Behind the Mic: Dream Come True
High school football is winding down and college football has come to a close. College basketball has begun and high school basketball is right around the corner. That can only mean that it is once again time for one of my favorite nights of the year and it has nothing to do with athletics. It…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: The HS Basketball Poll “Tease”
Sometimes I think I have a big mouth! As we got to the end of the high school football season (a campaign that FLEW by this year), I mentioned both here at “The Shop” and on “RCN SportsTalk presented by The Morning Call” that our football poll season went by much too quickly and that…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Oh, Those Eagles
I know this will show my age, but when I was a little kid, I was a Baltimore Colts fan. Does anyone remember the Baltimore Colts (not the Ravens, not Indianapolis – Baltimore). I was seven years old in 1953 when the Colts took the field at Memorial Stadium. I don’t remember if I became…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: District Playoff Football
We are right in the middle of an exciting run of District XI high school football action on RCN-TV. First of all, the EPC announced their All-Star class, so let’s take a moment to spotlight some of the outstanding high school players during the regular season. Last weekend, the district’s 4A and 5A champions were…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: When Worlds Collide
If you were a Seinfeld fan, like I was, you probably remember the episode when George shouted, “The worlds are colliding, Jerry, the worlds are colliding!” He simply meant that Jerry’s girlfriend and his girlfriend were friends and, therefore, sharing secrets about the two of them. It was not good. This week, my worlds are…
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