Hey there.

If you know me, or been to my site over the past four-plus years, you know that of all the things I do, I have one dream: to work in the field of sports broadcasting.

In my dream, I see myself starting at sports radio, probably in a small city or market and then working my way up to a big time station or perhaps making the move to television, where I would be working at the big time stations near my hometown of Detroit or even going national and working with the big boys at ESPN, the station I watch religiously every day.

That's my dream. Now comes the harsh reality: I'm still toiling away at my regular job, while I'm trying to break into radio. And the few opportunities I get into the business has been dashed, either by not getting hired or by the station deciding to hire someone within the station to save money. Some reality, huh?

But in spite of these setbacks, I'm not giving up on my dream. In fact, something is happening that may bring me closer to my ultimate goal: working at ESPN.

The network is doing a new reality-type show, called "Dream Job" that would bring in several people from across the nation to compete in sports broadcasting related tasks (like doing play-by-play, reading from a teleprompter, interviewing athletes, etc.) and in the end, the winner receives a year-long contract to work for ESPN.

Like I said, this is something that brings me closer to my goal. On Monday, the tryout tour for this show, which debuts early next year, is coming to my area. And as you can guess, I will be going to try out.

Now I don't know what to expect from this. I'm sure the tryout will be long and tough and I'm also sure that there will be many others like me who will be trying out for the same dream as I am.

What I do know is that I have to go for this. If they like what they see of me, the sky's the limit and I could be working for the very station that I've enjoyed watching for years. If they don't, I'll still keep on plugging away and who knows, maybe this will speed things along towards a broadcasting job.

No matter what happens on Monday, I'm going for it to show the ESPN guys what I can do. To work in sports broadcasting is my dream. Hopefully ESPN's "Dream Job" will make mine a reality.

I'll let you know how the tryout went on my next blog.

Wish me luck.