The SportsTalk Shop: Calling for “Year-in-Review” Nominations
Calling for “Year-in-Review” Nominations One of our annual traditions on the “RCN SportsTalk” show is our sports “year-in-review” show. We try to spotlight the people, teams, games, stories and memories, both positive and negative, that highlighted the past calendar year. We try to come up with new topics for this program each December while…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Top Searches of the Year
BEHIND THE MIC: Top Searches of the Year Within the past week, Yahoo released its lists for 2013: Top-Searched Teams; Top-Searched Athletes; Top-Searched Girlfriends. Let’s take a look (not at the girlfriends – I’ll leave that up to you). Top-Searched Sports Teams on Yahoo in 2013: 1. Dallas Cowboys 2. Boston Red Sox 3….
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Dream Come True Telethon
Dream Come True Telethon I love my job. Make no mistake about it. In the past few weeks, I have been able to watch our local high school football teams compete for a conference championship, a District title, and make a run for a state championship. In addition, I was able to broadcast the…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: District XI Football Recaps
District XI Football Recaps It was our pleasure to cover the District XI football playoffs once again this fall on RCN-TV. While some games were one-sided, there were some great contests with many outstanding individual and team triumphs en route to this year’s championships. CLASS 2A PLAYOFFS Catasauqua accomplished what it couldn’t do a…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: An Algorithm: Founder + CEO = Girls’ Basketball Coach?
An Algorithm: Founder + CEO = Girls’ Basketball Coach? I spend part of my Sundays watching two programs – Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes. I watch because I always learn something and find both programs very interesting. This past Sunday (11/24/13), 60 Minutes featured a story about Malcolm Gladwell, the author of a current…
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