Behind the Mic: There’s No Clock in Baseball
I have heard many times from baseball fans that the reason they love the game is that “there is no clock in baseball”. That has never been more evident to me than this past Friday when RCN-TV was producing for the 14th consecutive year the PIAA Baseball Championships for the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN). The…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Philadelphia Sports Flops
Late Saturday afternoon, sports fans, I would think, were quite disappointed that they were unable to witness history when California Chrome finished fourth in his bid for the Triple Crown of horse racing. We now must wait for the 37th straight year to see if a 13th horse can win the Kentucky Derby and the…
Read MoreThe 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…
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