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broadcasters can talk the talk at summer camp Summer camp usually means swimming, archery, and horseback riding, but at the Scholastic Play-by-Play Sports Broadcasting Camp, activities are anchoring, writing, and reporting. The camp will have two weekly sessions this summer at Bryn Mawr College. Campers between the ages of 10-18 will have camp counselors such as Flyers play-by-play announcer Jim Jackson, WIP 610-AM's Glen Macnow, WTXF's Bill Vargus, and Sixers play-by-play man Marc Zumoff. "It's fun to be with the kids because it's easy to remember myself as one of these 11-year-olds who wanted nothing more than to be the play-by-play man for the Sixers," said Zumoff, who was a counselor last summer. "The kids ask good questions and are knowledgeable thanks to ESPN, cable and the Internet." Last year more than 100 boys and girls from the Delaware Valley attended the camp, which included a field trip to the Wachovia Center and a mock press conference by Saint Joseph's basketball coach Phil Martelli. The sessions are scheduled for June 21-25 and Aug. 16-20. To register, call 215-668-1501. Quigley down under The dream ended for Lansdowne's Michael Quigley on ESPN's "Dream Job" Sunday. The 40-year-old auto parts salesman made it to the finals for the nationwide search for a "Sports Center" anchor, but was eliminated after stumbling over his sportscast and conducting an awkward interview with new Eagle Dhani Jones. "It's not what happens to you, but what you do after that counts," Quigley said. "Quigs," as "Dream Job" judge Kit Hoover called him, made appearances on ESPN2's "Cold Pizza," WMMR 93.3-FM's "The Philly Guys," and ESPN Radio this week. Another highlight for Quigley was getting to do an actual highlight on 1 a.m. "SportsCenter" the night he was eliminated from "Dream Job." As for the judges, including Tony Kornheiser, who compared Quigley to the late comic Chris Farley, Quigley said: "My friends are way rougher on me than that." Cut time deadline There is one more week to choose what sportscaster should be cut from the Philadelphia market. E-mail cuts to bradyresident@aol.com. Correction According to ESPN radio's Tripp Rogers, ESPN 920-AM radio is showing growth in the a.m. and p.m. drive for males 25-54 in Bucks County. It is not beating WIP 610-AM, as was reported last week. Clank! When Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli mentioned he didn't see last week's Stanford game because he didn't have a Direct TV, Comcast SportsNet's Lance Crawford told him he should subscribe to it. Evidently Crawford forgot that Direct TV doesn't carry Comcast SportsNet. Laura Nachman covers television and radio sports for the Courier Times. She can be reached at bradyresident@aol.com. March 12, 2004 8:12 AM |