After a month of World Cup fever and the sound vuvuzela still fresh in his head, Pat Walker evaluates several crowd interactive elements to determine if they are an enhancement or an annoyance in this month's Walk & Talk.

Now here’s a timeless classic…a potpourri of concepts molded together to create a single entity, kind of like the Voltron of online columns. Well, as Hollywood has proven, every first effort deserves a good sequel...introducing Around the Horn II.

Pat Walker has worked around a lot of different sports in his game ops career…basketball, football, baseball, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf. But this past January, he was exposed to a sport for the first time and it has turned out to be a game ops dream.

Last month Pat Walker served as the Game Presentation Director for one of the highest profile sporting events at one of the largest venues in the world. Here it is by the numbers.

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.