I crawled out of bed at 5:15am Saturday morning, jumped in the shower, brushed my teeth and kissed my wife goodbye while she was still sleeping. I was on my way to US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis to broadcast the Minneota Vikings state football game. Kickoff was scheduled for 11:30. The drive from my driveway to the stadium parking lot is exactly 3 hours with … Continue reading US BANK STADIUM
I’m sitting in my recliner on a Sunday afternoon trying to figure out how to describe my last few days of covering state volleyball and football. I usually sit down to write my weekly blog and it just flows out of me. Not today, too much going on in my head! It was a whirlwind of activities. Late Saturday afternoon I was in the elevator … Continue reading SPECIAL THREE DAYS
I spent most of my week in Marshall covering section high school sports at Southwest Minnesota State University. The last week of October and first week of November is full of playoff high school sports. I drove to SMSU this week, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This never gets old for me. I love it. SMSU has outstanding facilities to host the volleyball and football … Continue reading CRAZY FUN WEEK
If I wasn’t working in radio I think I would like to be a photographer! I enjoy looking at and taking pictures. When I see a picture that I like, I always study it. I look at what makes it unique and I look at the lighting and details of the picture like colors, brightness, textures and shapes. I also look for emotions in a … Continue reading PICTURE PERFECT
I’m going to celebrate a milestone today. This will be the 300th blog I have written since I started on December 27 2017. What a life experience this has been. It really has changed me and I am grateful to the people that encouraged me to start blogging. I looked over my 299 blogs this week and a few of them brought tears to my … Continue reading 300th BLOG
Every high school football game I broadcast I always try and have halftime guests. It’s a chance to highlight some other school activities going on and other sports that otherwise wouldn’t get radio coverage. Over the years I have had some memorable halftime guests and lots of fun interviewing student/athletes. Last Friday during the homecoming game at Lac qui Parle Valley I invited a couple … Continue reading HALFTIME GUESTS
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