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For 16 years, Michelle Gormley has been coming to work at TD Garden, home of the Boston Celtics and Bruins, and a mecca for New England sports fans. As director of education for The Sports Museum housed in the arena, Gormley meets famous athletes (even Larry Bird), sees the treasured artifacts on display every day and can look down at the parquet floor or ice to watch the teams practice. Sometimes, she has to remind herself how lucky she is.You know, its funny, you start not to notice it until youre with someone and theyre like, Oh, wow, this is really kind of cool coming in here, she says. Ive been here awhile. When you see it through someone elses eyes and how cool they think it is, you re-focus and appreciate it more.Gormley, 46, grew up in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, as a devoted Celtics fan. She went to Stonehill College in Easton with the intention of becoming a teacher, majoring in communications with a minor in elementary education. While a student, she also began working as a ranger for the National Park Service, giving tours of Bostons Freedom Trail -- something she still does on Saturdays.She worked at Boston University after graduating as director of student employment. It was then that she was helping a student find a job when she stumbled across the opening for the director of education at The Sports Museum -- and went for it herself. Its been a perfect job, she says, allowing her to combine her desire to be an educator with her love of New England sports and history.The Museum, which consists of exhibits along the concourse of two levels at TD Garden, has about 2,000 artifacts from the regions sports history.Here is Gormleys story, in her words:My path to the museumI grew up during the time of the Bicentennial, so my mother dragged us to every historical and cultural thing that was going on at that time. I developed my love for history then. And growing up in Boston during the 80s, there was so much going on with sports. It was so much fun. Then as a ranger for the National Park Service, I was doing Freedom Trail tours and talks at Faneuil Hall, so thats how I got my museum background. We used to work with a lot of the small museums around Boston.A perfect jobIts a unique fit for me. I dont think youre going to find too many places that have your hobby and interests (sports) as a spectator in your free time merge with what you want to do professionally as an educator. Thats something not everyone has a chance to do.Inside The GardenWe say the museum is about half a mile long. It goes around the perimeter of the fifth and sixth levels, which is also the Premium Club. We have some larger areas, gathering places, but its mostly the concourse. Its what it sounds like: a museum dedicated to sports. We have artifacts, artwork, information and photography of not just the four major professional teams in New England, but boxing, lacrosse, everything.Favorite displayWe just put in a great exhibit about Title IX. When I tell kids that I walk around the museum with that girls could not play hockey when I was in school, its hard for them to believe. Now its so different they cant even comprehend that. So I love taking them to it and showing them about this rule that helped promote womens sports.Bleeding greenAnother favorite display is about the Bill Russell era with the Celtics, what all those guys went through and the things Red Auerbach did to make sure they were a team.We have Shaquille ONeals shoes, which is really fun when kids look at those. Theyre bigger than half of them.What I do as education directorPart of it is bringing in school groups, but mostly what it is now is going out into the community with programs weve developed, to Boys and Girls Clubs and schools. Thats a little different. We have Boston vs. Bullies, a bullying prevention program, and Stand Strong, a character development program. We also have an annual sports writing contest. We try to take the great things you learn from in sports and apply it to kids learning.How these relate to sportsWith Boston vs. Bullies, we have athletes from the different teams speak on a video about bullying. Nine athletes from Boston provide a big hook for kids to learn. Rather than listening to me talk about it, theyre listening to someone they watch and admire. Stand Strong is a sports and character development program. About 70 percent of kids stop playing organized sports by middle school. We wanted to teach things theyd learn in a team sport like determination, teamwork, courage, responsibility and fairness, our five tenets. Its a 13-week program. We take them out on experiences to reinforce what theyve learned, so theyll go rock climbing when we talk about courage or get to play on the Celtics parquet when we talk about teamwork.Writing contestThe annual Will McDonough Writing Contest is named after the longtime Boston Globe sportswriter. All the topics are related to sports, but we get the students to reflect what theyre learning in school, so it might be to write a biography of their favorite athlete. Or, persuasive writings such a big thing now, so it might be, Who belongs in the Hall of Fame, and give us your reasons why. Try to convince us. Its really useful for teachers, too.The best feelingEvery year when we have our end-of-the-year party for our Stand Strong students, some of them will get up and talk about what theyve learned. Thats really emotional for me. I start welling up. Theyll say things like, I never would have been friends with these kids if not for Stand Strong. You can just see them grow up over this 13-week program.Stanley Cup feverI have to say I wasnt the biggest hockey fan before I started, but Im definitely a bigger Bruins fan now. Its hard to pin down one favorite memory here, but I think when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, we got to participate in all sorts of fun things they were doing -- riding on the duck boat in the parade, and we watched the winning game in the arena with all our colleagues.Sweaters come in handySome days Im really cold because the ice is down there and Im watching the Bruins practice. How much would I have loved to be doing this when I was 16 years old, you know, just watching? Its kind of exciting to come to work every day. Stan Smith Shoes Cheap . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. 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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The University of Arkansas womens basketball team lost its first game of the 2016-17 season by the slimmest of margins, falling 64-62 to Missouri State on Sunday afternoon in JQH Arena.Keiryn Swenson briefly tied the game at 62-all with 10.9 seconds left after scoring a put-back layup and making the free throw to complete the 3-point play. On the other end, Missouri States Lexi Hughes hit a runner in the lane with 1.4 seconds left to lead 64-62. Arkansas (9-1) had a final opportunity to tie or win, but a 3-pointer by the Razorbacks was off the mark as time expired.Devin Cosper led three scorers in double figures with a career-high 18 points off the bench. Malica Monk added 14 points and Jessica Jackson finished with 11 points and nine rebounds, her 10th straight game in double figures.Missouri States Liza Fruendt led all scorers with a career-high 23 points, going 5-of-9 from 3-point range. Aubrey Buckley also scored a career high, finishing with 14 points. As a team, Missouri State (3-6) was 8-of-21 from 3-point range.Arkansas returns home for its final three nonconference gaames of the season, beginning with Northwestern State on Sunday afternoon.ddddddddddddKey Run I After a 2:37 scoring drought to end the first half, Missouri State went on a 7-0 run early in the third quarter to take a 37-35 lead with 6:35 left in the third quarter. The run included five straight points by Liza Fruendt and an offensive rebound and put-back by Rachel Swartz as the shot clock expired to cap the run.Key Run II Trailing 61-57 in the final minute of the game, Arkansas scored on back-to-back possessions, first on a jumper by Malica Monk, and then on a 3-point play by Keiryn Swenson, to tie the game at 62-62 with 10.9 seconds left.Key Stat - 38.1 Missouri State shot 38.1 percent from 3-point range, knocking down 8-of-21 3-point field goals. It was the third-best percentage and the second-most 3-point field goals allowed by Arkansas this season. 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