Tonight, I ate pizza. It was the first time in three months. It was amazing!
Don’t worry, I promise I’m not here to write about my dinner choices. July is a slow month in my sportscasting life and I figured now was as good a time as any to follow up on my February 2016 article.… Read More
I have a conversation with Matt Shepard.… Read More
Referees, umpires, and officials are essential to the games we love to play, watch, and cover. They’re also frequently the most frustrating part of the game. As broadcasters, it’s our job to tell the story of the game and poor officiating is often part of the story. However, being critical and opinionated on subjective officiating mistakes can make you sound like a homer — a whiner — and destroy your credibility.… Read More
In conjunction with the Jim Nantz Awards, Sportscasters Talent Agency of America released their top five broadcasting schools for the year. The top names were pretty predictable: Syracuse, Arizona State, Ball State, Missouri, and Indiana. If you follow broadcasting or journalism in general, you wouldn’t be surprised to see any of these schools near the top of any list.… Read More
Conversation with Nate Gatter, a junior at the University of Missouri, who recently won the Jim Nantz Award as the nations top collegiate sportscaster.… Read More
When I took my job with ESPN Radio 1570 in Yankton, South Dakota, I was fortunate enough to be able to pick up a couple of additional freelance opportunities. The first was covering football for my alma mater, Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. The second was covering the Sioux City Bandits, a member of the Champions Indoor Football league (CIF).… Read More