This past weekend, I had the opportunity to interact and pick the brain of some of the best sportscasters and sportswriters in the country. To Salisbury, North Carolina I went, a place I had neither been to before or even heard of. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) has been holding their annual awards…
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Jay Bilas to serve as a different piece to ESPN’s broadcast for IU-MSU
ESPN announcers Dave O’Brien and Dan Dakich got twitter buzzing during the Indiana-Minnesota broadcast after a tease that a special guest would be at Indiana’s game Tuesday against Michigan State. Immediately, most IU fans tried to connect the dots to former IU coach Bob Knight. As Dakich said on his radio show Monday, “IU fans…
Relationships are everything
We hear this all the time, especially in college. It’s about who knows you and who likes you. This was very true for me yesterday when attending Wisconsin women’s basketball shootaround. I was calling their game against IU Thursday night and because of relationships, their coaching staff was especially friendly and helpful. The first thing…
Just a stepping stone – honored to be named to STAA’s watch list for the Jim Nantz Award
In the broadcasting business, praise is very hard to come by. You are judged by everything you say, how you say it, and many believe they can do better. But they also don’t understand the circumstances behind a broadcast, whether it’s a producer in your ear talking or technical difficulties. I know about both, and…
‘Zakk and Jack Show’ dropped from Fox Sports Radio
Remember new IU football coach Kevin Wilson’s radio feud on the Zakk and Jack Show? Where Wilson was brought on as a guest and treated like a joke? Where the hosts made a mockery of Indiana football with the head coach on the phone, then dropped his line and continued to bashed him? They’re gone….