Pat Walker pays tribute to Seattle SuperSonics play-by-play announcer, Bob Blackburn who passed away in January. Pat remembers the public man who was a Seattle sports legend and the private man who became a friend.

Last January, the focus of Walk & Talk was the Top 9 Game Ops Resolutions for ’09. Before moving forward into 2010, take a moment to look back at the list and see if you were able to make significant progress in any of these areas…

Pat Walker ask us to enjoy the games, cheer your favorite stars, relish in the experience they provide when you buy a ticket…but give them a break when it comes to personal issues.

With the World Series wrapping up this week, baseball is at the forefront of the American sports world. There are only a handful of things that seem as patriotic as the Fall Classic…it ranks right up there with the 4th of July, Ford Motors and apple pie

It’s an old adage that we often joke about, but the statement holds a lot of truth. I had three sequential experiences in the recent months that led me to take a whole new look at what I eat and the options that are provided for American society…specifically the sports fan’s society.

Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are avenues to promote personal and professional initiatives to a wide-ranging audience. Social media is changing the face of sports marketing and fan interaction and Pat's ready to tweet about it.

Pat Walker goes Around the Horn this month covering MLS, Jersey Sponsorships and Networking in the July Walk & Talk.

One piece of advice I always give is that when it comes to mascots, you get what you pay for....find out why this edition of Walk & Talk.

This month’s column is all about taking care of yourself. We work in an industry that is a constant grind, one game to the next, one season to another, with projects overlapping the entire way. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the constant nature of work.

So Walk & Talk is back and this time around we’re going to focus on the details. Not necessarily the details themselves, but the attention that they deserve.