Fun experiment in prepcasting

Updated on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 9:40 AM by Logan Molen

Louis Amestoy has always amazed me with his creativity, tenacity and commitment to taking fresh approaches to journalism to Southern California communities big and small. I’ve known Louis for a few years, and he's always cooking up something.

His latest experiment is a Friday night online prep-football vidcast for the Riverside Press-Enterprise's localized version of the robust HSGameTime prep site. Louis and co-”anchor” Dave Zink deliver a wild 2-hour ride of scores, video, staff interviews, listener calls and chat-room highlights, all built on Louis’ sweat and a mostly ball-and-twine suite of free software.

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Five NFL predictions

Updated on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM by Logan Molen

Updated on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM by Logan Molen

The regular season is finally here. And I'm more excited in years, given the Packers level of play. So, thought I'd toss out five predictions about the upcoming season:

1) The Packers will surprise a lot of people. Yes, some respected national media folk have picked them to make the Super Bowl, but I think they're still under the radar somewhat given all the focus on Brett Favre landing in Minnesota and Jay Cutler settling in Chicago. Overnight, the NFC North became the hottest division in football. But the Pack will fight its way to the division title, and into the Super Bowl (against either San Diego or Pittsburgh).

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Giving the Jam some props

Updated on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:18 AM by Logan Molen

OK, a few days ago, I pretty much slammed the Bakersfield Jam for what I thought were some goofy decisions in asking its season-ticket holders and the media to help it select a new head coach.

Still a bad idea.

But, Jam owner Stan Ellis also has unveiled a very innovative plan to make the NBA D League team profitable out of the gate this upcoming season, its first in a privately funded two-story basketball center out in north Bakersfield.

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