It's every fan's dream: you get picked to take one shot from the middle of the court, and if you make it, you win ... something pretty great. But in this glorious age of online video, you also win eternal glory.
When those Friday night lights go bright and the Arkansas High School Razorbacks take the field, one of the youngest play-by-play announcers in the country is behind the mic on Eagle 106.3 and KYGL.com.
It’s a big day for High School Athletes around the area and the country. Its National Signing Day. Student athletes are signing letters of intent to play sports at colleges and universities.
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Locally here are some of the athletes who signed today:
Arkansas High
Bailey Nicholas-Softball with Bossier Parish Community C
I read the article in today's Gazette announcing that longtime Sports Director Johnny Green has presided over his last Sports Section of the local paper. If my math is correct, he has been doing this for about 50 years. The paper reported that Johnny started at the paper in 1962...alright, 49 years. Why not wait til an even 50?
Most people watching 'ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball' game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets knew that the reason the crowd suddenly erupted into cheers was because they had just found out Osama Bin Laden had been shot dead by American special forces.