Forgive me for the unbalanced magnets as the Kate Gordon in Oklahoma City is playing hide and seek right now.
From the first phone conversation with Chris Graham, which took 26 minutes for me to answer his first question, it just felt right. When you add to it that even after we stopped working together on a regular basis, I still turn to Chris when I have a big enough story, like some of the ones above, he is still the editor of choice.
The season of Virginia Tech softball, in which we teamed up for both the Regional and Super Regional, was a blast, but then again, most everything we touched was a treat. The two ACC Men’s Basketball tournaments down in Greensboro allowed me to create the Eight is Enough story in 2015, and the publishing of the Alan Knight story assisted us in getting Coach into the Hall of Fame.
Interviewing Thad Lewis while wearing my Thad Lewis jersey was a memory for sure, but so was working alongside Jay Bilas and Mike Gmenski. The year of broadcasting Waynesboro Little Giants football was an experience plus the year of working together with the Waynesboro Generals is priceless.
We spent some time working on circulation for their Magazine back in the day as well. Podcasts numbering well into the hundreds, including one from Germany and one from Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Life in the Big Top was quite possibly the peak of my career, and the Kate Gordon Home Run in OKC was my most read story, ever. He ran with my Frank Beamer story and helped get the word out on Joe Goddard as well.
Thanks for the memories and for the bigger stage !
Who knows, maybe we will cross paths again next Friday night when Duke University travels up to the Grounds to play UVA.
