The Sports Team
Other Key Members
Dennis Smith was providing sports statistics in his high school days and his
analysis of the numbers continues to this day. He played high school baseball but his high school football
career was cut short by a knee injury. He has also earned a reputation in South Jersey as a basketball
public address announcer who brings excitement to the game. Though he tries to be impartial with his analysis,
Dennis has been known to paint his face orange and black for Flyers games. He recently has coached on the
high school level and is currently a Dean of Students.
Brian Cunniffwas the longtime Sports Editor of Catamaran Media's Cape May County
newspapers - The Wildwood Leader and The Gazettes and now writes for Coast Sports Today.
Originally from Philadelphia, he has been providing play-by-play of Cape-Atlantic League sports
for more than a decade for Coastal Broadcasting. His concentration is on teams from Southern Cape May County. Brian has
also coached youth sports, is a basketball referee and is working toward a spot in the
Lifeguard Hall of Fame. He was named Nerw Jersey's Sportswriter of the Year in 2009.
Terry Bradway is the best known of our former Sports Team members. He was
with us from 1981 through 1985. He later became athletics director at Middle Township.
From there, he began scouting for USFL and NFL teams - working for the Philadelphia
Stars, New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs - before becoming general
manager of the New York Jets and, later, a senior personnel executive for other NFL teams.
Dean Michalski was the weekend sports anchor at NBC-TV40 when he joined
our Sports Team in 1997. With valuable advice from Steve Parker, he quickly moved up
to become the station's sports director. A graduate of Rancocas Valley and Penn State,
Dean is Senior Sports Producer for Action News in Philadelphia. He is also very active
in youth baseball as a coach and administrator and has produced video coverage of Rancocas Valley football.
Bob Derbyshire, who died in 2018, was part of our Sports Team from 1981 through 1985. An
outstanding athlete at Atlantic City High School and former coach at Holy Spirit, "Derb"
had been involved in sports at all levels in South Jersey. He was the voice of the Battle
by the Bay at ACHS and has handled announcing duties for the NJSIAA and Atlantic City
Seagulls.
Pete Thompson Pete was the sports director of NBC TV-40 and always seems to have a
smile on his face. He can still be seen at most local sports events providing coverage for 97.3-ESPN.
Pete has twice been a finalist for the New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year award. He is also currently
a teacher at the Atlantic County Institure of Technology.
Roger Hendler ha beens one of New Jersey's most active sports personalities,
providing color analysis of Drexel women's basketball and other radio and TV
broadcasts. He was deeply involved in sports in Mercer County,
once co-hosting a radio show with Eagles' star Troy Vincent. Roger is best known in
the Atlantic City area for his live Mike Schmidt home run call during a report from the Vet
on one of our Sports Team shows. He currently co-hosts a sports podcast with award-winning broadcaster Don Henderson.
Chuck Hill was part of our Sports Team from 1979 until his sudden death in
1984. He had a passion for boxing and his frequent interviews with Don King and
George Foreman were among the most exciting we've ever broadcast. Chuck was also
a big fan of basketball at his alma mater, Pleasantville High School, where he once
played for the legendary Ken Leary.
Carmen Infante was part of our Sports Team from 1988 through 1997, primarily
serving as a football analyst. A former quarterback for the University of Delaware, he
was a high school coach in Delaware and at Absegami High School. He was also the
first athletics director at Egg Harbor Township High School before retiring. Known as "The Italian Stallion".
Luci Jones was part of our Sports Team from 1997 through 2001, when the Man
from Iowa went gospel. Luci actually started her sports radio career as a reporter on
another South Jersey station. It soon became obvious to all that she was the best
broadcaster on that show. She quickly moved into television, hosting her own nightly
show. A hard-working reporter who has been known to attend three games in one day,
Luci also was a sports talk host on WIP in Philadelphia.
Alex Konick was part of our Sports Team from 1989 through 1996, primarily as a
football analyst. His cable TV interviews with the late Ed Byrnes were classics. A former
football coach at Bridgeton and Egg Harbor Township, Alex was responsible for the pastry
at our annual Thanksgiving High School Football Show. While working as an executive with a
major leasing company, Alex died in 2017.
Frank Lotierzo was part of our Sports Team from 1997 through 2001, but then
declined to join the Man from Iowa's gospel choir. Frank is one of the most knowledgeable
boxing analysts in New Jersey and has written for a number of print and on-line sources. But his
knowledge is not limited to boxing. Frank can quote statistics and results from decades
ago and spin them, if necessary, to support his strong opinions. A former boxer himself,
he spends a lot of his free time on his yacht - "The Scotty P".
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