OMG, High School Football starts next Thursday!!! Man, I am excited and can’t wait. It will be my 5th year as a Television statistician for Thursday Night Lights on CW35 and 17th year with the Texas Sports Radio Network. The Thursday Nights Lights broadcasters this year are going to Don Harris from WOAI and…
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Flipping a SWITCH – Managing 4 JOBS
NOTE: This BLOG was previously published on mdlblog.com on December 14, 2012 and was also featured as a guest post on my mother-in-law’s blog, SJdriscoll.com. I am reprinting it here in its entirety just as it was published last December. Just like many Americans, I have more than one job…actually, I got 4 jobs!! I have a full-time…
how i got started as a tv statistician
I read a press release in 2009 on the San Antonio Express News that KMYS was going to be broadcasting Thursday night high school football games on television. I was excited and wanted to become the statistician. Even though I have made a lot of football contacts over the years, I didn’t know anybody at the station or know…
How I got started as a Radio Statistician
High School football season starts in 19 days, so I thought I would share how I got started as statistician for radio. I was the Manager of the Clark high school basketball team from 1991-1995. I filmed all the varsity games and kept score and operated the scoreboard at the freshmen and junior varsity games. It was…
the converse judson rockets
I really wanted to publish this particular BLOG POST on the same day the San Antonio Express News had their little blurb about the Judson Rockets in their Pre-Season Rankings, but man, to be honest, I couldn’t hold onto this any longer!! I got a planned BLOG schedule in my brain and if doesn’t go down as I…
Inside Access – Alamo Stadium/Alamo Convocation Center
In my most recent Alamo Stadium BLOG, I told you that I emailed the San Antonio Independent School District athletic office. I didn’t really know what to expect and when I saw a reply (almost immediate I must say) from the Assistant Athletic Director, Brian Clancy, I was shocked but also very happy. After several…
Mark’s TOP 10 High School Football PRE-SEASON RANKINGS
Why is Mark releasing a Top 10 list in June? Well, the main reason is I want to beat the San Antonio Express before they publish theirs. Score ONE FOR MARK!!! If you click on the school, it will bring up there 2013 High School football schedule (courtesy of Jay Tope from SAsports.com). No, I…
San Antonio High School Football All-Star game
On Saturday, I was at Heroes stadium (which is less than 5 miles from my house) for the San Antonio High School All-Star football game. Yep, football in May!! It actually MARKS an end to the 2012 season and at the same time it also MARKS the start to the 2013 High School football season!! …
high school football
Yesterday, when Ernie Zuniga tagged me in a photo on Facebook along with several other TV folks from Fox 29, I knew that could only mean one thing…THE TV THURSDAY NIGHTS LIGHTS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. I know many Facebooker’s were probably wondering who the heck is Mark Lieberman and was it a typo? Well,…
Bracket FINALLY got Busted
My NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket was finally busted as the team I picked to win lost last night to the Louisville Cardinals. Yes, folks, I am talking about the University of Michigan Wolverines. I gotta be brutally honest, I just picked them out of thin air. I didn’t watch hoards and hoards of college…
St. Anthony Yellow Jacket Basketball – HONOREES
I wasn’t surprised when I saw a Twitter update on Saturday from St. A’s Basketball (@JacketsHoops) about Jackson Becker, Khalil Howard, David Wright, and Brandon Armstrong. Two of them made the All-District 1st team and the other two made the All-District 2nd team…and one even made the All-State 1st team!!! That is really impressive and…
Baseball at the Alamodome…IT REALLY HAPPENED…this is not an April Fools Day PRANK
This is not a cruel prank since it is April Fools Day…baseball at the Dome really happened. On Saturday March 31st, I dragged my wife and my parents to the Alamodome for a pre-season baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres. Yes folks, a baseball game at the Dome…that is not…
St. Anthony Basketball Wrap-Up
In January and February, I was “the unofficial BEAT writer” for the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets basketball team. I got the invite from Kevin Smisek, the St. Anthony head coach. Well folks, I had an absolutely wonderful and amazing time watching the action, taking a bunch of photos, chattin’ with Coach Smisek, talking up a…
2013 NCAA Bracket
I am a HUGE sports fan, but I try my best not to overwhelm my wife with sports this and sports that!!! So, with that being said, I will not be filling out a bracket for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Sorry to disappoint everyone, so just deal with it. Even when I did fill out…
St. Anthony VS Brownsville St. Joseph
On Friday night, I was at the University of Incarnate Word for the TAPPS District 2-5A Tournament between the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets and the Brownsville St. Joseph Bloodhounds. Yes, folks, they are the Bloodhounds. I double checked!!! This was my time seeing a Bloodhound as a mascot. I have seen the Gobblers (Cuero), the…
St. Anthony Vs Austin St. Michael’s Crusaders
Last Wednesday, I was at the good ole confides of The Hive as the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets played the Austin St. Michael’s Crusaders. At last week’s game at UIW against the Buttons from Central Catholic, I felt like crap!! I am feeling much better today (I was diagnosed with Acute Bronchitis at Impact…
2013 national signing day
On Wednesday, February 6th, several San Antonio High School football players signed a football scholarship to attend college and play football. This marks a HUGE day for the Colleges and the Universities throughout the country as they get a fresh crop of talent. Friends, family members, and coaches celebrate as the local media act like…
St. Anthony VS Central Catholic
I know I missed a crazy game last Saturday when St. Anthony played at Austin St. Michaels. Coach Smisek tweeted, “We were up 19 at half and lost the lead with 8.67 seconds left in the game. Yellow Jacket Freshman Brandon Armstrong put back at the buzzer gave us a tough road District win.” That…
St. Anthony VS San Marcos Home School
Last Wednesday, I was at St. Anthony Catholic School for a High School basketball game between the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets and the San Marcos Home School Panthers. Yes, I said a basketball game not a football game! I wasn’t doing stats nor was I getting any money out of it!!I was there cause I…
St Anthony Yellow Jackets
I am a statistician for High School football games on television for CW35 (4 years) and radio for the Texas Sports Radio Network (16 years). During the past 2 seasons, I wrote articles for each game I worked. I promoted them on Facebook, Twitter, and also the San Antonio Express News (I commented on the…