Last Friday, Roxie and I were in Worthington to celebrate my brother Greg’s retirement from the banking business. They had an open house for him at the First State Bank Friday afternoon from 1-5. When we walked through the front doors, Greg was inside greeting friends and former colleagues. There was a long line waiting to greet him. Standing in front of us was Tim … Continue reading CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
I have been broadcasting high school sports since 1992. That’s 32 years and 1000’s of games broadcast on KLQP. I did the math. If I broadcast an average of three games a week for 32 years, that’s close to 5000 high school games I’ve broadcasted. Most of those games I’ve had a broadcasting partner, someone who does commentary. I do play by play, and they talk … Continue reading BROADCASTING PARTNERS
This past week I was surprised by a lot of things. Here are a few of them. Monday I went to Minneota High School to drop off some Player of the Game t-shirts for some of the state champion Viking football players. To my surprise the very kind office ladies, pulled some of the players out of class. My intentions were to just leave the … Continue reading THINGS THAT SUPRISED ME
Friday night I was sitting in my recliner scrolling through all the social media posts about the Minneota Viking football team capturing their third straight Class A football championship earlier in the day. Then suddenly something caught my eye and I was filled with emotions I was looking at Jeremiason Photos and noticed all the offensive lineman from Minneota doing their jobs blocking for the … Continue reading FOOTBALL LINEMEN
When I ended my state football broadcast Saturday morning from the press box area at US Bank Stadium I quickly packed up my radio equipment and took the elevator down to field level to the designated press conference room. I wanted to catch Minneota Coach Johnston’s post-game press conference. I entered the room and saw Coach Johnston and a few of the Viking players at … Continue reading JOHN MILLEA
I’m posting a picture blog this week. Continue reading PICTURE BLOG
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