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So, I have been busy at work for the Jazz as of late.

I'm interning for the Jazz in the game operations dept. In a nutshell, I coordinate everything that happens at a game. Contests, promotions, dancers, give-aways, performers, videos, all of it. It's a great job and I can't believe how lucky I am when I work. I never want it to end!

This is me at a game wearing the famed headset.

I also have another job with the Jazz. I write blogs for the Jazz's website, jazzbots.com. It's great and I have a platform to express my opinions/views and it's sweet. Most people think writing for the blog is in conjunction with my internship but the jobs are completely unrelated and I landed them in different ways.


This is the jazzbots team. I'm the tall one in the middle.

In fact, what's to follow will be submitted as a blog for jazzbots.

I have been writing a string of blogs that have to do with my experiences as an intern. This is some of my experiences and observations that I've had thus far...

*First and foremost I want the world to know that I love my job and can't believe that I get the honor of working so closely with the world's greatest athletes.

*The majority of the team is so nice and will always stop what they're doing for a quick chat.

*C.J. Miles works extremely hard and I see him run line-drills by himself before every game.

*Baron Davis' beard is real. I overheard a conversation in which Marcus Camby accused him of using rogaine on his face. Baron playfully declined.

*Shane Battier is a really good guy. He took a break from shooting around before a game and sat next to me. We talked for a good 5 minutes about Utah, Duke, and how much he loves soccer.

*Ronnie Brewer is humble. I asked him what his favorite part about playing in the NBA is and he said how nice everyone is. Something like, "I'm just a kid from Arkansas..."

*My job is to coordinate all the promos, contests, performers, etc during timeouts. As a fan, it looks like everything goes off perfectly and it's so well-done. That may be the case but you'll never believe how often things come together at the last second. For example...during the Indiana Pacers game on 12/4, I was running a contest on the court during a timeout and once it was over, I had to sprint to the ticket lobby to meet the people from tucano's who would be giving food away to a lucky section during the very next timeout. We barely got them to the portal with about 3 seconds to spare.

*Dwight Howard really does have the broadest shoulders this world has ever seen.

*My favorite part is always standing on the court during the national anthem and introductions. Goosebumps.

*Memo Okur is the best dressed player on the team. He always color coordinates his sweaters with his sneakers.

*Carlos Boozer is easily the funniest player on the team and is always cracking jokes.

*I know the true identity of the Jazz Bear. I will say this...he's a good guy and a little crazy.

*Patrick Ewing is a class-act. I was standing about 5 feet away the other night and he walked up to me stuck out his hand and said, "I'm Patrick, it's a pleasure to meet you." I was speechless and all I could do is smile and I think I got "likewise" out. Wow.

*Craig Bolerjack is just what you think he would be like. Funny, nice and just all around cool. I take every chance I get to talk to him about anything/everything.

*I work directly with the Jazz Dancers and they practice A LOT and are great dancers. They don't get the credit they deserve.

*I'm the guy that picks the contestants for the contests during timeouts and the whole experience is a good time. (I plan to post an entire blog about this soon.)

*I overheard Tony Parker and a Jazz fan have a conversation in French. I took two years of high school French, so I couldn't make out too much but it was more or less trash talking. and it was hilarious!

*Matt Bonner of the Spurs spends more time shooting before games than anyone I've ever seen.

*When the Kings were in town, I was standing near a group of Kings discussing the altitude in Utah. They wanted to know how high up the were and I leaned in and said "ya know how they say Denver is a mile high? Well, Utah is 3 miles." Each one of them believed me and Tyreke Evans gave me a look that can only be classified as horror.

*Wesley Matthews is the best thing to hit the Jazz in a long time. Not only is he a quality player but he's a quality human too. Always so polite and willing to help me or the marketing dept with anything.

I could go on forever and perhaps I'll do another observations post in the future.