Behind the Mic: China Super Bowl
I know Donald Trump constantly complains about our inability to compete with China imports. No one says much about American exports, but this past month one such export finally was brought to fruition. After four years in the planning stages, China imported American arena football. And their league’s version of the Super Bowl is being…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: HS Football Polls – Week 10
We’ve talked quite a bit this fall about how the early start to the high school football season has made the season go faster than normal. That fact has almost been lost as a few of the winter sports coaches whose school will now probably not make the playoffs. In talking with several of them…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Watching Baseball
The Chicago Cubs have me watching baseball again. And I would suspect a larger number of people will tune in to see if the Cubs can win their first World Series since 1908, 108 years ago. Teddy Roosevelt was the president. They last played in the World Series in 1945. The Cleveland Indians have not…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Parades, Highlights & Reflections
The next several days at the RCN TV studio is known as “parade week.” We know, based on the feedback we get from our viewers each year, that our audience loves the fall/Halloween season and their community parades that celebrate the holiday. These parades feature many local residents and organizations that we serve. That means…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: A Loss
Every week, while doing a game, someone wins and someone loses. Announcers, and I am one of them, praise the winners and talk about how difficult it might be to rebound from a loss, and coming back the following week. It’s just the verbiage of sports. This past week, the RCN studio family suffered a…
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