Monthly Archives: April 2018

Are You Above the Law?

April 29, 2018 at 8:53 am

It’s almost impossible to pick up the paper, listen to the radio or scroll through your twitter feed without seeing  something about an athlete running afoul of the law…Never mind who’s suing who or who’s being suspended…So it’s important for those who work in the sports journalism world to at least have a working knowledge […]

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Are You Ready For the Big One?

April 22, 2018 at 3:06 pm

Reporters want to believe that every story they do is a big one, the most important, the lead…Sadly for their egos, that’s not always the case… Big stories come in two sizes, breaking and scheduled events…Falling in the latter category would be the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the Boston Marathon…O.J. Simpson’s Bronco chase and “Deflategate” […]

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It’s All in the Delivery…

April 15, 2018 at 11:06 am

Play by play is a really subjective thing…And what’s so interesting is that if you were to ask sports fans who their favorite announcers are they’d eventually get to “and ya know who i can’t stand?”… By and large you are inviting these people(the announcers) into your home and they understand that…But very often, you […]

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It Will All Work Out…

April 8, 2018 at 10:45 am

I have to admit I’m jealous…Not that I want to be 21 again but as graduation approaches and students try and find a job, I’m amazed at the opportunities… There are two steps in securing the first position…”Finding” the job and “getting” the job….Getting the job hasn’t  really changed over all these years…During the interview […]

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