Conversation with the voice of the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies.… Read More

I witnessed a wardrobe malfunction while covering a regional championship a few weeks ago. No, Janet Jackson was not in South Dakota playing the halftime show, but it was something I hadn’t seen before.

Warner High School was playing Waverly-South Shore High School in Milbank, S.D. — a neutral location. Both teams were the top seed in their districts and thought they would be considered the home team.… Read More

www.stoneandtilework.com Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbs and nouns. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clip 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

Preparedness is one of the most important traits of any sportscaster. We spend hours talking with coaches, poring through stats, and reading countless poorly written articles from small town newspapers. Why? So we can connect with the listener on a level beyond just reporting the movements of a funny shaped ball.

That being said, sometimes information can be very difficult to find for those of us calling small college or small high school sports.… Read More

Conversation with Dan Lucero, Sports Director at KSTC/KATR in Sterling, CO and co-host of the Around the Haterade Cooler podcast.… Read More

The grind is over. My season began late August and finished last Thursday with the semifinals of the South Dakota 1A Regional boys basketball tournament. I’m sure many of you have more demanding schedules than myself, but man I felt about ground down to a nub after traveling all over the Midwest by bus and calling 80+ games in eight states over a six month time frame.… Read More

Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbs and nouns. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clip 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

Part of becoming a great broadcaster is having a great vocabulary and finding ways to vary your verbs and nouns. That is why a regular feature on this site will be “Announcer Alterations” where we take short clip 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 Broadcast Blueprint: One Month Later

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

A conversation with Tom Boman the VP of Broadcast Operations at Learfield Sports.… Read More