Behind the Mic: Announcing the Masters
As I hope you may have noticed, I have been away from my blog for a bit. April is a quiet sports month for us here at RCN so it is a good time for me to reunite with my wife and with my golf game. I managed to do both this past month –…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Eagles/Redskins Draft Grades
I know one of last year’s “SportsTalk Shop” blogs that drew the most feedback on my part was my analysis following the NFL draft, with thoughts on both the Eagles and Redskins’ selections. I hope I’m up to the challenge again this year as we take a look at both teams’ efforts last weekend. REDSKINS:…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Chiefs ’16 Primer/Nationals Prospects
It wasn’t the typical start to the baseball season for the Syracuse Chiefs—the top minor league affiliate for the Washington Nationals! While the parent club posted some nice wins during the first week of the regular season, their Triple-A team, the Chiefs, had to play their “home opener” in another state, and only got two…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Hard to Believe
Today’s “Behind the Mic” blog is written by long time RCN personality Scott Barr. He has covered a wide range of sports, including kickboxing, track and field, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, football, and baseball. Most of our viewers, of course, will know him for his work with District XI wrestling. Fans across the valley have heard…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
One of the regular elements of the “RCN SportsTalk” program is that on each show, all of our studio panelists identify a person or a group of people in the sports world for doing something extraordinary (“thumbs up”) and calling out a group or individual for doing something excessively bad (“thumbs down”). Most weeks, I…
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