The SportsTalk Shop: Joe’s Take — Greatest LV Football Players
First of all, a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving Day holiday to all of our faithful “SportsTalk” viewers and blog readers. We’ve gotten some wonderful feedback about the show and our blog the last few months and appreciate all the positive responses. We hope to continue earning your interest and attention as we transition to…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Overlapping Seasons!
There are a couple of weeks every year when the college basketball, college football, and high school football seasons overlap. This past week was particularly challenging because I was doing my first college basketball game on Wednesday, the District XI AAAA football championship on Friday night, the Lafayette-Lehigh two-hour pre-game show on Saturday afternoon, and…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: The 150th
If you are a college football fan, you are well aware of the games that take on special prominence every year – Alabama-LSU; Michigan-Ohio State; Notre Dame-USC; Oklahoma-Texas, etc. But these “rivalry” games are just infants compared to the one between the two colleges in our own backyard. It is simply known as “The Rivalry”. …
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Non-Football Fall Sports Highlights
While high school football is extremely popular in Eastern Pennsylvania, there was a plethora of great athletic accomplishments achieved by boys and girls in many different sports this fall season. On our “RCN SportsTalk” show, we highlighted many of these outstanding programs this past year and we’d also like to add more honors in today’s…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Coach of the Year
As we near the “awards season” for high school football, I would like to discuss one a bit early – Coach of the Year for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. I bring it up sooner than normal only because my two nominees coach against one another this Friday night in the Sub-regional District #2-#11 semifinal. The…
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