Wall of FanFame
Season I
Season II
Matt Noll / Boston Celtics 🏀
Matt Noll is an Air Force veteran, devoted dad, and lifelong Boston Celtics fan whose life has been defined by resilience and reinvention. After 29 moves, a deployment to Iraq, and a nationally televised homecoming surprise for his family on the parquet at TD Garden, Matt turned personal trials into fuel for creativity, launching a podcasting career that evolved into Bake and Shake Worldwide. His journey blends service, education, fandom, and “Dude Therapy” into one powerful story about connection, growth, and building community through sports.
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Mike Vivalo / New York Giants & Yankees
Mike Vivalo is a lifelong New York Yankees superfan whose passion was cemented in childhood trips to Yankee Stadiumand forever intensified when Scott Norwood missed the game-winning kick in Super Bowl XXV, sealing a victory for the New York Giants. An award-winning author, sports personality, and creative storyteller, Mike blends humor, culture, and athletics—once going viral for his clever Derek Jeter sign—and channels that same energy into his children’s book Goodnight Cooperstown and the kid-inspired Grocery Stars brand. Now living in Weston, CT with his wife and three sons, he brings the same nervous excitement to every game day, proudly passing his love of sports on to the next generation.
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