By SCOTT MORGANROTH
At 60-years old, the fire inside is burning!
That’s been the story for me in 2023.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Jacksonville for the Jaguars playoff run in January for the Jaguars playoff run.
Then, had to go to Wisconsin unexpectedly do to the untimely passing of my father in law.
In addition, there were three weeks spent at the Daytona International Speedway, where I had the opportunity to cover three races, including the Rolex 24 Hours and the Daytona 500.
But last week, Candy Ebling had to pinch-hit on my broadcasts on Wednesday and Thursday Nights.
When I mapped out what I had to do, I knew it was going to be a challenge, but it was necessary to get things accomplished with all the organizations I deal with.
I departed Deerfield Beach on Wednesday to take a two day trip to Tampa.
On Thursday Night, the Detroit Red Wings came to town to face the Tampa Bay Lighting.
I’ll be writing a separate story on this trip.
But it was neat to see my Red Wings colleagues.
The Red Wings did lose the game 5-0 in their final regular season contest of the year.
On Friday, thankfully, I checked out of my hotel 90 minutes early because I needed every minute of that to return to Fort Lauderdale as the I-75 stretch on Alligator Alley had many delays due to road work,
Thankfully, My photographer Candy Ebling and I were able to make it to the Miami Hurricanes Spring Football Game at 6 PM and the game started at 7:30 PM DRV PNK Stadium.
We had lots of good interviews as you’re going to see in this story.
If you’re going to have a quick turnaround, then there is no better way to do it than Boca Raton, Florida as the FAU Owls had their Spring Football Game Saturday at Noon.
Another productive day as you’re going to see in the videos.
It only took me just a matter of minutes to realize that the Owls made a great hire landing Coach Tom Herman.
He’s intelligent and candid. I’m definitely looking forward to working with him as we shook hands when he left the interview room. I had some questions for the coach and his answers were awesome!
I feel fortunate to be working with the Hurricanes and Owls.
I plan to cover all Hurricanes games as well as other media availability’s I can get to in Coral Gables, FL.
As for FAU, I’m looking forward to covering more practices and making games where there is no conflict with the Canes. In such a case, my writer David Volz will be there.
The weekend ended with the Miami Marlins hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at 1:40 PM.
This was an opportunity to see the new look Marlins and have an opportunity to scrutinize MLB’s new rule changes.
Like the Red Wings and Lighting, the game ended 5-0, but it was the visiting Diamondbacks getting the win against reigning Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara.
In the end, these are the types of weekends that you need to continue to see your colleges and media distribution partners.
When you lose the desire to go to events to continue to cover them and network, then it’s time to retire.
As you can tell, I’m nowhere close to retiring!
The fire burns deep and it will until I eventually wind up in heaven!
Scott Morganroth can be reached at southfloiridatribune@gmail.com and you can see his broadcasts by Subscribing to the South Florida Tribune You Tube Channel.
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