Patella, Tuna, and Dolphins

Basketball is my favorite sport, right after football. And Alonzo Mourning is one of my favorite basketball players. I got to meet him this summer while producing a half-hour show on Zo’s Summer Groove, and was thoroughly impressed by the kind of man and basketball player that he is. Not only is he an athlete, but he’s a community leader as well. So watching him go down on the hardwood last night was not an easy thing. It was replayed over and over again in evening newscasts, even circled and highlighted to show how his knee got hurt. Ari Odzer, an avid basketball fan who knows a thing or two about serious knee injuries, is on the Zo story tonight at 7pm.

Another big sports story that we’re all over tonight is about a big Tuna. Who is that? Even though I follow football, I must’ve missed the day they explained why Bill Parcells is nicknamed The Tuna. Either way, Adam Kuperstein says that “this Tuna is Dolphin friendly”… he’ll be reporting at 6pm, and look for the return of Not Your Average Joe tonight at 7pm.

November 1st

It’s November 1st. Did you know that? Have you had a chance to stop and take a look at a calendar recently? I certainly haven’t. Where has the year gone? Halloween was spent thinking about a storm that wouldn’t be hitting us, but would keep us on our toes. Even though we weren’t in the cone, as a newsroom, we stayed on top of every development… and putting together our newscasts meant several minutes dedicated to our weather plus team, and the reporters outside blowing in the wind.

Now it’s a new month… and the first day of sweeps. Probably doesn’t mean much to you at home other than all sorts of fun episodes of your favorite TV shows. And in newsrooms, it means all sorts of special reports (I know you’ve seen the promos). It also means that everyone is back from vacation. Sweeps month means all hands on deck, so for the next 30 days, no one will be on taking a day off, and we’ll be fully staffed. Thank goodness for that.

November 1st also means the Miami Heat. First home game tonight… and a brand new episode of one of my favorite NBC6 shows (after SFL Nightly News of course)… Access Heat. Sharon Lawon will be live at Bongo’s tonight before the game, and make sure to tune in at 7:30pm for Access Heat.

It’s been a fairly quiet morning… but once everyone comes in for their night shifts at 2:30pm… I’m sure that will change.