The SportsTalk Shop: Eagles Season Recap
One of my pet peeves in the sports broadcasting industry is commentators who make dozens of ridiculous predictions each sports season for the sole purpose of claiming “victory” once one of his/her inane insights happen to come true. These same people will quietly forget or ignore the other, incorrect guesses they made in an effort…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: No More BCS
Behind the Mic: No More BCS Well, hopefully, we have seen the last of the BCS College Football Championship. It will be replaced with the CFP (College Football Playoff) in order to determine a national champion for the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (why does it have to sound so complex?). Under the…
Read MoreThe Sports Talk Shop: 2013 Recap & 2014 Predictions
First of all, a big thank-you for all the comments, suggestions and feedback we received prior to, during and following our “Year-in-Review” edition of “RCN SportsTalk.” It takes a good deal of time to go back through all the games, tapes, files, et al, trying to review all of the sports events covered over a…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: 4 Observations From This HS Football Season
We recently wrapped up the high school football season by featuring the District XI Champion Parkland football team on “RCN SportsTalk” (the show is available for free on RCN On Demand). As we closed the books on the 2013 campaign, there were a few things that stuck out in my mind, along with an issue…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: High School Wrestling
Gary is on vacation this week so he asked Jim Best, RCN high school wrestling color commentator, for his thoughts on local high school wrestling: The winter sports season is in full swing, and with it comes extensive coverage of local high school wrestling action. This will be my ninth “RCN” season, working alongside Scott Barr, commentating on…
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