This grand adventure I’ve been on this year — changing employers for the first time in 12 years, moving 300 miles away from home, working five nights a week instead of splitting days and night — has had its advantages and its drawbacks. While I’m in a new part of the country and can go out and see different teams I’ve never seen before, I’m also working until 1 a.m. at NBCSports.com and can’t get as much done on the site as early in the evening as I’d like.

That’s where Gordon Mann comes in. Gordon has been pulling a lot of weight at D3sports.com this year, on both the hoops and football sites. The weekly podcast that is on the front page at the moment is completely a Gordon Mann production. He picks an interesting subject to interview and records a sit-down conversation, whether in person or over the phone. This has been a great addition to the site.

Gordon has been a very active blogger as well, keeping the Daily Dose churning at an important time of the season. But Gordon does a lot behind the scenes as well. If you see an early update on a Wednesday night, a big night on Division III schedules, most likely he analyzed the night’s games, decided what was the big news, wrote it, got the photo and posted it. And even further behind the scenes, Gordon has been the man on score cleanup all season — tracking down the missing scores that schools don’t post, more than 1,100 of them. Without Gordon, we wouldn’t have timely scores from a bunch of Division III schools, including some very prominent athletic departments.

He’s come a long way from play-by-play at Trinity College’s student station. I’ve thanked him many times, I’m glad that he’s here and fans should be too.

Just thought you should know. 🙂