MIKE SANDS CAME TO WABG IN AUGUST
OF 2007 AS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT. MIKE CALLS
THE PHILADELPHIA SUBURB OF KIMBERTON, PENNSYLVANIA HOME. HE IS A
GRADUATED OF PHOENIXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. MIKE
STARTS EVERY SPORTS CAST WITH "WELCOME BACK TO THE SPORTS DESK, I'M
MIKE SANDS" BECAUSE IT WAS HIS OPEN FOR THE SPORTS SEGMENT ON TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT RUN TV SHOW. HE CONTINUES TO USE THE LINE OUT
OF RESPECT TO THE SHOW'S FACULTY SUPERVISOR RICK BEARDSLEY, TO WHOM
MIKE CREDITS MOST OF WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT BROADCASTING. COMING FROM
AN AREA THAT FOCUSES MAINLY ON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, MIKE WOULD LIKE
TO THANK ALL THE PLAYERS, COACHES, AND FANS WHO HAVE HELPED HIM IN
PROVIDING THE BEST LOCAL SPORTS COVERAGE HE CAN.
