 2011 is two years away, but Pete Carlson, the Ice Arena Operations and Programs Director at the Schwan Super Rink, has reason to be pumped up for the clock to run fast. The...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=Z1THe5xTJ8s:iTBV1x4a5FM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68133965 2009-06-15T14:06:09-05:00 2009-06-15T14:06:42-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern This blog is the third installment of a series introducing the teams of the PUMA vElite tournament. The vElite group aims to increase the caliber of competition at the USA Cup, and the teams...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=YUanjWdecqU:4k8-edkSVY4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68002277 2009-06-11T16:36:58-05:00 2009-06-11T16:38:11-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern No. The internship is not going so poorly that I need someone to put me out of my misery. (My boss reads these, blogs, you know.) The title is referring to shooting with a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=Ffg7kehhCfw:iXXFr-U4z-c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67905455 2009-06-09T13:46:00-05:00 2009-06-09T13:46:32-05:00 Marie DeMars By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern This blog is the second installment of a series introducing the teams of the PUMA vElite tournament. The vElite group aims to increase the caliber of competition at the USA Cup, and the teams...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?a=Q-E-zM4Fhus:es2AFeMeAaA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalSportsCenterBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>