The Sports Talk Shop – January 22nd
“SportsTalk Shop: HS Basketball Parody vs. Mediocrity” Every few years, we have a high school basketball season like the one we have this year – lots of teams with similar records and “common opponents” knocking each other off with seemingly no single team, or even a couple squads, distancing themselves from the rest of the…
Read MoreBehind the Mic – January 15th
I have been an observer of sports almost all of my life. I choose “observer” in order to make my point. I spent much of my youth watching the NFL, rooting for the Colts; the NBA, cheering on the Celtics; and MLB, as a Willie Mays and New York Giants supporter. Notice I did not…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop – January 15th
First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday season. There were certainly lots of things—sports related or not—going on in the Eastern Pennsylvania area over the holidays. Among the surprises were some very impressive high school boys & girls basketball wins—and upsets—between Christmas & New Year’s Day. With the new calendar…
Read MoreBehind the Mic – January 4th
2013 is upon us, so I thought I would take one last look at the top 10 national sports stories, in my opinion, for 2012: 10. Tiger Woods wins again, but not very often. 9. Peyton Manning released by the Colts; he has a great year with the Broncos. 8. Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and…
Read MoreBehind the Mic – January 7th
As I offered up my sports highlights for 2012 last week, I decided to venture into the world of New Year’s resolutions this week. I couldn’t think of anything worthwhile other than “Play more golf”, so I decided to research the most common resolutions and see if I would be able to fulfill them. In…
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