The best thing about having a team-issued credential to cover the Lightning is that I'm a Lightning fan, and I like to believe that being a credentialed member of the media allows me to be an ambassador on behalf of fellow fans who will never get to experience the game of hockey that way. Through this weekly column, I'll be sharing peeks behind the magical media curtain with you. Today, we're going to talk about how I deserve to be called something that isn’t on my birth certificate.
It occurred to me that I’ve been at this sports writing thing long enough to have earned a nickname, a familiar or humorous sobriquet bestowed upon a beloved individual by those who belove him or her (me).