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Coach\/Pro Baseball with Tom Housenick and\u00a0Chuck Hixson &#8211; 6\/20\/17<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Philadelphia Phillies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlb.com\/phillies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phillies<\/a> Mid-Season Update with Steve Gross &#8211; 7\/20\/17<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Philadelphia Eagles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eagles<\/a> Camp\/Former Coaches Show with Bob Stem &amp; Bob Shriver &#8211; 8\/3\/17<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"National Football League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\/HS Football; <a title=\"Major League Baseball\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB<\/a> Pennant Race with Freddie Coleman &amp; Steve Shiffert &#8211; 9\/7\/17<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Penn State Sports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gopsusports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penn State<\/a>\/<a title=\"Ohio State Buckeyes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com\/sports\/m-footbl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio State <\/a>Preview with Matt Millen &#8211; 10\/26\/17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, it\u2019s almost time for the annual \u201cSportsTalk\u201d year-in-review show (not to be confused with the \u201cBest of RCN\u201d contest.)<\/p>\n<p>Each year we toss out a variety of different topics to reflect upon for the previous 12 months, and we give our audience a chance to voice their opinion to our debate topics\u2026something we\u2019ll be doing on the next edition of the \u201cSportsTalk\u201d TV show.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019d like to weigh in on any of the following questions we\u2019re posing\u2014send us an email by this Thursday (12\/14) at 7pm and we\u2019ll read and respond to your email, along with Keith Groller &amp; my own opinions to the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Best Collection of Sophomores?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Gripe About 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Hardest Working Group in Sports?<\/li>\n<li>Worst Story of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Favorite Lehigh Valley Story of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Local Question Mark of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest National Question Mark of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Most Underrated Sports Program?<\/li>\n<li>Most Overrated Team\/Personality of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Most Underrated Head Coach?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Sports Embarrassment of 2017<\/li>\n<li>2017\u2019s Sign the Sports Apocalypse is at Hand?<\/li>\n<li>Best\u201d National Story of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNicest\u201d Sports Group of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Myth of 2017?<\/li>\n<li>2017 Will Be Remembered as the Year of\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Most Disappointing Administrative Decision?<\/li>\n<li>Toughest Coaching Challenge for 2018?<\/li>\n<li>Biggest \u201cQuestion Mark\u201d Going Into 2018?<\/li>\n<li>Local Sports Thing You\u2019d Like To See in 2018?<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStone-Cold\u201d Lock for 2018<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Also, if you have an additional topic that you might like us to add to the list, email us at <a href=\"mailto:rcnsportstalk@rcn.com\">rcnsportstalk@rcn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 \u201cYear-in-Review\u201d show will be airing at multiple times around the holidays on RCN, in addition to being available on the different media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s only one chance to watch the show LIVE so you can voice your choice(s) and to interact with us about this year\u2019s topics, so make sure you tune in this Thursday at 7pm on RCN-TV!<\/p>\n<p>And\u2026have a wonderful holiday season!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, a quick plug to ask for your votes for the annual \u201cBest of RCN\u201d contest. 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