Once upon a time ago there once was a man who spoke his
mind, and did it with S-A-T words that most of us had to go and look up in
dictionaries, only problem was, that we didn't know how to SPELL the damn words
that he was using!
We lost Howard Cosell back in 1995 due to a heart attack at
the age of 77... and in that lost was the most prolific sports caster we knew
of our generation.
His voice, his cadence, the way he spoke, was a package that
was often imitated, but never duplicated.
The one constant with Cosell was his ability to just speak
his mind, and not worry about who he was going to offend, or step on toes, be
it the fan or the athlete he was talking about.
Most often though-- he offended the sports fan, because he
"told it like it was"... and never backed off his opinion, be it with
the Muhammad Ali situation in 1968, when he refused induction into the United
States Army for duty in Viet Nam, or if it was seeing a running back make his
way up the gridiron calling him a little monkey!
Now that got him fired.. but the fact is.. he once called
his grandchildren little monkeys and that was a term of endearment.
In any case, that brings us to now!
A radio show, something that has no pictures, other than
what we can let you see with your minds eye, and a show that talks about
sports-- but more importantly a show that tells it like it is. No fluff,
nothing to hold us accountable because we are a flagship station for what ever professional
team we have to talk about.
Seriously, if you are the flagship station of the NFL, NBA,
MLB, or NHL team in your town, and you are paid by that team to air your games,
or better yet you paid them to produce the games, then you are a little careful
of what you say about them.
In our case, we aren't that way, we have no allegiance to a
specific team. WE are a fan of the games, be it football, baseball, hockey, or
basketball.
BUT! IF you suck as a team, or you have made bonehead
mistakes on the field or off the field, or your management does some really
stupid stuff, we are going to call you out, and we will do it with facts and
not just spouting off from the top of our heads without thinking about it.
I have listened to enough sports talk radio, and been a part
of talk radio in the 4th largest radio market in the country, and I have had to
endure the likes of those who think that they are experts in the field of
sports. Funny thing is, most of them never picked up a ball or a bat, or a
stick and played the game outside of high school or pick up games.
Its a different beast when you step between the lines of a
professional field, and think that you know what goes on in the minds of those
who actually played the games.
I for one will always ask those who DID play the games, but
my opinion is more about the business side of the game, or the likely hood that
I know someone who is or was a professional athlete and in that particular
sport and ask them for their response! I am a believer of asking the questions
and getting the answers.
NOW as for standing on a soap box and airing my opinion of
what I THINK needs to happen in sports or with a team, that goes without
saying- thats the same as anyone of you that want to sit around a table and
have a conversation about certain teams or games or whatever!
Questions such as, do you think that Tony Romo deserved the
contract extension or did Elvis Andrus deserve his 120 million dollar contract,
or what about having Brendan Morrow trade to Pittsburgh for youth, do you think
that the Dallas Mavericks will EVER see another championship in their midst or
were they like the New York Jets and be one and done?
Do you think that Bull Durham is the best sports movie ever-
or maybe Raging Bull, what about For the Love of the Game, maybe Remember the
Titans.. .what was YOUR favorite?
Those are the things we are going to talk about and get to
know YOU about more, when we have you text us or "chat" with us while
we are on the air.
Log on to learn more, hear more, and be entertained more, on
Davradio Productions... www.davradioproductions.com and find out what Dave
Michaels has to say!
Its just a thought!
