>> Number one, I grew up in the Washington area, and I was very lucky when I was young
because my mother in particular took me to a lot of different museums in the DC area, and,
of course, the nation's capital, stocked with museums, and I really got to learn a lot
of different things that other kids don't, and I became very interested in.
Like, for instance, the Museum of American History.
I really got into that.
I got into space exploration was big at that time.
So I became curious about those types of issues and sports as well, of course.
My father sort of indoctrinated me into sports, and I became hooked
as a Redskins fan in the early 70's.
So school wise, I started writing for my high school newspaper.
University of Maryland, where I earned two bachelor's degrees.
I started writing for the school newspaper there, "The Diamondback",
and I was mostly a sports reporter there.
And then it just kind of snowballed from there.
I wrote for a local paper, and just had been involved in that type of work
for nearly three decades, and it's just a real passion of mine.
Temple University, in earning a sports management degree, I also branched out
and took some classes in the journalism school, the law school just to get my feet wet
in a few other areas and just to, but I've stayed with journalism.
Communications really, and a lot of people switch careers, but I've stayed with that.