"Downtown" Ricky Brown
I grew up the son of a football coach in West Texas and played the Big Three sports early on but later switched to golf. I attended the University of Southern California and played briefly on the California Golden State Tour and the Texas Tour. I was also a golf instructor in Prague, Czech Republic and in Zurich, Switzerland. Favorite job was with Clear Channel Radio's Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 show. While there I was fortunate enough to have weekly chats with sportscaster, Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. Still living in Los Angeles as a humble and fastidious student of Beer League Hockey, a supporter of the Ontario Reign, and of course, a rabid fan of the newly minted Golden Knights.
Author's Posts
Golden Knights' Inaugural Game, a Night of Firsts
October 8th, 2017 It was a trying week to say the least for the city of Las Vegas. Last Sunday's tragedy left the residents with little to smile about and it was only when the accounts of heroism and generosity began springing up after the attack that the dark clouds of oppression began to abate somewhat. But when the Golden Knights took the ice against...
Will 'The Strip' Help or Hurt the Golden Knights?
September 22nd, 2017 For most teams, home ice is worth about half-a-point and the same should hold true for the Golden Knights. If you're a Vegas fan who is new to hockey, the home team enjoys built-in advantages and one of them is the right to make the final line change before the puck drops. Of course, visiting teams can sneak in quick line changes...
The Golden Knights, Stealing Vegas
September 15th, 2017 I don't like tweets from other team's fans on Twitter. Even when I like the tweet I don't actually "like" it by clicking that little heart icon. It's nothing personal it's just that I'm all in for the Golden Knights. All in, even though I reside in the fiefdom belonging to the Los Angeles Kings. I've never been afraid to go against...
Branding the Golden Knights
September 10th, 2017 The first task of any marketer is to find the starving crowd. This applies to every business, from the local sandwich shop to the billion-dollar sports franchise, because no matter how brilliant a business idea might seem at first glance, if there isn't a starving crowd waiting in the wings it's going to fail. Enough has been written...
Notable Golden Knights
September 5th, 2017 The way for a team to get better in the salary cap era is by making strategic draft choices. And even though it's not necessary to grab the great players all at once, a forward-thinking team must have the ability to pounce when those kinds of prospects become available. The Golden Knights are off to a decent start on both counts since...
Vegas Golden Knights: The City’s Next Seismic Shift
September 4th, 2017 With professional hockey in Las Vegas barely in its infancy, I would be remiss to dive right in and start reporting on the Golden Knights without first laying the foundation of what an NHL franchise means for this city in context to its illustrious past. I like to claim that Las Vegas has already undergone five seismic shifts in its...
