![]() All swimmers are winners and receive a swimming cap, medal, T-shirt and ice cream. Stop by Asphalt Green for The Big Swim, our free swim meet for kids ages 6 to 12, and see Roger Clark in his broadcasting element. I am a big rock music fan, so if I am ever in a bad mood, I can just put on a certain song. One thing that you could not live without: Music. The dress: gold and white or blue and black? That was just one of those things on social media that I just refused to acknowledge! I bounced around upstate New York for some time, and it took me about 10 years to get back to NYC, and in 2001, I joined NY1.įavorite Meal: Chicken parmesan on a heroįavorite Sport: Baseball is my first love and so are The Mets. I always talked a lot-my dad used to call me motor mouth when I was a kid-and I was a good writer, so it just made sense. I knew from the beginning I wanted to do broadcasting. I did do a little sports broadcasting when I first started, but it was all small town stuff. Initially, I wanted to be a sportscaster but I veered off into news. I went to Syracuse University and studied broadcast journalism. How did you get your start in Journalism? ![]() ![]() And it should just be an incentive to try harder and make sure that you have a good time and try your best. That’s one thing that I hope my son gets to experience as he gets older-that he knows that competition is important, that winning is also important, but it is not the end of the world if you lose. Winning is great, winning is important and something to strive for, but it is more important to do your best and really put your heart into it. I think it is important to learn that you do not win all the time. 1 market (NYC)-what kind of advice can you give kids that will help them deal with competition? As a reporter in one of the most competitive fields (journalism) and in the No. We played basketball or baseball-I was never home watching TV.Īlthough everyone is a winner at The Big Swim, Asphalt Green does believe in a healthy amount of competition. Not to sound like an old man here, but when we were kids, we were always at the park. And to provide kids in the city who to get involved with. My mom was able to sign me up for leagues where I had good instruction and adult supervision in a safe environment (in addition to playing stickball in the schoolyard with all the other guys). Again, I was fortunate to be able to go to camp. In our family, it was always a big part of our lives. How important do you think it is to introduce kids to organized sports? I kind of miss it, but I have a 4-year-old now, and I am always running after him! When I got older I ended up joining an over-30 men’s league. It was almost like the World Cup! But I never played formally. It used to be USA versus The World-because in my neighborhood there were people from all over the world! So we would have these great games with kids from Italy, Brazil, Iran, etc. We used to play on the concrete schoolyard back in junior high school and used the garbage cans as goals. ![]() Support is finally showing some serious signs of growth here in the U.S. We are also celebrating the amazing soccer program at Asphalt Green. Of course, a lot of the kids were at first apprehensive because it was their first time, but we just assured them that they were safe, and before you knew it, they were loving it and couldn’t wait to go swimming!Īs you know, this year The Big Swim is focusing on more than just swimming. At the time, I worked in central Queens, and we would pick the kids up in different neighborhoods around Queens and then go out to campgrounds out in Long Island where there was a nice big pool. I grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, so other than maybe a few of the more luxurious apartment buildings, there really weren’t a ton of pools around. ![]() Did you ever find that you were introducing kids to the water? In your time as a summer day camp counselor, you must have worked with children from a variety of areas. I love swimming, and I was lucky to learn at a very young age to enjoy the water. I was lucky enough to go to day camps in summer and then I was a camp counselor for about seven years-until I got into broadcasting believe it or not! I could be in the pool all day. I wouldn’t say I am a competitive swimmer, but I’ve loved water since I was a little kid. How do you feel about the water-do you enjoy swimming? Though not a competitive swimmer, the cold weather never stopped him from jumping in the pool! We caught up with NY1’s Roger Clark, host of this year’s The Big Swim, which is TODAY! A Queens native, he was always active in sports and loved the water. ![]()
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