This site is a collection of published articles, photographs and other highlights from the career of journalist and NASM certified personal trainer Matt Tuthill. Here you’ll find stories about athletes from all walks of life, from NFL players and pro bodybuilders, to some compelling high school athletes. Also highlighted is Matt’s first-person column that he wrote while playing semi-pro football for the Southern Vermont Storm of the New England Football League. There are other human interest stories here, as well, not to mention some striking action sports photography.
Have a look around, search through the archives and feel free to contact the author with your feedback. We appreciate your visit and hope you come back soon to read his latest work.
June 22, 2010 – 6:46 pm
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By Matt
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Posted in General
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Published in the Bennington Banner on August 28, 2006 NEW RABBI HAS FDR’s, ELEANOR’S DNA BENNINGTON – For anyone else, the legend might have loomed too large. The footsteps would have been too massive. But for Rabbi Joshua Boettiger, being the great-grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt is something he hasn’t allowed to overshadow his life. …
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Interview conducted by Matt Tuthill in the summer of 2008 for BlitzMagOnline.com, home site of Blitz Magazine. Twenty years ago, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger shed the shackles of suburban Philadelphia, uprooted his family and moved to Odessa, Texas, the dream of spinning a spectacular narrative about the power of sports in our culture …
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-Published in the Bennington Banner on August 2, 2008- LIKE THE REST OF HIS TEAM, TYREE STILL FIGHTS FOR RESPECT ALBANY, N.Y. — No player epitomizes the New York Giants’ current predicament more perfectly than David Tyree. At this point in a career like his, the fear and doubt surrounding status in training camp should …
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Published in the Bennington Banner on February 23, 2008 DIESEL-POWERED: McVAY’s DRIVE DOESN’T STOP AT THE EDGE OF THE WRESTLING MAT RUTLAND — By the time you’ve figured out where he’s coming from, it’s too late. Matt McVay just killed you, plastering your goggles all shades of red, blue and green – a cruel death …
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Published in the Bennington Banner on December 15, 2007, the conclusion to Matt Tuthill’s first-person footbal series, “I, of the Storm” ON THE MEND, AND LEARNING TO NEVER SAY NEVER The nurse seemed confused, so she asked me again. “Are you sure you don’t have to go to the bathroom?” “No,” I said, my head …
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Published in the Bennington Banner on August 18, 2007, part of Matt Tuthill’s first-person football series, “I, of the Storm” A PROFESSIONAL IN OUR MIDST By the time coach Laumann picks this up, it’s going to be too late. He’s going to see the picture of Dennis Mailhot taking a pull on a cigarette and …
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THE CROSS THAT BEARS THE STORM Published in the Bennington Banner on July 14, 2007, part of Matt Tuthill’s first-person football series, “I, of the Storm” I hate John Cross. Rudy Rudiger’s teammates hated him, too, and with good reason. Certain players, like Rudy and Cross, don’t know how to shut it off, or even …
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Published in the Bennington Banner on June 19, 2006 THE PURSUIT TO RECRUIT There was always an excuse. The days were long. He was too tired. He never had the time. They were, of course, good excuses. Bennington Army Recruiter Sgt. Ron Davis nearly sweat himself dry in the summer of 1995, slaving over the …
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Published in the Bennington Banner on August 17, 2006 LOCALS TACKLE AUTISM TOGETHER BENNINGTON — Her daughter was 3 years old and had yet to say a single word. Not even some small semblance of a word. No cooing, no yelling, no screaming. Every day she woke to an eerily silent 3-year-old girl, who simply …
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