Football Family Reunion
Cesar Rodney High School athlete Eric Kobus's father did not get to see him play football or basketball during Eric's senior season because he served in the first Iraq war. Eric's appearance in a high school football all-star game in the summer of 1991 takes on extra meaning because his father gets to watch.
Senior Olympian Ed Matthews
A story for WMDT about a then-71-year-old senior olympian in Salisbury, Md.
Chernoff's Boxing Gym
A story for WMDT about a local boxing gym in Salisbury, MD reported some time in 1990.
Lo Knows
Back when Nike aired series of commercials starring Bo Jackson in different sports settings it called "Bo knows," John did a take-off on that in a story for WMDT about a Seaford High School (Delaware) multi-sport star named Lovett Purnell, who later played in the NFL himself.
Swamp Creek Muzzleloaders
John noticed something in the local newspaper sports section day about something called the Swamp Creek Muzzleloaders. He had no idea what that was. And made a story for WMDT of finding out.
Wicomico Hunt Club
This sports story for WMDT prompted the station's consultant to suggest that I consider leaving sports to do feature reporting. Turns out that feature reporters for local TV news became more of an endangered species than sports reporters.
1989 Budweiser 500 at Dover Downs
One of the first professional sporting events John covered as a professional TV sports reporter for WMDT. Dale Earnhardt won NASCAR's Budweiser 500 at Dover Downs in June 1989.
Dover Sportscast - June 1989
A sportscast from John's first job in television news. WMDT produced a newscast out of its bureau in Dover, Del., for which John anchored the sports.