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MEET OUR STAFF:
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Ruth Robbins: Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, Owner
rrobbins@realdawg.com
Ruth Robbins is the original founder and publisher of Realdawg.com. Getting her start as a Pac-10 Advisor, writing Northwest and Regional Profiles for PrepStar Magazine. During her tenure with Rivals.com, Robbins was also a beat writer for Fox Sports Internet. Robbins brings with her a wealth of insider information on Husky Sports and Recruiting, and her information has been used by various news sources, including the Seattle Times, Seattle P-I Tacoma News Tribune, KJR Radio, and Fox Sports Northwest Television. Robbins is also a guest on ESPN Radio in California during football season. Robbins present duties include overseeing the entire Realdawg.com site, its employees, including football recruiting analysis and editorial analysis of Husky Sports. Robbins is married to Joe Dahlin and is the mother of Christina, a college freshman. Robbins participates in community and political activities in her off time. |
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Jonathan George (4th year) - Associate Editor, Husky Sports
jgeorge@realdawg.com
Jonathan has worked both as a recruiting reporter, as well as the football and basketball beat. Jon has been a great addition to our staff with his knowledge and expertise with the local prep scene, as well as his ability to disseminate the recruiting scene. Jon has become a regular face on press row at UW and continues to be a very popular beat writer with Realdawg readers. Jon resides in Seattle and works full time covering the Huskies for Realdawg.com. Jon also helps maintain the Realdawg.com database, and answers questions on the forums. During his spare time Jon is deeply involved in community service in Bellevue, taking part in after school mentoring of teens. |
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Brian Cook (6th year) - Recruiting Analyst
bcook@realdawg.com
Cook is entering his 3rd year as a "stringer" contributing to Realdawg.com. A former athlete who has a wide array of sources in the sports world, Cook has also done stringer work for other networks and has a tremendous amount of contacts in the world of college and pro sports. He will tell you that he is "not a journalist". Cook now resides in San Bernadino, Ca, but spent many years in the Midwest and down south..
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Brice Hamack (2nd year) - News Systems Specialist, Preps
Brice joined the family as a video and media editor and staff writer. Now he is also doing photography duties as well. He is currently attending the UW at Bothell and does exceptional work with video and photography. He can also be seen covering UW sporting events from football to basketball games to tennis matches while finding the time to answer questions from those on the board. Blessed with an eye for talent Brice also covers the local prep scene. |
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David Creatura (1st year) - Intern, Husky Hoops Recruiting
David is a recent graduate of Gig Harbor High School's 2008 class. He spent his entire life in the area and is now heading off to PLU next fall where he will be entering as a freshman and majoring in communications with dreams of becoming a professional sports journalist Much of his time has been spent around basketball where he soon became the team's statistician, becoming notorious with the nickname of "Stat Rat."
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Wilson Tsoi (3rd year) - Staff Photographer
Wilson Tsoi contributes photographically to a handful of Puget Sound area sport teams when he’s not occupied with travel photography, another specialized genre of his. With background in commercial and fine art, his award winning images had appeared in several publications (Islands Magazine, Hawaii Magazine, Extreme Lighting Photography, Paris C'est la vie, Digital Photography, etc.) |
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Christopher Blanks (7th year) - Husky Football Analyst
cblanks@realdawg.com
Chris Blanks, or "The Q", has been with Realdawg.com longer than anyone on staff -- contributing mostly during the regular football season with his expert analysis and well thought out break down of x's and o's. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and was a member of the Husky football squad during the early 90's. Originally from Chicago, his uncle Harvey Blanks played for the Huskies back in the late 60's. |
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John Weedson (Lifer) - Outside Operations/PR
Weedston has become a very important part of Realdawg.com due to his tireless effort in organizing our seasonal tailgate and other parties and gatherings. Weedston also is in charge of game-day PR for the site and is now writing a weekly column called the Bleacher Blog. His dedication to helping the site is much appreciated by the entire Realdawg.com community and staff. |
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