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What Makes A Good Play-by-Play Announcer?

May 8, 2021

What makes a good play-by-play announcer?

Play-by-Play is one of the most prestigious jobs in sports broadcasting and often one of the most lucrative. The best in the business have an authentic voice and style that is identifiable the minute you hear them on the TV or radio. Think Brett Musberger or Jim Nantz. Great game broadcasters excel at putting certain […]

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Four of The Best Career Self-Help Books

February 16, 2021

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   Four of the Best Career self-help Books  No matter how successful people appear, one thing I’ve learned, especially in my job as an agent, is that no one has it totally figured out. The insecurities people share with me about their careers are surprisingly common. And the answers to many of their issues are […]

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The Moving Story of Chargers PR Executive Bill Johnston And His Wife’s Battle With Huntingtons Disease

May 29, 2015

I have often gone to the San Diego Chargers Director of Public Relations Bill Johnston to get the scoop on NFL players or develop a story idea. Thirty-six years in the NFL has given Bill a deep vault of stories to draw upon, but the one that moved me most isn’t a football story, even […]

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How To Paint An NFL Football Field On A Wall

June 7, 2015

Patrick Cloutier says if he can do this DIY football inspired room, so can you! The hardest part is figuring out the numbers and making it scale to your room. Luckily, Patrick figured out a formula for us and shared it with me. An accountant by day, it took Cloutier about 120 hours to paint […]

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My Goodbye to Notre Dame

August 30, 2014

When Notre Dame opens the season against Rice today in South Bend I won’t be on the sidelines. Instead, for the first time in seven years, I’ll be watching the Irish from my couch.  For old time’s sake, I might prop up the life size souvenir photo (above) that Brian Kelly so kindly sent to […]

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What I heard that made me believe Manti

January 28, 2013

My life coach sister has an exercise she does with me whenever I call her to complain. I’ll say something like, “I don’t think Kevin (my husband) appreciates how much time I spend keeping the house clean ”, or  “People don’t understand the toll traveling takes on me. and she’ll say “Well, do you know […]

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