The SportsTalk Shop: HS Football: First Impressions
The high school football season has arrived with an earlier-than-normal start to the season (the PIAA eliminated the second scrimmage week so that the season will start a week earlier and allow for an additional week of playoffs). We have an unprecedented amount of local high school football coverage, both on RCN On-Demand and on…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: The NFL-AFC
The first weekend of the 2016 NFL season begins Thursday night, September 8, when the Broncos host the Panthers and it ends on Monday night with the Redskins welcoming the Steelers. The other teams all play on Sunday. So that can only mean one thing – it is time for my season outlook. This week,…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Football is Here!
Friday, August 26, at 7:00pm, the high school football season begins! I know it seems early. That’s because it is. To accommodate the addition of two more classifications (AAAAAA and AAAAA), and the PIAA state championship finals, the season begins a week earlier than in the past. Remember when no games were played until after…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Football Poll Preview 2016
With an earlier than normal start to the scholastic football season, the time to unveil the first “RCN SportsTalk” High School Football Poll for the Lehigh Valley is almost upon us! I’ve remarked in previous years how comprehensive and diverse our poll is compared to other publications and media outlets, and we are using the…
Read MoreBehind 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…
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