{"id":84333,"date":"2020-12-22T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84333"},"modified":"2024-07-30T22:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T22:24:36","slug":"behind-mic-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/behind-mic-merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Mic: Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84334 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"merry christmas\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas-300x200.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas-768x512.jpg 768w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Merry-X-mas.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84335 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"happy holidays\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays-300x188.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays-768x480.jpg 768w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays-1024x640.jpg 1024w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-Holidays.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary\u2019s Guesses: NFL Picks \u2013 (LAST WEEK \u2013 10-6; OVERALL- 141-80-1 &#8211; 64%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Orleans<\/li>\n<li>Tampa Bay<\/li>\n<li>Arizona<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Miami<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland<\/li>\n<li>Indianapolis<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<li>Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore<\/li>\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n<li>LA Chargers<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Green Bay<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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. &nbsp; and Gary\u2019s Guesses: NFL Picks \u2013 (LAST WEEK \u2013 10-6; OVERALL- 141-80-1 &#8211; 64%) New Orleans Tampa Bay Arizona \u00a0Miami Kansas City Cleveland&#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":7,"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":[2,3,4],"tags":[878],"class_list":["post-84333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-mic","category-featured","category-sports","tag-garys-guesses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Behind the Mic: Merry Christmas! 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