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Lance

On air: 3-6pm on ESPN 1530, 6pm-9pm on 700 WLW

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Weekday host of Sports Talk, 6-9pm, on 700 WLW. Weekday host, 3-6pm, on ESPN 1530, during baseball season. Weekday host of Inside Pitch, Reds pregame show on 700 WLW.

He insists hes got the best job going....and who is to argue? He gets paid to talk about the teams he grew up with in Cincinnati. He painted his face for the Freezer Bowl and watched Pete get hits 3,000 and 4,192 in person. His broadcast career originated with weekly calls to WLW Sports Talk to talk circles around Bob Trumpy. When he wasn't bugging neighbor Marty Brennaman to sign his 1976 Reds Greatest Hits album, he was playing for Cincinnati's 1977 dynasty little league team, Wicks Good Food and Booze. Being cut from his high school baseball team, as a left handed shortstop, opened the door to doing radio at his high school station. After graduation from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana in 1984 it was onto Butler University. His TV sports anchor career began at WSBT-TV in South Bend and took him to CLTV in Chicago. The highlight of his broadcast career was winning a Midwest Emmy for Chicago Bulls coverage. Eventually he left to do radio with Norm Van Lier at WMVP AM 1000 in Chicago. Then it was back home to Cincinnati in 1997. He resides in Northern Kentucky. Wife Kelly was his intern in Chicago (insert own joke here). He has two children, Casey 12, and Peyton 10. In 2003 Casey received a bone marrow transplant that saved his life after being diagnosed with AML leukemia. Lance is the proud owner of the St. Pete Roses, his fantasy baseball team for the past 20 years. In 2006 he played on the Reds Baseball Heaven Championship team with his father. Despite injury a hamstring that limited him to a DH role, he hit a crisp .500 (14 for 28) for the week. In November of 2008, after fainting in the emergency room, Lance's heart stopped and he flat lined for 60-seconds. That day Lance received the ultimate conversation starter, a pacemaker. Like the watch, he keeps on ticking today.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bracket racket

Lunardi: UC 9 seed, XU last four in. He has UC vs 8 seed Kansas St, in Greensboro with 1 seed North Carolina.

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Check 'em out

The Reds sent me images of their season tickets.
Seven different players are featured.
Major props on these designs to Jansen Dell from the Reds Creative Services Dept.

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MLB 2K '12

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Reds

Madson on walk-in music: 'I don't want any'
CBS Sports
Last year, Madson entered games to "Don't Stop Believing'." Theoretically, he could do the same this year, since the song isn't exactly tied to Philadelphia.
But Madson said he doesn't want it. In fact, when the Reds asked him what song he wanted, he said he told them he didn't want anything.
"I just want to go out there and get three outs," Madson said Thursday morning.
Madson is in good spirits, despite some elbow soreness that has kept him out of early Cactus League games, and despite a winter that saw him leave the Phillies after talks about a multiyear contract strangely fell through.
"I'm a simple guy from California," he said.

Talented Reds have more help on the way
MLB.com
One of the finest pitching arms I have observed this spring has belonged to right-hander Daniel Corcino, who throws a two-seam and a four-seam fastball as well as a slider and a changeup. A native of the Dominican Republic, he can bring the fastball up to 95 mph.

Rest ordered for Bray

Doc: Same swing, fewer misses for Stubbs?

Feeling strong, Arroyo sees velocity spike

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Did you miss it?

Boomer Esiason joined me on Sports Talk last night to discuss Peyton Manning, bounties in the NFL and the Bengals. Listen HERE.

Seg sat down and talk with Charlie Coles yesterday afternoon.
Charlie talked about life, coaching and his future. Great stuff.
Listen HERE.

NFL

Mock Draft: Reshuffling the deck post-combine
Charlie Casserly, NFL Network

Pick No. 17
CIN
Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
Jenkins has fine coverage skills, but he must prove he's beyond all the off-the-field issues that got him kicked out of Florida.

Pick No.21
CIN
Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
The draft's second-best running back posted a blazing 4.40 at the combine.

Reedy: Pressley agrees to extension

Reedy: Time running out for Bengals and Nelson

Must watch

New contract emotional for Arian Foster

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MLB

Why the universal DH will be baseball's next big controversy
Big League Stew
Make no mistake: This is going to be a huge controversy on par with steroid users in the Hall of Fame, losing an entire World Series to a labor stoppage and Pete Rose's lifetime ban from baseball. Unlike adding an extra two wild cards or telling a team like the Astros to move to another league, people will have very long and lasting opinions about this. They will not initially disagree and then move on to the next thing once it becomes clear there's no way of curbing progress they don't agree with. Nope, people will dig their heels in on this one and take a stance they might not ever leave. It is definitely going to cost the sport some fans.

Which end of the bat is up?
Hitting production from pitchers in 2011

Average NL team
.142 BA (299 AB), 2 HR, 17 RBI, 114 K, 12 BB

Hitting production from Reds pitchers in 2011
.168 BA (304 AB), 2 HR, 14 RBI

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March Madness

Basketball king again in Cincinnati
The Record staff editoral
Finally, following roughly four years of rebuilding, it’s finally safe to say that University of Cincinnati basketball is back.
It’s been a long road, and the Cincinnati faithful had to suffer through a few painful seasons, but, at long last, it appears that the Bearcats are once again a name called annually on Selection Sunday.

Hoard: Wright feels alright

Lundari bracketology update: XU last four in

Palm bracket: UC 10 seed, XU 11 seed

A-10 should go on the offensive
Andy Katz, ESPN
The Atlantic 10 needs to go on the offensive because it could potentially get poached by the MWC-CUSA merger. Charlotte is ripe for the picking since the 49ers are going to Division I football. The A-10 actually would be better if it was slimmed down by a few teams from 14. But losing Temple for 2013-14 isn’t the answer. The A-10 could definitely use a marquee program in the footprint (like VCU or Old Dominion).

FS Ohio: Frease ready for one last run

South Dakota is on board!
Wall Stree Journal
Now that South Dakota is on the board, Maine is the only state that has truly failed to land a bid. Alaska hasn't made it either, but it has an excuse: It has no D-I men's basketball teams.