Football Season is Finally HERE!!!

I appologize for not writing for a while. I took a week or so off from my internship and teen mission before moving back to Muncie. This week is my first week of classes back at Ball State. I'll try to update you on each of my classes in the next few days. However, I'd like to take this space to invite you to tune in tonight at 7 pm and listen to me and the rest of my crew as we bring you the action of Ball State football in its season opener against Northeastern University.

To listen you can click here or go to www.wcrd.net and click listen live. Once again...game time is at 7 and this will be an exciting one to listen to as the Cards are expected to put up some major points.

UK Basketball Facilities

Before I met coach Gillispie I had a chance to just walk around a little bit in the UK basketball practice facility. I took some pictures...here they are.

Obama the Antichrist?

Some in the Obama camp claim that this ad, paid for by John McCain, portrays Barack Obama as the Antichrist. I certainly see where they are coming from. An article about the ad on Time.com also points out that many are drawing comparisons between Obama and Nicolae Carpathia, the Antichrist character from the popular 1990's book series "Left Behind." Personally, I think this is ridiculous but probably a good strategy for a desperate John McCain. Share your thoughts- camandry@gmail.com

Meeting Billy Clyde

Today I accomplished one of my top goals for my summer in Lexington...I met Billy Clyde Gillispie...the coach for the University of Kentucky Wildcats basetball team. We did a sit down one-on-one interview with the head coach today about some basketball camps he is promoting in the coming weeks. He was exactly what I expected him to be...just plain ol' Billy Clyde. He wore golf shorts with loafers and no soaks. He tucked his UK polo shirt in but only to realize he had forgetten his belt. He talked about how much he and his staff just loved people and how he looked forward to making people's day when he shook thier hand. He was very engaging and an all around nice guy. In reality...he is the only way a coach named Billy Clyde could be...just plain and simple.

UK Football Coach Rich Brooks speaks at Rotary Club

I covered the annual event that is Rich Brooks speaking at the Rotaray Club. I really like Coach Brooks. He's an old school guy that doesn't put up with any nonsense. The event took place at the auction barn that has seen the likes of Big Brown and Seatle Slew trot through. I took a few pictures at the event.

Fishing with Grandad and Cody

During the few days when I was home early last week I got to go fishing with my Grandad and Cody. We didn't catch a ton of fish but I still really enjoyed just being on the lake with both of them. I took a few pictures of our adventure.

Anchoring 6 PM sportscast

Check out me anchoring the 6 PM sportscast at WKYT. I'm not sure why the picture is squeezed like it is but I'll try to get it straightened out in the next few days. Watch the segment here.

The Tire-Gauge Solution

I must admit that when I first heard Barack Obama was suggesting that if Americans would simply keep their tires fully inflated and take their vehicles in for regular tune-ups it would make a real difference in our demand for oil I laughed. I thought...how stupid is that idea. But then I read this article by Michael Grunwald on Time.com and it changed my perspective. I won't rehash the article...it's short and insightful and certainly worth 3 minutes of your time.

Andre Woodson Package

Check out my latest package. This one's about former UK quarterback Andre Woodson. He is now battling for a spot on the roster with the New York Giants. To watch, click here.

Reporting from Bengals Training Camp

Friday evening I went to Bengals training camp at Georgetown College for their intra-squad scrimmage. I interviewed running back Chris Perry and chatted with Chad Johnson (he is refusing to speak with the media this season). I also interviewed Marvin Lewis and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. Check out the story here.

27 Teams and 27 Cats in 27 Days

At WKYT the sports department took on a couple of huge projects for the month of August. The first is 27 teams in 27 days (WKYT is channel 27). Starting this evening and for the next 26 days WKYT will run a package on a different high school football team. Now...let me tell you how big this project is. It involved contacting and setting up a time for 27 high school football coaches along with 2 players from each team to sit down for an interview. It then involved going to practice and pulling past game film of all 27 teams. Overall it's a huge undertaking but and great idea and the execution is going wonderful so far.

The second project is also a big undertaking. It's 27 cats in 27 days. Starting Monday and running for 27 consecutive days there will be a package running on the evening newscast highlighting 27 UK football players. This was not quite as huge an undertaking but it's still pretty amazing. There's also a little surprise that I've been instructed not to share so the competition doesn't hear about it.

Overall...I think it's projects like these that make WKYT 27 Sports First the number one station in Lexington.

Randy Moss Does NASCAR?!?

Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss took on a new task over the off season. He bought a NASCAR truck series team and the team made its debut a few weeks ago at Kentucky Speedway. I was there for the spectacle. Here are a few pictures.

I'm Back

Hey everyone! It's been several days since I last updated you here on my blog and I apologize for that. Last week I was at a week of camp in northeastern Ohio at Elkhorn Valley Christian Service Camp. It was a wonderful week with a great group of 7th and 8th graders and superb faculty.

There were 43 campers at the week and they were so generous in their offering! I really enjoyed getting to know all of the students and all in all it was a really good week of camp.

A few highlights for me from the week:
1. Dustin (a 7th grader who was a great (although very little) guy) deciding to give his life to Jesus.
2. The wonderful offering that the students gave for Teen Mission
3. The new friends I made (especially the faculty from Fri st Christian Church from Barnsville, OH)
4. The awesome high ropes course! I'll explain it to you...There were three stations that we did. The first was a zip line which was about 100 yards long. You climbed a tree to platform about 35 feet high. Then you were hooked on to the zip line with your harness and you simply jumped and let gravity do the rest. For the second station there was a log about 25 feet long hung between two trees at a height of about 35 feet. You hooked on to a pulley system and climbed up a tree and tight walked the log. I was pretty scared of this one but it was fun. The last station was very similar to the second expect instead of a log it was simply a wire. It was really cool!
5. The awesome slip and slide! This slip and slide was probably 100 yards long and it was permanent. There was a water pump with a pipe that pumped the water from a pond all the way to the top. Then you went down the slide and ramped into the pond.

I really had a good time and it was a really nice way to end my summer full of church camps!

I'll be updated you on more of what's been going on in the next few days.