Unfortunately, the NFL network has one less female host. Amidst the thousands of tweets about Chief’s head coach Andy Reid’s fogged up visor Thursday night was a post on Twitter from my former co-worker, Lindsay Rhodes. After 12 years at the NFL Network, she announced she is not working there any longer. It has […]
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Selling Stories…. In A Slightly Different Way
After nearly two decades in front of the camera, working at the highest levels of sports broadcasting, I’ve decided to use all that I know and have learned to impact other people’s careers and brands in my new gig. I am part of a new sports marketing and talent management agency, The Familie. I will serve […]
10 Tips Every Traveler Should Know
I spend a TON of time on airplanes. For a few years, when I was reporting on Thursday Night Football, Notre Dame and Football Night in America, I was traveling to three different States every week. I had to learn how to effectively use my time on a plane. Now, I often find myself wishing […]
The San Diego Chargers Story You Don’t Know About, But Should.
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 […]
13 Lessons I Learned from My Dad
Dad emigrated from Poland after WWII when he was a boy. He learned English on his own and went to work when his own father left the family behind in America to return home. He got a job as a janitor at his high school to help his mother pay the rent, earned a football […]
In Honor of The NBA Finals…
Throw back Thursday in honor of the Golden Sate Warriors being in the NBA Finals. Who knew there were so many soon to be successful basketball coaches at my wedding! Warrior head coach Steve Kerr, Warriors Assistant Bruce Fraser and rising up the basketball ranks in Japan, The brand new Head Coach of the Mitsubishi Diamond […]
What Do The NBA Coaching Box and the Cockpit Have in Common? Nothing.
Dear Coach Blatt, Time out. Did I hear correctly that you compared your job as an NBA head coach to a fighter pilot? Why in the world would you say such a thing except to give graphic artists a field day, superimposing your face on every Top Gun photo they could find. Wait. You do […]