Allison Bickford

VP Corp Partnership for @SeattleKraken & @ClimateArena. Jersey born, @UofNH educated, and music obsessed. Thoughts and tweets exclusively from my brain

[Allison Bickford @alibick]

@liammckinnon @barenakedladies @KevinHearnMusic Fomo

[Allison Bickford @alibick]

@Benton_Mike @ClimateArena @SeattleKraken @KrakenIceplex Great game coach! 😏

[Allison Bickford @alibick]

@JeffMarek @NYIslanders 😂😂

[The Redistrict Network @RedistrictNet]

Them: Don't talk about gerrymandering during Thanksgiving

Me:

[Allison Bickford @alibick]

@reddusfoximus Preach!

[ARKELLS @arkellsmusic]

Played a secret barn burner in Edmonton last night.
Thanks to the @NHL for having us and to @PrideTape for making our gear look so damn good.

[The West Wing gifs @twwgifs]

❤️

[Climate Pledge Arena @ClimateArena]

Huge news! We're THRILLED to share that Climate Pledge Arena has just become the FIRST arena in history to achieve Zero Carbon Certification by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI)!

To earn the coveted @Living_Future Zero Carbon Certification, we had to check a lot of boxes. Here are a few:

✔️ Eliminate all fossil fuels from the venue
✔️ Operate on 100% renewable energy
✔️ Track, measure, and offset all carbon emitted from the building

Huge shoutout to our dedicated team, our partners, and each and every guest to walk through our doors for helping us get here.

This is a historic milestone for the sports and live entertainment industry. Together, we’re proving that venues of all sizes can aim for the stars when it comes to combatting climate change. Let’s continue to raise the bar for our planet! 💚

Learn more about this major accomplishment here → https://t.co/JzAAcBphyP

[Barenaked Ladies @barenakedladies]

Tonight! New BNL single and album available. Stream "One Night" and pre-save the brand new studio album "In Flight". Link in bio.

📸: Matt Barnes

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Alison @AlisonL]

It will never not be beyond awesome to see @AlexMandrycky and @nnstats at the #SeaKraken Draft table.

[Greg Wyshynski @wyshynski]

The Stanley Cup Playoffs absolutely fucking rule.

[Seattle Kraken @SeattleKraken]

#SEAKRAKEN ADVANCE!!!

AND THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE 😏

[Linda Cohn @lindacohn]

For those who are surprised with how well the @SeattleKraken are playing vs the @Avalanche than you haven’t watch the Kraken all season. #SeaKraken

[Allison Bickford @alibick]

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 14 years, since 4 Mar 2009 (via @twi_age).

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

How quickly someone answers you is rarely a sign of how much they care about you.

Delayed replies to emails, texts, and calls are often symptoms of being overwhelmed.

Unless it's urgent, the true test of a relationship isn't the speed of response. It's the quality of attention.

[steven page @stevenpage]

Oh my god. Possibly the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.

[Dave Tomlinson @HockeyDaveT]

This is what the winning team looks like, from last night’s #Kraken employee skate at @ClimateArena
🏒🥅🚨🎉🦑

“I love winning, man. You know what I’m saying? It’s, like, better than losing”