Tag: Carter Thomson

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Mock Draft 1.0

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*Note: These picks are made based on what I think the teams should pick from what I have been reading from many other NFL Insiders that have been talking to scouts and team personnel. These are my thoughts after compiling results from previous mock drafts from experts in the field. These are not necessarily predictions on what teams will do because I don’t have that kind of insider knowledge. Please still enjoy as my picks have been well researched.

This was a really fun experience for me to make my own, first ever mock draft for the NFL. I’ve always read a lot of mock drafts that lead up to draft day, but I’ve never been this engaged in the process until I started broadcasting with WSUM, so this was a great experience. Please enjoy.

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Personal

Personal Inspiration as a Broadcaster

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As an aspiring sports broadcaster, there are many reporters or on-air personalities who I could look up to and try to model myself after. What I like to listen to as a viewer is someone that has their own unique style when broadcasting. There is Mike Breen, an NBA play-by-play announcer who has his signature call “BANG” when a player makes a three-point shot or starts to “heat up” as they say in basketball. It makes the moment that much better to experience with that call. Joe Buck who knows when to fluctuate the volume of his voice at the right moments in any sport he broadcasts. While those two are a few of my favorites, my all-time, go to broadcaster that I looked up to ever since I was young was Chris Berman. To me, there was so much to learn from him as he seemed to check all the boxes of what anyone would want to listen to in a broadcaster.

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Sports Opinion

The Backlash to Retiring Early in the NFL

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Chris Borland was one of my favorite linebackers to watch growing up as not only a young Wisconsin Badger fan but an avid player of the game as well. Watching him play as a freshman and sophomore in high school was really inspiring because of how fast he played the game, how well he played the game and he played it in the right way I used to think with how he tackles. He seemed to be one of those players that had to work hard to get where he was and he respected everyone else he was competing against which is how every young player wants to be if they aren’t born with all the talent in the world, they have to work towards it. Continue reading “The Backlash to Retiring Early in the NFL” →

Sports Opinion

Where Does the Buck Stop?

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The Milwaukee Bucks released earlier this week that star forward Jabari Parker will be returning this Friday, February 2, from his second ACL surgery to play the New York Knicks at home and will most likely be limited in playing time when he returns. This will be a rare sight for Milwaukee fans as the trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jabari Parker and Khris Middleton take the floor at the same time for the first time in over two years. In fact, under the tenure of recently fired head coach Jason Kidd, in that four years that same trio has played only 11% of the total minutes together. One of the push backs for firing Kidd was he never had his three stars healthy at the same time. Nevertheless, without Kidd behind the wheel the Bucks have won 4 in a row and things are looking up. Continue reading “Where Does the Buck Stop?” →