Andrew Epperley

ESPN Radio??

Well, yesterday I am sitting bored at work and I decide to go internship browsing since I hadn’t heard anything back from FC Dallas. I found that ESPN Radio in Dallas is one of the big ESPN radio affilates around the country. So I decide to venture in and see if they have internships there. Their web site was all little weird to figure out, they had job listings but no set things for internships. Just a sentence that read something like "there are internships avalible for college students who will need to receive credit"…or something around that.

No real contact person for that either so I just email the first email address that I find that is related to the job postings. I say that I am interested in an internship there for this summer and low and behold they emailed me back within a hour. What a shock there…and it doesn’t stop there. The lady on the email goes on to talk about the internships that they have there and gave me her number to call for more information and that she looked forward to hearing from me.

Sounds good right?

I called today to basically see what all I needed to send her, as far as resume and cover letters. She goes on to talk more about the program and what will be done and expected. She said that I could work just about any hours that I wanted too as long as I met some minimums for the summer (which can be reached anytime really…those are details that aren’t huge). After that she asked when I would be coming to Dallas and where I was staying…that sort of thing. I said I would probably come around the week of the 15th in May, because that is what I’ve put on about every application that I have filled out so far for the summer. It gives me a week and a half or so to go home to Beckley and then leave for where ever.

So, she asked if I would like to meet and I said sure and now I have an interview at which I will need to bring the papers that she will be emailing me soon and I may have an internship for the summer. I must say I never expected to set up an interview for an internship at this point here. I figured it would be a lot like last spring when May strolled around and I had no clue about what I was doing until I was there doing it. Sometimes it happens like that and I guess other times it doesn’t.

Its just nice to know that I can, maybe have something this summer!

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sports

the link to my sports blog is now up…take a look around and get to readin! haha just click the link above and get to it!

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Yay for sports

I am currently working on getting my blog from wvuhooligans over here. That site has kind of gone down hill recently since no one (including myself) writes on it much anymore. Most of the last postings are from a month ago or more. So I have decided to at least copy mine to here because that site may close down sooner or later and I want to continue a sports blog of some sort.

Be on the look for it at least.

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Mostly Settled

I haven’t posted anything on here in a few days, mainly since I was busy all week studying and doing the ol’ school thing. The weekend is quickly passing as well right now but today has been very productive and it isn’t even 6 pm.

I went out early this morning to shoot some more footage for another story in my broadcasting class. It was a 5k run raising money for a local Habitat for Humanity. One my my friends from the radio station actually ended up winning the race. Which was pretty cool to see, and thankfully he is always someone to interview about stories.

I also was able to finally pick up a copy of the book "Game of Shadows". It is based on the history of steriods, Barry Bonds, and BALCO. Very interesting read so far…a couple chapters into it and I am glad I picked it up. I also bought the autobiography of Mike Greenberg, a ESPN sportscaster and radio host that I like to listen to. I haven’t read anything in his book yet but it looks like a fun thing to read after I finish the "Game of Shadows".

I am pretty much done unpacking things here I believe. I finally got all the tubs out of my room today and it feels nice to see all of the space that I have in here to work with. I just need to figure out how to hang up this weekly marker-board. I did have it on my desk but it would stay on it. Some reason there is no hooks on it so I need to figure out what to do with it.

Still no word from any internship here. I emailed my updated resume and cover letter to FC Dallas earlier this week. I figure if I don’t hear anything by the start of the MLS season (which is April 1st by the way) I will give them a call again and see what is up! At this point I would just like to know either way and not have to sit on my hands and wait until May about this. That is probably the most frustrating part of getting internships for the summer. Again, just keep your fingers crossed about it!

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Back to school

Break is over and now it is back to school. I’ve got a nice little week here to with one exam, a paper, and a package due in my classes. Should be an interesting week. Crazy to think that there are only six more weeks or so left in this semester. Its scary but fun to think that really. I will probably contact FC Dallas again this week about this summer…probably just give them an updated resume and all to remind them that I would like a job there. Sometimes simple reminders do the trick.

I also register for classes next week. Hard to believe it is already time for that. I think I am only going to take 12 hours again. Mainly because I know my broadcasting class will be a pain and I know I will be busy with soccer as well. I plan to be traveling more with radio next school year with soccer or basketball so I need a light load for each semester. Plus, I don’t exactly have a lot left to take, so that is nice.

I hope to figure out why my WVU photos aren’t working. So hopefully sometime this week I can sit down and look at it and figure it out. I also want to add a thing or two on here if I can. I just haven’t figured out what I want to add and where. Again, the amount of time that I have to do that will figure in to whether or not I get anything done with it around here.

Lastly, if you haven’t seen or heard…WVU is back in the sweet 16. They play at 9:40 on Thursday against Texas. A little pay back match if you ask me. We should have won that game earlier in the year so hopefully we will this time. I think its possible. Another trip to the Elite 8 is in the sights but sweet 16 isn’t shabby either.

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just about moved

Well, today we decided to mostly move everything we own into the new townhouse. I am pretty much done moving furnature and stuff like that here. Mostly small things are left like bathroom stuff and all.

Now to the unpacking of tubs of DVDs and such. I don’t have much to do  really but everyone else does. Plus we have to get a couple things fixed and all around here. Construction was a little shady really if you ask me on some things here. But it will all come together here real soon.

My bracket isn’t doing all that bad either so far. Some of my gambles worked and some failed like always!

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couple changes

Yes, a new design. I know, I can’t keep the same thing for too long. The last design seemed too gray for me, I like pages with whites in them for some reason. Plus with spring around the corner it only fit. 

Also, as you see I have changed my photo pages. I found a script for photos with the program I use to write on here. I am still working out all the kinks with it but at least the family photos are up there. I am working with getting the WVU ones to work. I may have to redo the entire album. I dunno, we will see.

Only a couple more days until we offically move. We have taken a lot of things over to the new place and it is looking better and better. My folks are coming up starting tomorrow with Dad, who is bringing some things like my bed from home and a washer and dryer.

I also finally made my picks for the NCAA tournament today. I didn’t feel like doing it the last couple days and I really wanted to put it off until today to gather my thoughts about it and all. I think I have a pretty solid bracket of picks. Some upsets and mostly the right teams winning. I had problems picking some teams but that is just the life of it though.

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love this time of the year

For one the weather is starting to turn good…even though I hear it will get nasty again this weekend with possible snow…but hey its West Virginia and that wouldn’t surprise me one bit to go from 70s and sun to 30s and snow in a matter of a day. I have seen it time and time again.

Secondly, its March Madness time baby! I love it. The pools are filling up with brackets and what not and I haven’t even picked winners yet. I honestly don’t plan on doing it until tomorrow or even Wednesday. I just want to hold off for a day or so and let this bracket sink in with me here. Its a tough one this year but I think its a do-able bracket. I heard today that the odds of picking all the games correct is greater than winning the Powerball. Seriously, you have a better shot at the Powerball than at getting all of the games right. How crazy is that?!

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starting to move

Well so far this weekend I have started moving to the new townhouse across town. I feel yesterday, I got quite a bit done with what I moved to the new place. Mostly my junk that will stay in the basement until I throw things out and clothes were put in the new place. I’ve already started organizing my closet in the new place since I’ve put my clothes in there. Its more space than the old closet at the place I am currently at, which is nice.

I am very happy to be moving right now, I don’t like leaving here when things on for like 30 minutes to return with all my lights off in my room from where my roommate decides to turn them off. He’s not saving any power by doing that really. Cost more to turn them on and off than to just leave them on for an extra few. Thankfully its only a few more days of junk like that. Friday is the big move day here.

Also, the brackets for NCAA tournament come out today. I will be on a selection show at U92 from 530 until 730, so give it a listen. I hosted the SportsPage on Friday night, I meant to tell more but forgot to get on here and do so. It went pretty well other than the fact that the normal music that is usually used was not where it should have been for me to use. Needless to  say I had to use really random music at the station. Other than that it was an okay show. Mikey even called in and say I was his favorite sportscaster. Thanks Mikey.

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Summer Update

I dislike the mail system even more these days. Since I had yet to hear from FC Dallas about my internship application I thought I would just call them myself and see what was up. After being transfered a couple times I finally spoke with someone who was I guess was the media relations "man" or something that heads up the interns there. He said he hadn’t seen my application at all. Keep in mind I sent it a month ago.

So he told me to just email him all my stuff and he would take a look at it. So again keep your fingers crossed that the email system worked and that they like what they see!

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