The SportsTalk Shop: Ways to Fix the Phillies
Last week I gave my trimester grades on a season-gone-wrong for the Phillies through the first two months of the season. Today we take a look at how the team should proceed from here: 1) Trade AT LEAST one of the core players I know this will be extremely painful to the Phillies front office…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Phillies 1/3 Season Report Card
OK, Ruben. You didn’t listen to me. Nor did you listen to most Phillies fans when it came to our free advice on how we could bring the team back to playoff contention…or even recapture our interest in the club. But before the season spirals out of control even further, I’m going to offer my…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: It’s an honor just to be nominated…
Last week, I wrote about our nominations for the 2014 College Sports Media Awards. These awards include all the major networks – NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, FOX, etc., at the national level. There are also collegiate sports broadcast categories. LSN (RCN-TV) was the only college broadcast network to garner two nominations for the award…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: RCNTV – It’s Not Just Sports!
As the Sports Director at RCN TV, I certainly am a bit biased toward what is the really important programming on RCN TV. As a matter of fact, I am tremendously biased. However, when I was teaching school, I had many lessons that would promote just the opposite. I wanted my students to be tolerant….
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Spring Volleyball Accomplishments
While I know there are some wonderful aspects of sports that have changed, and not for the better, there are also tremendous improvements that have taken place. One of them is the development of high school volleyball in Pennsylvania. I remember when I was in high school (slightly after the advent of electricity), the governing…
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