Looking Back: 2016

A lot of people said 2016 was a down year for them. For me, it was the total opposite.

Colin Cowherd and the drapes I had to steam for
two and a half hours (Instsgram: @endom4tic)

2016 started off on a weird note for me. I woke up around 5 am, a little hungover, for work at my friends house from celebrating the night before. I had to pick up some coffees and bagels for a TV Shoot I was doing for Fox NFL Kickoff. When I arrived on set, my producer and I looked at each other and had the same thought that we both had a long night and a long day ahead of us. 

I helped with setting up the look for the shoot, which was a red carpet, award show look. The grip guys was setting up a black drape I had rented and picked up a day before. The director of photography (for those of you who don't know, a fancy word for camera guy) was looking through his camera and told me there were a lot of wrinkles on the drapes. Luckily, we had a handheld steamer to get the wrinkles out. On the other hand, I was the one who had to take those wrinkles out and steamed away for two and a half hours straight. 

My teammate Rafael and his wife,
Racquel's wedding in Ecuador
(Instagram: @endom4tic

In 2016, I also wanted to start traveling. It all started with my best friend telling me that we were going to go to Costa Rica for a week in April. Then shortly after, I booked a flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador to attend wedding in July for a teammate of mine that I played at Mount Mercy with. After that, I booked a flight to Montreal in August to visit people I met while I was at Costa Rica. 

In Tamarindo, Costa Rica
(Instagram: @endom4tic)

Also in 2016, I got offered a new position at Fox Sports in which I would be working with a remote crew that covered College Football games. I got to work alongside a producer who brought the energy to the group; a director who could probably be a comedian and comedy writer; an associate director who never let an awkward silence ruin a moment; a broadcast associate who guided me throughout the whole season; a stats person that could possibly be a sport encyclopedia; a spotter who gave me words of wisdom every week; a play-by-play announcer who is going to be taking over the Dodgers broadcast; an analyst who went from a first round draft pick to an on-air star; and a reporter who is probably the nicest person I have ever met.

I got to travel every week with that group during the fall to cover college football games (Phoenix, Tempe, Fort Worth, Salt Lake, Downtown Los Angeles, Eugene, Tucson, Lubbock, Stillwater, Boulder, Austin, Seattle and Santa Clara to name everywhere I went).

In a nutshell, 2016 was a great year. I hope 2017 has a lot more to offer.