Monthly Archives: March 2018

You Don’t Have to be a Fish Out of Water…

March 25, 2018 at 10:41 am

As is often the case, anticipated guests at the Boston University Sports Journalism Seminar Series have last minute commitments and despite being scheduled for months, I’m sometimes left scrambling for a replacement…So, when Chelsi McDonald of WHDH-TV called two days before her appearance and said she had to interview Charlie McAvoy on the date she […]

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“Hold the Pickles, Hold the Lettuce”

March 18, 2018 at 12:46 pm

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think working as a journalist and now teaching Sports Journalism would ever be compared to a popular hamburger chain… But at the most recent Boston University Sports Journalism Seminar, that’s exactly what Chris Gasper of the Boston Globe did…”Like Burger King, you can have it your way”, […]

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On the Radio…

March 9, 2018 at 11:33 am

With apologies to Donna Summer, you can find just about anything on the radio, including some outrageous sports talk… “Oh, I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered too If by chance you heard it for yourself…” You can find shockjock Howard Stern on Sirius radio, “Just shut up and dribble” Laura Ingraham is […]

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