No show today because I have kidney cancer. Found out during a medical emergency this weekend. Will have left kidney removed Thursday. Could use some good thoughts at that time and please keep my wife, daughter and mother in your prayers as well. Back on radio next week.
A long day... LONG surgery- 4 hours, which resulted in a lot of blood loss and pain that thankfully has gotten better every 2 hours. Most importantly, surgeon feels he got all the cancer that was in the kidney, 2 lymph nodes and kidney vein. 🤞🙏 I may be one very lucky man.
After 3 days of tests, it appears the cancer has NOT spread outside the left kidney. Surgery (3 hrs) is Thursday 9:30am. THANK YOU for the overwhelming concern you’ve shown me and our family. During these isolating times, your support and affection has made all the difference.
The fact Howard Schnellenberger died without ever being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame... it is mind-boggling at best and disgraceful at worst. RIP to a legend...
After 10 life-altering days, it looks like I’m going home later today. Damn, what a battle! Not sure when I’ll be cleared to work- Tomorrow or Monday June 1st? Thanks to so many who showed me and my family, when we NEEDED it, how much you cared. I am forever in your debt! ❤️
To the many who have asked, I feel really good. I’d say I’m 90-95% of what I was before... I have lost 40+ pounds and as of today, for the first time, I can say I am cancer-free. Thanks for your well wishes and concern. It has meant a lot...
I am a Grandfather! Our baby girl had a baby girl yesterday. Her name is Oakland. She is 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Mom, Dad and the little nugget are all healthy and doing well. ❤️
Friday was a rough pain day but “the news” remains positive. Have not had solid food since Sunday and no Jell-O/drinking water since Tuesday. Sore, tired, weak but very lucky because I appear to be cancer-free! Hoping to go home late Sunday/early Monday!
Saturday was a lot like Friday except I got to eat Jell-O, broth, drink a small ginger ale and down some water. Still looking at late Sunday or early Monday discharge date. 6-8 week recovery but so far all your thoughts and prayers appear to have been answered. Thank You!
It is a damn shame that first Marty Schottenheimer and now Dan Reeves passed away without being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both won over 200 games and took 3 different teams to the playoffs. Both played and were 1st class people as well. HOF voters need to figure it out!
Sunday brought hope of going home soon (likely early Tuesday). Doctors allowed me to eat real food today (2 helpings of vanilla pudding!) Have not seen my wife since she dropped me off at the ER very early on the 17th... wonder if she still wants me back? Hope so... ❤️
How hard is it to beat Gonzaga? UCLA shot 58%, 47% from 3 (8-17), Out-rebounded them by 6 and committed just 10 turnovers in 45 minutes... and lost... Unreal.
Hospital update- undergoing many tests/procedures, therefore I had not eaten in 48 hours. Told now I can only eat/drink liquids... So for dinner I just had 8 jellos, 3 broths, a small soda, an apple juice and an orange sherbet. That should last an hour. Gonna be a long night!
Texas A&M should offer to play Ohio State Saturday. Realistically, it’s best chance for the Aggies to get in the playoff... Buckeyes would accept. Both conferences and the sport would be better for it...
Typical NCAA bullsh*t. FGCU sweeps USF in softball, has more wins and better RPI- USF gets a bid. Wisconsin has 10 less wins and is 10 spots behind in RPI, plays in worse conference- gets bid. 7th place team in 7th best conference gets bid over 2nd best team in
#6
conference.
In last 10 days- our daughter has graduated college, turned 21 and got married. I feel like the long-time GM who finally won a championshipis and is now re-assigned to a consultant role. 😎 Great satisfaction but life is now a little strange.
#uncharteredterritory
After a 2 day travel odyssey where lots of sneakers and gear was lost, FGCU trailed by 18 with 13:00 left. Would have been REAL easy to pack it in. Instead Eagles rip off a 35-10 run, and hold off Lipscomb, 88-83. That’s a GREAT win.
Got weighed at the doctor’s office this afternoon... I’m down 40 pounds (in 16 days)... FORTY! Damn... I don’t recommend this diet but at least it explains why occasionally I still feel weak.
25 Years ago TODAY! I am such a lucky guy... Love her SO much more now and she still makes my heart skip... ❤️. We met at a bar, I barely talked to her, she threatened to mace me anyway... In sports is that what they call “establishing a culture?”
Clearly
@FGCU_WBB
does not have much National respect despite 8
@ASUNWBB
titles in last 10 years! A 26-2 team with a 25 game winning streak, ranked in both Top 25’s, getting an 11 seed...Only thing to do now, is carry a large chip on your shoulder and make the Power 5 teams pay!
We,
@ThatMarkMiller
and
@THEDavidMoulton
will return to
@Twitch
tomorrow at 8am to talk about “Act 3.” While we do so, we’ll also talk sports for awhile because, we’ll, it’s been awhile… and we need the practice! Join us at 8am…
Meet the Man Who Makes Your Favorite Announcer Sound Smarter - The Ringer. It was pointed out to me that I did not re-tweet this story. It is very well written.
Attention
@FGCUEagles
fans and sponsors... Don’t know if I can pull it off in 2019-20 but there is a chance to set up an
@fgcu
radio network. Any fan/sponsor interest in soccer/basketball/baseball/softball games on radio? DM, text or call me with any/all feedback. Thanks!
Happy Father’s Day! I would like to wish my mom a Happy Father’s Day because she pulled double duty in my life while working 3 jobs. A special thanks to her father, the man in my life. Between them never felt I was missing out on anything. Love ya Mom! Miss ya Grandpa...
Have tried to do this for years. Hope is to one day soon add more sports and produce a lot more content BUT, as is, this is a huge undertaking and a big $$$ risk by me. Hoping the much talked about
@FGCUEagles
fans and sponsors support is there. 2020= now or never! 🤙
#WingsUp
We are optimistic there can be a 3rd Act but we will need a little time to regroup. To our unbelievably loyal fans/listeners, many who followed us from one station to another, from afternoons to mornings, from bad signal to good signal to bad again… “Thank You” is insufficient,
Congratulations to the
@FGCU_WBB
team for their well deserved
#25
national ranking in the Coaches poll. Earliest they’ve ever been ranked. Let’s see how high they can take this!!!
Is there anything more hyped that consistently does not deliver like the
@CFBPlayoff
? Don’t know if 6, 8, 12 or 16 will be the new number but 4 is not working…
@HollyKay2141
@TexasTechMBB
The media not only talked about it... CBS showed the beginning of the prayer and Ernie Johnson when they went back to set said “and Texas Tech takes a moment to pray.” There are clearly moments where “the media” avoids God/religion but this was not one of those.
We are going to try and do a show Friday morning. It may be a dumb idea but if it provides a distraction or the smallest bit of comfort to a few… Our ❤️’s are heavy but we’ll do our best…
@ThatMarkMiller
and
@THEDavidMoulton
Hospital Update- Day 3 without solid food (and apparently none til Saturday)... Today was 2 meals resulting in 7 Sugar-free Jell-O (I have cancer and you’re worried about my sugar!), 4 broths (3 chicken, 1 beef), 2 sherberts (1 orange, 1 lemon) and a 4 ounce Ginger Ale (Shasta!).
This was the best World Series game since the epic Game 6 in 2011... Normally 4 hours and 10 minutes for 9 innings is excruciating... This was scintillating... Wow!
16 years and well over 400 wins,... but there have not been five in the regular season better than the FGCU Women, short handed, on the road, besting Jacksonville today. Most under appreciated aspect of the program is how mentally tough Smesko’s Eagles are. What a GREAT win!
It’s time for FGCU to go on the offensive. Do what UCF football did 5 years ago. Name names. Challenge all the schools that won’t schedule you and point out year by year the disgrace that’s been the NCAA seedings. Diplomacy and phone calls are NOT working!
For example, Not ONE of the 5 other schools from Florida- Miami, FSU, Florida, USF and UCF would play FGCU this year! When FGCU beat LSU earlier this year, Kim Mulkey complained about playing them for 3 days afterwards.
Say THAT again!
@PrincetonWBB
is NOT an 11-seed and
@FGCU_WBB
is not a 12-seed! Start WATCHING mid-majors play instead of knocking them because of their name and because Power conference schools WON'T schedule them!
#MarchMadness
#ncaawbb
Going to turn
@941FOXSports
into SW Florida’s home for FGCU and FSW basketball. Will broadcast
@FGCU_MBB
and
@FGCU_WBB
in ASUN Tourney as well as
@FSWBucs
Men and Women March 9-10 in State Tourney as they try to earn spots in JUCO Nationals.
Been away for 10 weeks (a little dance with cancer) but thrilled to be back hosting Sunday 3-7pm EST on
@MadDogRadio
... Guests include
@Seth_Everett
at 4:30,
@TheFrankIsola
at 5:30 and
@ConnorJRogers
at 6:30. Calls always welcome at 888-Mad-Dog-6 or 888-623-3646. Let’s do this!
If you are FGCU and you’ve just been replaced as the greatest Cinderella in Tourney history, there is a bright side. From now on you should be able to get all the networks to identify you as “FGCU” (instead of Fl Glf Cst). Just tell them “it’s FGCU, you know, like UMBC.”
While NCAA Women’s Basketball and ESPN are celebrating FGCU beating Missouri, is now a good time to remind everyone that if the Eagles lost ASUN Final to JU to finish 29-5, all the people celebrating them now did not think they deserved an at-large bid. Too soon?
#ridiculous
Great FGCU basketball weekend continues. After the women upset Kentucky last night, Dunk City goes to UT-Arlington and gets a big 85-78 win. Michael Gilmore eligible to play next Saturday,... What a difference a game makes!
Leaving Baton Rouge the flight attendant at the end of announcements says, “and we should take a moment of silent reflection for the Georgia Bulldogs... they lost but they are not forgotten. At which point an LSU fan yells out “Tiger Bait!” Football in the South...
This once great podcast has recently had the likes of Tiger Woods, Eli Manning, Gary Bettman and Dario Franchitti… Only to now be reduced to a twice fired radio show in the 57th market in the country… I think Seth needs new “friends.”
This week on Sports w/Friends:
Miller & Moulton!
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Tom Seaver... Would only get to go to one Mets game a year growing up ($$$) and we (me and Grandmother Moulton) always made sure to go when “Tom Terrific” was pitching. What a thrill to cover the HOF ceremonies the year (1992) he was inducted. RIP
#41
.
FSW Men up to
#4
in the country! FSW Women ranked nationally as well. FGCU Men have won 10 straight. Some pretty damn good college hoops available in the 239!
@JimBowdenGM
Not sure he should be allowed to work a game vs Boone and the Yankees the rest of the year (and certainly not the rest of the series)… To be a handful of pitches into a game and have that much bias vs him is a problem (and I am not a Yankees fan).
Was mocked earlier this year when suggesting
@American_Conf
should add
@UAB_Athletics
as its 12th school. Bill Clark has
@UAB_FB
poised to become a force and
@UAB_MBB
has plenty of tradition- just for starters. Birmingham is also the
#1
CFB TV market in the country...
It is amusing to me how the FGCU Women keep winning- getting more votes in the polls yet falling in RPI and in ESPN Charlie Creme’s Bracketology. Currently projected as a 12 seed? That means he thinks there are 44 better teams than FGCU. Right... Won 19 of 20 and are 29-4.
Been a LONG time since a program needed a night like that, the way FSU needed tonight. Inspiring… and Doak sounded the way we all remember! That was special and fun.
Partly why I was SO bummed not being able to make the trip ($$$), this team knew it was going to win. If you spent time watching them, you did also. The Sweet 16 is in Lexington. Ladies, if you get there- I’ll be there, even if I have to pay for it myself. Congratulations!
It is called a “soft open.”
@ThatMarkMiller
and
@THEDavidMoulton
Broadcasting for 3 days in Tampa-St Pete on AM 1010 (there’s a free app), as part of the new Florida Sports Network. Text the show: FSNRadio to 21000
FGCU Women (6-0) just beat
#21
DePaul, 87-84 in OT on a neutral floor, despite only making 2 three-pointers in the game. It’s the type of win that gets you ranked and can get you in the NCAA’s as an at-large if needed! Now back to family and football already in progress...
On the anniversary of Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, you know Jack Morris, 10 shutout innings on 3 days rest... The Rays can take their analytics and shove them right up their ***... When a guy is getting outs you DON’T take him out of the game!
1st Women’s College Basketball Poll is out...
@AP
does NOT have
@FGCU_WBB
ranked in Top 25. Eagles come in at
#27
. Ree-damn-diculous. Good to see the media on top of the sport they are covering...
Always get emotional talking/writing about our veterans. Makes me think of my grandfather and father but moreso, I am just in awe of what you've given us. God Bless you all and while I know it's not enough, "Thank You!" Every day should be Veterans Day...
Have been listening to a ton of Van Halen in the last week... Life moves on and sometimes you forget just how much you liked something... I loved their music... you know, Rock!
Out of ALL the D1 MBB and WBB programs, there were ONLY 2️⃣ programs that lost ALL 5 starters from the 22-23 season AND went undefeated in their conference regular season and tournament play this season… South Carolina (shout out Dawn) and FGCU! A thread 🧵
So,... a 15, a 14, two 13’s, a 12 (of course) and two 11’s win... Drake gets their first win since 1971, Oregon State since 1982, Rutgers since 1983... and some schools their first ever win... Not a bad 1st round of the Men’s tourney, huh?
The fact that the NY Giants as an organization are tweeting out Eli’s quotes says not only GM Reese was behind this but also ownership as well. If so John Mara, you are a disgrace. Your legacy is now treating Eli Manning worse than you did serial wife beating kicker Josh Brown.
Life of a Mid Major... A tough home loss to
#33
LSU, followed by a 26 point win at Temple (where
#4
S. Carolina won by only 7) drops
@FGCU_WBB
from 27th to receiving 0 votes... They are still 12-2 with an RPI of 32.
Highest rated market for the final round of the US Open? Fort Myers/Naples with a 6.1 rating.
#1
golf market in country.
#1
market for NHL that does not have an NHL team (Top 10 nationally otherwise).
#2
market for horse racing (Louisville
#1
) and top 10 market for Indy 500.
All of us in sports radio are indebted to Don Imus. If sports radio did not work in NYC, the format may have died quickly. WFAN was floundering until they put Imus in the Morning on 6-10am. His success allowed for the format to eventually find its audience. RIP Imus!
@ThatMarkMiller
and
@THEDavidMoulton
Update… Suffice to say that Act 2 is over. It was not our decision. These last 4 years were some of the most enjoyable of our 14 years together. On top of that, we think it may have been our best work.