Behind the Mic: Olympian Price Tag
The Olympics in Rio are up and running. Despite all of the warnings about crime and the Zika virus, there has been very little bad news to come out of the Games. As I write this, the United States is doing very well (men’s gymnastics aside) and, as is often the case, television viewership ratings…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: The “Next Best” Prospects
We’ve brought you quite a bit of information on top-level, up-and-coming minor league prospects in both the Phillies and Nationals organizations this summer. Here at “the Shop” and on RCN-TV, we’ve given you interviews with the players themselves along with their coaches and have provided insights, statistics and progress reports throughout the Minor League season. …
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Evolution of the Eagles
One of the many “guarantees” in my life is that my co-hosting partner of the “RCN SportsTalk” show, Joseph Lynnwood Craig, is constantly harassing me about things he wants…more airtime, bigger coffee mugs, softer cushions for his chair, etc. One of his regular complaints each summer is that he doesn’t get many opportunities to write…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: 2016 Predictions: Mid-Year Update
Each December both here at the “SportsTalk Shop” and on our TV show, “SportsTalk”, panelists and I make some sports-based predictions for the new year. I don’t get caught up in the prediction business ordinarily, but it’s become a bit of a tradition around the holidays to make a couple bold statements to go along…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Brotherly Love?
Philadelphia was certainly in the limelight this past week with the Democratic National Convention taking center stage. All of the media had a presence there. However, there was no national sports media. I bring this up because Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 24….
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