"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, panelists weigh in on the NFL conference championship games and their top concerts.
- Centerplate VP/Marketing Diana Evans
– Describes herself as an unrepentant media junkie.
- Fanatics VP/Partner Business Management Joseph Bevilacqua
– Listening to the top 40 with his kids is a guilty pleasure
- Patent Seven Productions writer/producer Aaron Cohen
– Follows the world through Twitter, for better and worse.
- Stars VP/Sales & Marketing Matt Bowman
– Was (before this feature) a closet science-fiction junkie.
| Going Off The Grid | |||||
| Conference title Sunday or the Super Bowl? | What sport were you best at growing up? | Favorite ballpark food | Top concert | Four sports personalities you would like to have dinner with | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Evans |
For the sheer spectacle, the Super Bowl
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Field hockey-lacrosse a close second | Hands down, the Crazy Crab'z sandwich at AT&T Park | The Met Opera's 2016 "Die Walküre." Otherwise, Pearl Jam | Venus Williams, Scottie Pippen, Leo Messi, Yogi Berra |
 Bevilacqua |
Conference championships
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Golf | Peanuts | Phish | Arnold Palmer, Lawrence Taylor, Muhammad Ali, Coach K |
 Cohen |
Super Bowl weekend - better party
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Ping Pong
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Hot dog | Springsteen and the E-Street Band
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Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige, Dick Schaap |
 Bowman |
Super Bowl - for the show | Football | Hot dog | Zac Brown Band | Michael Jordan, Dan Marino, Tiger Woods, Hayden Fry |
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