Arrival in Knoxville: A Photo Essay (Women's Hoops Guru)

Arrival in Knoxville: A Photo Essay

A Taste of the Town and Settling In

While Mel has been introducing us (that is Acacia, Erin and Jonathan) as his Traveling Press Corps, he failed to specify exactly what type of media corps.

As it turns out, it is a Traveling Photo Press Corps.

At least for the day.

"Now beginning our final descent..."

The Guru prepares for fans as the United Airlines commuter dips below 10,000 feet.

La Vista

A glimpse of the appalachian's on the brief journey from Charlotte to Knoxville.

The Guru and his Famous Tux

Task #1: Looking good for the big night. Check.
Task #2: Keeping the speech to 7 minutes.

We'll get back to you on that...

Greetings from Knoxville

If you read the previous post detailing yesterday's guided tour of the Palestra, you may have noticed that Jonathan likes arenas. Jonathan, we had you in mind as we meandered through the University of Tennessee campus, past Neyland Stadium. You didn't miss that much.

Fans Who Bleed Orange

True blue Vol fans have flanking window flags.

photos by Erin Semagin Damio and Acacia O'Connor

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Posted by Mel Greenberg on June 6, 2007 9:45 PM | Permalink

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Authors

Mel Greenberg covers college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he has worked for 38 years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Jonathan Tannenwald is a producer with Philly.com. In addition to covering the local college scene, he spent two years as the Washington Mystics beat writer for Women's Hoops Guru. He also writes his own blog, Soft Pretzel Logic, which covers men's college basketball, football, and a variety of other sports.

Kathleen Radebaugh is a recent graduate of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She was the women's basketball beat writer for the school's newspaper, The Hawk, and became the sports editor her sophomore year. She was also a four-year member of the varsity crew team.

Other contributors

-- Erin Semagin Damio covers the University of Connecticut and the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for the blog, and contributes other features. The Storrs, Conn., native also attends Northeastern University, where she is a coxswain on the varsity crew team.

-- Acacia O'Connor is based in Washington, D.C., where she reports on the Mystics and the college basketball scene in the nation's capital. A graduate of Vassar college, she played on the varsity women's basketball team and was editor of the student newspaper.

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This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on June 6, 2007 9:45 PM.

The previous post in this blog was Guru and Traveling Party Arrive Safely in Knoxville.

The next post in this blog is Road to Knoxville: While the Kids Are Asleep.

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

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