Behind the Mic: Humbug! The Holiday Budget
The holidays – it’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Well, to some extent. However, there are the trips to the malls, the list of gifts to buy, the holiday parties, the forgotten present, etc. So right about now, you are probably starting to become concerned about your holiday budget. You may have…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Penn State and PIAA Recaps
I’d like to think we have “fireworks” on every edition of the “RCN SportsTalk” show in which we discuss a variety of different topics–sometimes of a controversial nature. On last week’s program, however, we had not one, but two major blow-ups from both our panelists and from our phone callers, regarding two completely different subjects. …
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Top Tens
As the year comes to a close, it’s time for my annual thoughts on the Yahoo Year in Review. This is their annual look back at the top sports stories (and other trends if you wish to search Yahoo for those). Comparing the list to last year’s Top-Searched Sports Teams and Top-Searched Athletes, you will…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Football Ends; Telethon Begins
High school and college football have come to a close. It was certainly an exciting season with the highlights easy to recall: the outstanding individual running backs at the high school level – Shane Simpson, Saquon Barkley, Michael McDaniel, Harry Hall and others. The quarterbacks were outstanding – to name a few, Travis Edmond, Doug…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: HS Football Playoffs Recap
It was another interesting high school football playoff season, with plenty of drama, surprises and exciting finishes. Today, we take a look at the bigger schools in the Lehigh Valley and their playoff runs in the district and state tournaments (more comments and opinions of this year’s high school football season, as well as Penn…
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