Podcast Magazine has honored Billy O’Connor, “the Mick” of A Mick A Mook and A Mic, as one of the...
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A Mick A Mook and A Mic is pleased to provide its podcast fans with additional, entertaining content via our website. The blog section will showcase an array of blogs that are informative, witty, a little brash…and all-around great reads.
ME & VIN
by Charley Steiner
LA Dodger Broadcaster
When I was a 5-year old child, growing up on Long Island, playing stick ball on the street with the...
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Remembering Bill Russell – The Greatest Sports Champion Ever
by Gil Vieira
Bill Russell was the greatest basketball player of my youth and, by far, the greatest sports ‘Champion’ of my lifetime. ...
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ELVIS, ME & TCB
by Frank Pace
I just saw the feature film, ELVIS, which featured a career defining performance by Austin Butler as the King. The...
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LeBron Ruining the Lakers’ Legacy
In a sports sense, I hate the LA Lakers. I’ve been a Boston Celtics fan since the days of Bill...
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Remembering Harry Chapin by Roy Firestone
There’s so much darkness in the news. Murder. Frightening truths about a corrupt and vindictive former president. Hard economic times....
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On Watching a Day Game
I love summer…well, despite the oppressive heat and my aversion to it. But, besides that, I love summer. It’s just so...
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Celebrating the Birth of America: The Greatest Country Known to Man
With the Fourth of July approaching, I look forward to celebrating the birth of the greatest country in the history...
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Muhammad Ali and The Penguin
This is from memory, so the year will come to me later. My late partner Frank Shaw and I had...
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American Hypocrisy Extended to Sports
To be clear, I’m no longer a big golf fan. I haven’t followed golf intently since the days of Arnold...
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Going Home
Going home is almost always wonderful, except when it’s to grieve a loss of a loved one. Recently, I went...
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The Beat Goes On…
I spent one terrific Memorial Day, poolside, surrounded by my family, eating bbq and watching my two granddaughters play as...
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Remembering Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
As the son of a World War II veteran who is extremely proud to showcase Dad’s Purple Heart on my...
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On Discovering a Creator
Since the dawn of the internet we, as a civilization, have had basically the entirety of human knowledge and creation...
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…On Being Hot
Can you imagine if this essay was about what it’s like to be incredibly good looking? As the self-described “most...
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Anatomy of a Photo
Wearing jeans, a white scarf, and borrowed sandals, a 14-year-old American girl became the most famous unknown person in the world...
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Whiny NBA Duo Get Their Due
Yes, I’m a Boston Celtics fan. However, I guarantee you, the majority of NBA fans will agree with my following...
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LA Dodgers Roberts and Kershaw Perpetuate The Wussification of Pro Sports
With legendary Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew the guest on the ‘A Mick A Mook and A Mic’ podcast...
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ON UNCLE SAM THE TAX MAN
As soon as someone pointed out I should write a post about doing taxes, my mind splintered into a thousand...
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My Favorite NCAA Basketball Final Four…Was the Fix In?
Watching the recent NCAA Final Four, plus knowing UCLA basketball great, John Vallely, would be a guest soon on the...
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