Nothing evokes March Madness like the sound of Bill Raftery’s high-decibel, catch-phrase-riddled commentary. But you might be surprised to know that he puts in a lot of hours outside of university basketball venues. He’ll do pretty much anything, as long as you provide the microphone and the ham sandwich. So I hired him to follow
Of the innumerable gimmicks that sports-marketing folks have dreamt up to keep people entertained during stoppages in play—from mascot fights to inconveniently timed coach interviews—the Kiss Cam reigns atop my list. When I go to a game, I always find myself looking forward to this moment, even when the game itself is interesting. It’s a
Monday night’s four-hour West Sunberry, PA Town Council meeting featured abundant citizen comment regarding youth athletics, and was capped with a vote to continue the time-honored tradition of awarding participation trophies to members of youth sports teams. Following more than three hours of debate, legislators ruled 5-2 in favor of continuing to award participation trophies
I am not a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Not anymore. I used to be, almost exclusively because I grew up just north of Pittsburgh, in a land where the Steelers mean more than most things to many people—a place where some people say shit like they “bleed black and gold.” In my hometown, Steelers fandom is
