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Rich
Bitting email:
rich@blackdiamondsports.net
Bio
coming soon |
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Ron
Grzybowski email:
ron@blackdiamondsports.net
Ron
Grzybowski brings a wealth of football knowledge to the Black Diamond
Sports Network. Among the elite athletes of Our Lady of Lourdes
(Coal Township, PA) High School's greatest all around athletes,
he was a scholarship athlete at North Carolina University, he earned
three varsity monograms at UNC including most valuable lineman honors.
Following his Tar Heel career he enjoyed a brief stint with the
Dallas Cowboys. His high school coaching career included assistant
positions at West Mendham (NJ) and Lewisburg (PA). He served as
head coach at Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardinal Brennan (Ashland, PA)
and Bloomsburg, PA. His college coaching included assistant positions
at Bloomsburg University (PA) and Bucknell University (Lewisburg,
PA). Ron and his wife Mary Ann reside in Coal Township. |
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Dr.
Phil Manney email:
phil@blackdiamondsports.net
Phil
Manney is a Coal Region football legend. He was the last Shamokin
player to suit up and play in the Big 33 Game. Phil is a graduate
of Brown University and the National College of Chiropractic and
has been in practice for the last 21 years. This proud member of
the Bernie Romanoski Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of
Fame has been broadcasting Coal Region football for the preceding
15 seasons. Prior to 2004 when he and Greg Maresca co-founded the
Black Diamond Sports Network (BDSN), Phil called play-by-play on
WISL, WSPI and BILL 95. Phil is the owner / sole proprietor of BDSN
and for the 5th consecutive season will primarily call the play-by-play
for the 6 time Class A State Champion Southern Columbia
Tigers. Phil will also co-host "In The Huddle with Phil &
Tom" on Saturday mornings with long time friend and mentor
Tom Ryan. |
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Mark
Micalizzi email:
mark@blackdiamondsports.net
Mark will
team up with longtime friend, Jeff Nevius working as the color analyst
broadcasting Mount Carmel football. Both sportscasters plan on making
the trek to Florida State this season to mark their annual college
football pilgrimage in late October. This yearly football excursion
has helped transform both men into ardent students of the gridiron
science. It is working for the media giant Verizon where Mark, A
Penn State graduate, has honed his delivery and plans on capitalizing
on those vociferous skills by adding the hue to each Danville broadcast
on the Black Diamond Sports Network. |
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Jeff
Nevius email:
jeff@blackdiamondsports.net
When one
esposes football, few are a bigger disciple than Jeff. After his
playing days at Danville Area High School wrapped up, Jeff became
a devoted fan of the collegiate game. In fac, Jeff and his broadcast
partner, Mark Micalizzi, make an annual pilgrimage to a different
college venue each fall. Moreover, Jeff has meticulously followed
the numerous high school programs in the region for the last quarter
century and volunteered his talents coaching midget football with
the Tee-Railers in his hometown. Howeverm it will be this seas on
that he will realize a longstanding ambition as he dons the headset
to take on the play-by-play of the Southern Area Tigers on the Black
Diamond Sports Network. |
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Chris
Pride email:
chris@blackdiamondsports.net
A
graduate from Danville high school in 2000, Chris was a former four
sport standout for the Ironmen. He played soccer and kicked for
the football team in the fall, swam in the winter and played baseball
in the spring. As a member of the Ironmen football team in 1998
and 1999, he was apart of two district four championship teams,
the last Danville team to win the district title or CSC-I title.
He currently works at CCN/CATV in Danville as a sports broadcaster
for their daily news show. He also films and edits productions produced
by CCN and also helps out with soccer and basketball broadcasts
throughout the sports season. His love for sports goes back to as
far as he could pick up a baseball and kick a soccer ball. Chris
also freelances for the Danville News and Daily Item, covering soccer,
baseball and some basketball. Here the hometown kid call play-by-play
for all Danville football broadcasts this fall with his partner
Mark Micalizzi on the Black Diamond Sports Network. |
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Ira
Wren
email: ira@blackdiamondsports.net
Bio
coming soon. |
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Tom
Ryan email:
tom@blackdiamondsports.net
Tom Ryan, being recognized as the voice of coal region sports, is
currently in his fifth decade of covering high school athletics.
The on air veteran has aired league, district and state championship
contests. His career includes affiliations with WETV, WKMC - TV,
WISL, WPPA, WSPI radio and the Black Diamond Sports Network. He
will co-host, with Dr. Phil Manney, BDSN newest weekly venture "In
The Huddle with Phil & Tom". The program will debut on
Saturday August 30th (8:00 am to 9:00 am) and will be dedicated
to high school football. Tom and his wife Paula Margaret reside
in Ashland, PA. |
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