by Vaughn Pfeffer, QB, New England Patriots Wheelchair Football One of the hardest parts of going through a life-changing injury like paralysis is facing the fact that some of the things you loved to do just won’t be possible anymore. For a 34-year-old newly injured person like me at the […]
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by Haley Carroll This July, I was lucky enough to represent Adaptive Sports New England during the opening ceremony of a Red Sox game at Fenway Park, and it was an experience that I am super grateful for! It was Disability Pride Night, so not only was I there, but […]
A Day at Fenway
by Chris Nagle, Boston Strong I was introduced to beep baseball in the summer of 2022. Before that time, I had never looked into sports adapted for the blind or other disabilities. I grew up watching major league sports and playing basketball in high-school. I also enjoyed taking long bike rides […]
A Season of Faith’s Perfection
by Sam Bernstein, Program Manager As the weather heats up, so do adaptive sports, and there is so much going on in New England this summer! Being a Marblehead native myself, I grew up on the water, so I love to talk about our sailing program with Community Boating Inc. […]
The Summer Rundown
by Boston Strong Head Coach Joe Quintanilla Remember that elementary school assignment where you were asked what you wanted to do when you grew up? My response was to be the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox. Because I have Retinitis Pigmentosa, I was not able to catch or […]
A Word From Coach
by Ethan Linsky Ever since I can remember, I have always loved sports. The magnitude of love for sport has not dwindled one bit as I try to continue to grow up and move forward in life. I still have to battle back tears whenever any Boston sports team gets […]
A Coach’s Perspective
by Dani Klein When I first walked onto my college’s NCAA Women’s Rowing team my freshman year, little did I know that it would not only be one of the best decisions I made during my college career, but also in my 24 years of life. I quickly learned that […]
Rowing is Rowing, Regardless of How it Looks
I have been obsessed with basketball my entire life. As a kid, I idolized hoopers like Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, giants of human beings who spent their careers above the rim. Growing up, I was one of the tallest kids in my grade, always giving me an advantage over […]
