"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 opine on their favorite athlete nickname and what their favorite holiday movie is.
- UEG Exec VP & Group Head of Communications Erin Weinberg
– Likes anything with food -- new restaurants, chefs, cooking shows and equipment.
- Seahawks General Counsel & VP/Government Affairs Ed Goines
– Loves discovering new rap artists.
- Staples Center Senior VP/Telecommunications & IT Laura Geery-Larson
– Pop culture interests include Wonder Woman, Thor movies and Portugal. The Man.
- GoPro Global Marketing Dir Phil Grieco
– Is obsessed with '90s music -- mainly hip hop.
| Going Off The Grid | |||||
| Favorite athlete nickname? | People say I look like ... | Favorite holiday movie? | City I'd most like to retire to | New ESPN show to watch: Greeny or Golic? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Weinberg |
Mr. October and Mr. November, I'm a lifelong Yankees fan | Belinda Carlisle | "Love Actually" | Chatham, Mass. -- It's my happy place | Greenberg |
 Goines |
Magic -- It was so identified with Earvin Johnson
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Tim Brown | "A Christmas Carol" | Nassau, Bahamas
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Golic. I’m not a Greenberg fan
|
 Geery-Larson
|
Black Mamba
|
Linda Hamilton from "Terminator"
|
"Elf" |
Lake Havasu, Ariz. |
Mike Golic's |
 Grieco
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"Pistol" Pete Maravich
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Phil Dunphy from "Modern Family"
|
"Elf" |
Tuscany |
Greenberg -- no question |
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