About

I’m Andrew Roberts, a class of 2026 Park Scholar at Ithaca College. I have been writing my blog, Boston Sports Mania since 2014. This blog is mainly about sports, but has also grown to serve as a personal portfolio.

I have been a big sports fan, especially a Red Sox fan since I was 5. I was even a junior announcer for NESN at a Red Sox game in the 2009 season.  My video of saying the lineup is on YouTube. The same year, I said Play Ball at Fenway to start the game.

I hope to become a professional sports journalist once I graduate college, but my many sportscasting experiences to date and my work on this website have given me a great start.

Some of my experiences I am most proud of include

• Co-hosting “Cities of Champions” for VIC Radio, which won Ithaca College’s best sports talk show in 2024
• Debater on ICTV’s “Hold that Thought” in 2023
• Media, PR, and Content Internship with the Flutie Foundation in 2023
• Special Olympics USA Games live in Orlando in 2022
• Feature on For the Fans Network in 2021
• John P. Garrahan Leadership in Diversity Award Speech in 2021
• Gonk Knocks Football Night Charity Event at Apex Entertainment in 2019
• NECC Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in 2019
• WCVB A Plus featured student in 2019
• Keynote Speech at the World Trade Center in Boston in 2019
• SportsHub PSA Broadcast in 2018
• Featured story on me in the Boston Herald in 2019
• 2019 Writing Contest column published in Boston Herald
• 2018 Will McDonough Sports writing contest winning essay on Boston Strong
• Interviewing Doug Flutie at the Night to Shine Gala in 2019
• Outtakes with emphasis on Boston Sports Legends and Boston Sports Media
• NECC Alumnus of the Year 2019 and Speaker at the NECC Children of Promise Gala
• Gonk Knocks S1 E2 — Raising the Bar — 2018-08-18 — Day 2 Practice covering varsity football in 2018
• Complete Recap – 2018 Special Olympics USA Games Golf Tournament for my first assignment as a Flutie Fellow live in Seattle in 2018
• Featured on Boston Herald Radio in 2018
• Melican Graduation Speech on 2018-06-25
• Patriots training camp as a member of the press in 2018
• Received a Shining Star award from the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism in 2018
• Baseball research was featured on 98.5 the Sports Hub in 2016
• Bruins press member for a day in 2015
• My LinkedIn Profile which highlights the above and much more