Our guest this week is Scott Michaels, a one-time broadcast journalist turned educator.

Michaels is originally from the greater New York City area, attended the University of Michigan for his undergrad work, and then went on a journey all too familiar to those in the broadcasting field. He bounced around from station to station in an effort to climb the ladder to larger media markets. The bouncing stopped in Raleigh, NC, at the NBC affiliate where he eventually became the Durham Bureau Chief.

Twenty-five years ago, a chance meeting at a sandwich shop led to a change in careers, and he became a teacher.

Scott's memories of attending his first major live sporting event are still pretty clear 50 years later. He was at Yankee Stadium for a Red Sox-Yankees game during our nation's bicentennial and remembers the air being thick with smoke (of all kinds!).

A year later, he remembers his dad, who was not a big sports fan, attending Game 6 of the 1977 World Series when Reggie Jackson became "Mr. October" following his three home run night.

Those Yankee Stadium memories also served as a backdrop for Scott and his family on the eve of celebrating his father's life when they attended a Yankees-Guardians' game at the new Yankee Stadium.

Scott also shares how he renounced his New York Jets' fandom in 1996 upon arrival in North Carolina.

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