R & R, But No Sports
It’s Monday, August 14, and my first day back to work after a 9-night cruise to Bermuda, San Juan, St. Thomas, and a private island. My wife and I like to get away right after basketball season ends and right before football season begins. All the weekends in between are pretty much taken up with…
Read MoreSummer Reflections 2017—Part 1
We are approaching the “official” start to high school football practices commencing in the RCN viewing area, which means it’s time to start wrapping up and looking back at some of our summer sports production highlights. Today, we review some outstanding moments from the Blue Mountain League baseball season and from the Grandview Speedway race…
Read MoreJonathan Allen & JP Crawford
Coming up on the next “SportsTalk” program, we are scheduled to feature interviews with two of the most prominent young sports stars in the RCN-TV viewing area—Redskins’ #1 Draft Pick Jonathan Allen and Phillies preseason #1 prospect J. P. Crawford. Both of these up-and-coming (potential) stars have had very different 2017s, year to date. I…
Read MoreThe Sports Talk Shop: Summer Hoops: Final Report
We hope you enjoyed our coverage here at the “SportsTalk Shop” and on our TV show over the last several weeks of summer basketball action in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Washington, DC regions. Here are some of my final thoughts along with observations and predictions involving the teams and athletes in our coverage area,…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: When Worlds Collide…
One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes (and there are many) is the one where Elaine becomes friends with George’s girlfriend, Susan. George has a theory that it is just not good if these two separate worlds collide intermingling his friendship world with his romantic world. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUGfRumE1k I bring this up because I…
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