The Arthritis Foundation New England Region will be hosting a Sports Connection “Your Ticket to the Inside Track” event on Thursday, November 29, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.

Tom Caron, studio host for NESN’s Boston Red Sox serves as Master of Ceremonies and host of an exciting sports panel including Tony Massarotti from the Sports Hub, WBZ-FM 98.5, Dan Shaughnessy from the Boston Globe, Bill Littlefield, the host of National Public Radio's Only A Game program and Upton Bell from WCRN in Worcester.

Our Honored guest is award-winning Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan. Our Featured Guest is Jonathan Coblyn, MD, Director of Clinical Rheumatology and Director of Robert B. Brigham Arthritis Center and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who will speak on Arthritis Research and the important role the Arthritis Foundation plays in the research community.

Your participation in this event will benefit the thousands of people in New England whose lives have been severely impacted by this disabling disease; arthritis is the number one cause of disability in our country today.

For purchase a ticket or become a sponsor, please contact Helen Tam at htam@arthritis.org, or 617-219-8233