Author Archives: joshuamach

Our ESPN personalities have given me much enjoyment throughout the course of my life, so much so that I can recognize the voice of who is talking when I am in a different room. Their voices give me comfort, happiness, and hope that things will go on as usual regardless of the adversity we areContinue reading “ESPN Has a Personality?”

Ever since March Madness cancelled, and the rest of the sports world shut took a hiatus I have been able to try some new things and find some new passions. I am a high school teacher and coach, so about the same time they called of the NCAA Men’s National Basketball Tournament we have beenContinue reading “Lack of Professional Sports = New Passions”

For basically my entire life (34 of my 37 years) I’ve been stuck in the Midwest bubble. We’re late on everything. Fashion trends, the latest popular music, and even the latest food trends. Heck, some of us will even be late for our own funerals. That’s probably a positive though. It hasn’t been all badContinue reading “Seeking: Male or Female to Burst My Bubble”

With Covid-19 taking over our lives, we have had to make major adjustments in the way we live and interact with others, as well as how we spectate sporting events. Viewership of sports has changed for better or for worse. Like marriage, there have been ups and downs, positives and negatives. A few areas inContinue reading “Remote Viewing and Production of Sports”

This post will will discuss my evaluation of the pac-12.com website. The areas in which the website will be evaluated include: ease of accessibility, ease of navigation, use of interactivity, use of video, and quality of content. Ease of Accessibility When looking at accessibility of the Pac-12 Conference website, I was looking for the websiteContinue reading “Website Evaluation: Pac-12.com”

I saw a tweet by ICE T on my timeline from a yesterday that said, ” Trust me…If we didn’t have cameras…This would ALL be denied.” I’m sure you understand what ICE T is referring to. I believe there is a lot of truth to his statement, and it really made me think deeper intoContinue reading “Social Media’s Impact in Sports”

For a 24-hour period, I participated in the technology deprivation experiment that required us to refrain from using email, texting, web browsing, social media platforms, podcasts, and Netflix type technologies. To be honest with you all, this experiment/assignment was something I was looking forward to doing for a couple of reasons. First, as a highContinue reading “Technology Deprivation”

Just to make sure you haven’t heard enough about Covid-19 over the last few months, I wanted to ask the coaches and educators of the class what their thoughts are about the return to sports and school. Is it feasible to start the 2020-2021 school year like any other school year? In my case thatContinue reading “Covid-19 Ramblings”