{"id":81167,"date":"2018-05-21T19:56:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T19:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81167"},"modified":"2023-02-17T23:23:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:23:29","slug":"sportstalk-gets-wild-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sportstalk-gets-wild-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSportsTalk Gets Wild 2018\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-4-BWW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81174\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-4-BWW-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May 4 BWW\" width=\"371\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-4-BWW-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-4-BWW-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81171\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May9-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May9\" width=\"371\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May9-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May9-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the warm weather here and the Memorial Day weekend (and unofficial start to summer) nearly upon us, it\u2019s time to talk about the start of the \u201cremote\u201d season for the \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d show and our first \u201cwild\u201d episode coming up this week.<\/p>\n<p>For the past several years, we\u2019ve done a number of broadcasts live from \u201c<a title=\"Buffalo Wild Wings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalowildwings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Wild Wings<\/a>\u201d on Grape Street in Whitehall.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81169\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May1\" width=\"377\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May1-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81170\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May2\" width=\"375\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May2-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had great shows featuring special guests and we have an exciting lineup of guests for this summer as well.<\/p>\n<p>But first things first.<\/p>\n<p>Our 2018 debut will have members of this year\u2019s Lehigh Valley high school All-Star football team, including Head Coaches Kevin Ronalds and Tom McCarroll.<\/p>\n<p>Both coaches had outstanding fall campaigns (which we\u2019ll be talking about on this Thursday\u2019s show), but we\u2019ll also talk about the top moments of some great football players from this past season, along with their thoughts on the upcoming All-Star contest and next step in their careers.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-3-BWW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81173\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-3-BWW-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May 3 BWW\" width=\"373\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-3-BWW-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-3-BWW-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-5-BWW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81175\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-5-BWW-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"May 5 BWW\" width=\"373\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-5-BWW-300x168.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/May-5-BWW-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can pose a question to our guests and make a comment if you come out to see the show in person and be part of the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who attend will have a chance to win prizes, but more importantly, you will help a local charity. For this show, proceeds raised in our \u201cpatio section\u201d of Buffalo Wild Wings (10% of your total food bill) will go to benefit the <a title=\"Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society of the Lehigh Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lls.org\/eastern-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of the Lehigh Valley<\/a>.\u00a0 Find more information on this Thursday\u2019s event here on the RCN-TV website.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there!<\/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>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company. \u00a0 \u00a0 With the warm weather here and the Memorial Day weekend (and unofficial start to summer) nearly upon us, it\u2019s time to talk&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Yoast SEO Relevanssi index exclude","inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sportstalk-shop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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