Big Man Blogging

To their son’s this Father’s day My deepest Condolences.  Know that I am among the many young men your Father’s inspired.  

Jim McKay on Saturday’s, in my youth in Canton, Ohio was the only white man in the Barbershop as we watched ABC’S Wide World of Sports on the small 13 inch Black and White TV.

Mounted in the corner above the Soda Machine, the Picture would get fuzzy if all the clippers were going at once, a haircut might take a while if Muhammad Ali or some other hero of our era was on.  We had to watch and McKay narrated those moments of my coming of age.

Tim Russert helped to fuel my passion for Political coverage and analysis.  I can’t count the times on sunday mornings I awoke ready for the Battle that would take place on Meet the Press.  Get em Russert!  You know he’s lying!  I’d be shouting at the TV, and as fast as I could think it, Russert would follow up and nail the evasive Politician, usually with the Politician’s own words.  Classic!

I imagine you too are having some great conversation right now, swapping stories and perhaps trying to convince God to give you an exclusive!

No one will ever replace either of you, for us who practice in your profession, we can only aspire…

it’s a big man’s world, it’s a big man blogging