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MEDIA PORTFOLIO

Broadcast Commentator

2002-- Paganello for Sky Sports

2003 -- Paganello for Sky Sports

2004 -- Paganello for Sky Sports

2005 -- Paganello for Sky Sports
2009 -- Paganello for Sky Sports

2010 -- WFDF WUCC Worlds (Prague).

2011 -- Paganello for Sky Sports 

2011 -- WFDF Beach Worlds PxP/ Color 

2013 -- IOC World Games in Cali, Colombia for WFDF

2014 -- MLU Color & Play by Play Announcer, East Coast. 2014 Championship

2015 -- MLU Color & Play by Play Announcer, East Coast.

2016 -- MLU Color & Play by Play Announcer, East Coast. One game example.

2017-- AUDL New York Empire PxP/ Color  

2018 -- USAU National Championships PxP/ Color 

2019 -- USAU National Championships PxP/ Color
2019 -- USAU US Open PxP/ Color

2019 -- UFA New York Empire PxP/ Color for AUDL.tv

2021-- UFA New York Empire PxP/ Color for AUDL.tv

2022 -- UFA New York Empire PxP/ Color for AUDL.tv

2023 -- UFA New York Empire PxP/ Color for AUDL.tv

Author

2004 - Co-Author and Co-Editor: Ultimate: The First Four Decades
2007 - Author, Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man
-- Links and reviews here: Amazon. My old site. Reviews. Goodreads. 

Writer - Features

1998 - “State of Media in Ultimate” for WFDF.org

2000 - National Champions Brown for Brown University Alumni Magazine

2001 - National Champions Carleton for the Carleton Voice (not published)

2001 - Article for the Village Voice (not published, September 11th happened)

2001 - “Beach Ultimate Digs In” - UPA Newsletter

2003 - “Disc-ord” for The New York Sports Express

2008 - “Ultimate in Southeast Asia” for WFDF

2011 - “Surf Meets the Sky” about BULA and WCBU for Skyd

2011 “The Rise of Ugandan Ultimate: from Seven Hills to Lignano Sabbiadoro” Skyd 

2011 - “Fast and Faster: Ultimate in Chennai, India”; Skyd 

2011 - “The Big Payout: College Ultimate’s Road to Marketability” (Cultimate, USAU) Skyd

2015 - “Projecting the 2025 Hall of Fame” (with Kyle Wesibrod, Gwen Ambler) Ultiworld

2016 - “Identity Matchups” on trans players in ultimate, Skyd

2016 - “The MIsguided Hope of Hacktivism” on trans players in ultimate, followup, for Skyd

2018 - “The Founding of the AUDL: Q&A With Josh Moore” Ultiworld

2021 - “A Look At the 2021 Hall of Fame Finalists” Ultiworld

Journalist - National + World Championship Tournaments

1997 - Club Nationals for the UPA Newsletter (all divisions) (UPA)

1998 - Club Nationals for the UPA Newsletter (all divisions) (UPA)

1998 - College Nationals for the UPA Newsletter (all divisions) (UPA)

1998 - UPA High School Nationals for the UPA Newsletter 

1998 - Club Nationals summary for World Ultimate Magazine 

1999 - Club Nationals for the UPA Newsletter (all divisions) (UPA)

-- Here is an example of a Press Release i wrote for the first ever Mixed champion

1999 - College Nationals for the UPA Newsletter (all divisions) (UPA)

2000 - College Nationals for the website UltiLinks.com (all divisions) 

-- Wrote press releases for the UPA, Team Bios for NC State and Stanford

2000 - College Nationals for College Ultimate Reporter (now-defunct online magazine)

2002 -- WFDF WUCC Worlds’ Competition (all divisions) 

2004 - WFDF WUGC Worlds (Turku) (all divisions) for WFDF websites and program

2006 - WFDF WJUC World Junior Ultimate Championships (UPA newsletter, website, other)

2010 - UPA Club Nationals (Masters Division) for UPA Newsletter

2010 - WFDF WUCC Worlds (Prague) for WFDF 

2011 - WFDF WCBU Beach Worlds for BULA (see below)

2013 - World Games for WFDF (Cali) (see above)

2016 - USAU National Championships (Men’s Division) for USAU Magazine

-- The USAU archive does not have these writeups but I have uploaded them here

2017 - USAU National Championships (Men’s Division) for USAU Magazine

Preview • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 Semis • Day 4 Finals  

Journalist - Regional + International Tournaments

1997 - College Easterns

1997 - Fool’s Fest

1997 - NE Metro Sectionals

1997 - NE Club Regionals

1997 - Opinion Article about ultimate and media

1998 - Fool’s Fest

1998 - WSL Championship

1998 - NE Club Regionals / here’s some RSD coverage as well

1998 - Recommended Rule Changes for the UPA, for UPA Newsletter

1999 - Whitesmoke

1999 - College Preseason Rankings: Women • Men for UPA Newsletter

1999 - Chicago Tune-Up

1999 - NE Club Regionals

1999 - Club Nationals Preview/ Scouting Report

1999 - ESPN Magaziner spec piece (unpublished)

2000 - Stanford Invite

2000 - Ow My Knee

2000 - Interview with UPA founder Tom “TK” Kennedy

2001 - Paganello for UPA Newsletter and Paganello Talking Fish

2001 - Pasticiotta for UltiLinks.com

2001 - Purchase Cup

2001 - Hingham

2002 - Yale Cup for College Ultimate Reporter

2002 - Club Easterns

2002 - Interview with Sam O’Brien

2002 -- WFDF WUCC Worlds’ Competition (all divisions) 

2002 - Paganello for UPA Newsletter and Paganello Talking Fish

2003 - Interview with Mike Grant (for Paganello)

2003 - Paganello for UPA Newsletter and Paganello Talking Fish

2004 - Paganello for UPA Newsletter and Paganello Talking Fish

2004 - Interview with Michele Pezzoli and Esther Warren for UPA Newsletter

2010 - Masters USAU Club Championships for Ultimate Newsletter

2011 - Wildwood for Skyd

2011 - Sandblast Preview, Saturday results, Sunday results for Skyd

2012 - Mixed Easterns, Skyd

2014 - Skyd Draft: Team Devolver

Player

1989-1991: South Bend Disc Jockeys

1991-1995: Founder, Captain Notre Dame Ultimate

1997-98: NYC Blood, WSL Stripes 1998 Champions

1998-2010: Sangria, OLD SAG Lotus Eaters, Odd Job, Girls Gone Wildwood, Sexcons, more

2011: Team USA Beach Masters

2012- present day: DoG, Above & Beyond, Old Phoagies, Shostakovich, various teams

Link to National & Worlds Tournaments

national playing career

Filmmaker

2025 -- Director/Producer - The Lot

2018 -- Director/Producer - The Folk Art of Frisbee  

2018 - Director/Producer  Lil Babbitt ad series New York Empire and AUDL

 -- Links to watch: Play More Ultimate • Let’s Play Catch • Staredown 

2010 - Director - Kaya (The Messenger)


Historian + Media Director

Historical Interviews: Tom Kennedy, Dan Roddick, Steve Ward, Walter Sabo, Jon Hines, Candy Johnson, Larry Schindel, Marty Berman, Heidi Hellring, Jared Kass, Bob Burakoff, Eric Ericson, Irv Kalb, Geoff West, Lori Resnick Price, Marilyn Goldblatt, Nikki Fiert Atkins, Shelly Payson, Bill Stewart, Tom Gockel, Gary Stranz, Dave Dinerman, Jan Russak, Marques Brownlee, Fred Applegate, Christy Whitehead Sullivan, Ed Summers, Joe Barbanel, David Leiwant, Vivian Zayas

Media Director: WJUC 2006, Beach Worlds 2011, World Games 2013, New York Empire 2016-2018

Vintage ultimate disc and frisbee collection -- inquire

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