A summer in the big leagues for UNC student Blake Morgan
Posted Jul 26, 2019
For rising North Carolina senior Blake Morgan, his foot in the door was CBS Sports Director Andy Freedman, a UNC School of Media and Journalism lecturer. Impressed by the skills Morgan gained at Carolina, Freedman referred Morgan for an opportunity to work as a summer production assistant on Fox Sports San Diego’s Padres game day broadcasts.
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