Behind the Mic: Strike Two – Y’er Out!
Play ball! Major League baseball has begun. And, once again, a new radical idea to shorten the length of games has surfaced. Former Mets’ general manager Steve Philips recently suggested changing walks to three balls and strikeouts to two strikes – in other words every at-bat starts with a 1-1 count on the batter. His…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: HS Basketball Recap (Part 2)
As promised in last week’s blog, I did want to share a few of my reflections on the high school basketball season before we jump full force into our Lehigh Valley spring sports coverage. Let’s start with the “good” things: The District Semifinal contest at the PPL Center may have been a once in a…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Winter Bye-Bye
The season of 2016-17 officially came to an end this past weekend with the VIA All-Star basketball games being played. Outstanding seniors donned their school’s uniforms for the last time and Lehigh Valley basketball was officially over. There is no better time to reminisce… Here are my top ten memories of this past season. The…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: John Thompson III Dismissal/HS Hoops Videos
I was disappointed to hear of Georgetown University’s decision to part ways with John Thompson III as the head coach of their men’s basketball season last week. On our “SportsTalk” program, we had a chance to talk with the Washington Post’s Gene Wang, who covered the press conference announcing the change and had very comprehensive…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Dead Pool
I am the Sports Director at RCN. RCN has only one Sports Director. I am their guru of sports, right? The RCN Fun Committee (notice the word “Fun”) runs an NCAA pool every year. There is no money involved. Anyone can enter and the prizes are donated by the company and are minimal. In other…
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