Three games. Three different cities. Two sports. One day to get ready. Ready, set, go!
On Thursday morning, I thought this article would be about making my debut calling indoor football for the Sioux City Bandits. I was fortunate enough to pick the freelance opportunity with the Bandits, but that wasn’t the story of the weekend.… Read More
I had an interesting conversation with John Thayer, the sports/operations director at my station. He knows I’ve been doing a lot of working on improving my sportscasting vocabulary. John was following one of my broadcasts when he noticed I was using the term “the nail ” as a floor locator. As someone who played basketball at the high school and collegiate level, I know that there is a tiny nail pounded into the dead center of the free throw line in almost every basketball court in the country.… Read More
This episode features the football and basketball voice of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.… Read More
I recently worked out a deal with a jeweler from Denison, Iowa, who was a former advertising client, to save money on our wedding bands. Denison is the town where I got my start in radio out of college. However, it’s nestled in the middle of nowhere, at least an hour and a half from any metro area.… Read More
I received the following email from a young broadcaster asking about how to streamline the basketball preparation process:
I was curious if you had a process you like to go through to prep for your games? I do broadcasting as a side job/hobby and so I’m usually forced to carve out slivers of time here and there to get onto our Iowa stats website and start pulling information for the next game.… Read More
EP 031: Dave Johnson, Washington Wizards & DC United
A conversation with Dave Johnson, the play-by-play broadcaster for the Washington Wizards and DC United.… Read More