Musings

Building this site has given me the opportunity to connect with many like-minded people who are passionate about the sportscasting industry. Most of these connections have been made via Twitter and email. That’s great, but it’s not the same as sharing food, drinks, and face time.

With this in mind, and several big life/career changes happening or coming up very soon, the timing worked perfectly for my fiancée and I (one of those life changes) to pile in the car and take a little vacation.… Read More

Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbiage. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clips of pre-existing play-by-play synced to video and come up with five different ways to call the same sequence of events.… Read More

I’ve been extremely fortunate over the last five years to get full seasons worth of reps calling football and basketball games at the high school and NAIA college level. The only negative (besides not doing them next year) has been that opportunities to call baseball games have been limited. We’ve done a few Presentation College games, but it’s been difficult because games are mostly played in the daytime during prime sales hours.… Read More

During my first year in South Dakota, we were promoting a local high school game on our weekly talk show and I made one of the dumbest mistakes of my radio career. This particular matchup was between two regional rivals ten minutes away from each other, but the talent gap between the two teams was massive.… Read More

click over here viagra Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbiage. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clips of pre-existing play-by-play synced to video and come up with five different ways to call the same sequence of events.… Read More

Following the “Blueprint to Broadcasting Success” has been beneficial. The self-critique sessions have been valuable and I’ve been able to self identify many weaknesses to work on. However, sometimes you need someone else’s point of view to spotlight the warts in your call. Several weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to receive a critique from Mark Boyle of the Indiana Pacers.… Read More

I have a confession to make. Writing does not come naturally to me. By nature, I’m a scatterbrain and my thoughts are all over the place, making it difficult for me to harness them into one coherent thought. I’ve tried like hell to make sure to publish at least one unique post per week. Today, I couldn’t think of anything interesting to write.… Read More

A major part of why I posted my Blueprint to Broadcasting Success was so it could be helpful to other broadcasters. I also posted it for selfish reasons to hold myself accountable for putting in the extra work to get better. As part of that accountability I’m going to post monthly on how closely I stuck with the plan, the challenges faced, and how/ if I’m hearing improvement in my self critiques.… Read More

Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbiage. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clips of pre-existing play-by-play synced to video and come up with five different ways to call the same sequence of events.… Read More

I’m back home from the NSMA Hall of Fame Weekend in Salisbury, N.C., and it was awesome. I made new friends and connections, picked up some pointers, and came back to South Dakota reenergized after a tough month of things not going my way.

These stories don’t require a full blog or podcast, but I wanted to share a few with you anyway.… Read More