60 BIRTHDAYS 60 SPORTS WISHES

I am not one of those people who shy away from their birthday because the numbers keep going upward. As I always say "You wake-up You win!™" and I wish my Mother could have seen sixty, even 50. So I'm blessed and thank GOD everyday I get one.

Elementary School Maysville, Ky.

So as I reflect on 60 years on this earth (Sunday) I have 60 sports wishes that I'd like to share:
1)  The Bengals make the playoffs again
2)  The Bengals win playoff games
3)  Marvin Lewis gets the respect he deserves
4)  Tommy Tuberville stays at UC for ten more years
5)  UC receives a bid to a power conference
6)  Michigan beats Ohio State
7)  Participation Trophies are eliminated
8)  Parents let kids enjoy playing sports without imposing their unfulfilled dreams upon them
9)  I get to do full time broadcast work
10) The NFL continues to go global

With The Cobra, Dave Parker, a class act

11) The NBA allows high school players to enter the league like they can the military
12) The Miami Heat make the playoffs
13) The U (Miami) returns to football prominence
14) LeBron James keeps doing great things on the court
15) LeBron James keeps doing great things off the court
16) Ten athletes match LeBron's level of giving
17) Inner city schools keep enough kids interested in sports to maintain teams
18) The coaching ranks on the pro level interview and hire minority coaches consistently
19) Pro athletes start preparing for their post sports career while they're playing
20) UC Basketball continues its ascension of success

The Prime Time Sports Show was a great 8 year run!

21) UC basketball builds a new facility called "The Big Orena"
22) Ickey Woods continues his life as a pitch man on Madison Avenue
23) The Reds hire Hall of Famer Barry Larkin
24) Barry hires former Reds Teammates who already know how to win at the major league level
25) The Reds Caravan stops in Maysville, KY
26) Milt Stegall gets a job with one of the NFL in-studio shows
27) Tiger Woods finds a way to get his mojo back
28) The Bengals win this Sunday as a birthday gift to me
29) Kentucky and Louisville renew their rivalry for 100 years
30) The Crosstown Shootout never leaves UC and Xavier's campus

Celebrating my 2nd Place Finish at the Marty Brennaman Golf Classic 

31) Venus and Serena never have to play each other unless it's in the finals
32) More young minorities take up golf, tennis and lacrosse
33) Floyd Mayweather acknowledge that Muhammad Ali is the greatest not him
34) Boxers from Cincinnati present themselves free from negative images
35) Marvin Lewis continues to do great things in our community and other coaches follow
36) Anthony Munoz keeps investing in our community and other local athletes follow
37) LaRosas's keeps the pizza promotions for strikeouts at the Reds games.
38) Montgomery Inn stays home to the coaches shows
39) The Reds get another All-Star Game within ten years
40) Pete Rose gets reinstated into the nobody's perfect Hall of Fame

On the Shaker Run Golf Course with Houston Texan Johnathan Joseph and Former Bengal Artrell Hawkins

41) Charles Barkley stays on TV so we can continually hear "Turrible"
42) TNT Sports never breaks up the team of Ernie, Charles and Kenny
43) NFL Ticket and Red Zone becomes standard
44) NBA Ticket becomes standard
45) Apple TV makes all sports part of their streaming
46) The Bengals win a Super Bowl in the next few years
47) Track and Field becomes a prime time sports platform in America
48) Morehead State Football returns to Division one scholarship football
49) Princeton high school football returns to its rightful and competitive place
50) I play more golf next year; way more golf next year

Ring Announcer for Golden Boy Promotions in Cincinnati

51) I get to attend the Masters Golf Tournament
52) The Bengals build a Bengals Football Hall of Fame
53) Barry Bonds becomes a Hall of Famer
54) Marty Brennaman never retires from the broadcast booth
55) Dusty Baker gets back in baseball as a manager
56) Billy Hamilton makes base stealing popular with kids
57) RBI attracts more inner city kids to baseball
59) Norwood Lateral is renamed Oscar Robertson Exchange
60) You share and subscribe to my blog

Yes I love sports and if you took the time to read my list you probably love sports too. You might even share in some of my wishes. That's the way I see it Sitting in The Box Seat.