CRN Sports Network

CRN Sports Network is a podcast feed built from live broadcasts, each episode a recording of a high school baseball game or a motor race as it was called. The back catalog is large, which makes the titles the real guide. They name the event plainly, often down to the bracket and the opponents. On the baseball side, that means entries such as the JCEI Baseball Tournament's consolation bracket final between the Cleveland Rams and the North Johnston Panthers. North Johnston appears again in a second-round consolation game against the Smithfield-Selma Spartans. Conference play turns up too, with the Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs facing the Clayton Comets in NCHSAA 7-A Conference varsity baseball. The baseball recordings are practical. Lineups are read by position and number, so names like Cameron Willoughby in center field, Ty Hinton in left and Ethan Label at second base are spoken aloud. Some of these recordings also keep the minutes before air: a countdown, a note that the broadcast goes live in three minutes, and announcements supporting local radio and a charity cycling event. Motorsport is the feed's other beat, and it comes in more than one form. A DIRTcar broadcast from the West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells picks up after a weather delay, with the announcer laying out the restart: back to the last completed lap, then a green caution to bring the field up to speed. It is a formal call, pitched at listeners on CRN, viewers watching elsewhere and fans at the track all at once. Even the caution flag carries a sponsor's name. The Lead Foot Racing League and iRacing broadcasts run looser. During the South Boston Speedway event, Wesley joins mid-broadcast, apologizing for sleeping through his alarm after a weekend on the road and thanking Tracy and Charles for covering. The crew then brings in winner Carter Levi, top-three finishers Hunter Carlson and Shane Hodges, and champion Mullins for interviews, with some on-air talk about multi-streaming and bandwidth along the way. Before the sign-off, one of the crew compliments Wesley on the job he does. An iRacing ARCA round at Gateway catches the crew before going live, checking Jeremy's microphone and trading jokes about some suspect bacon. The language in the racing banter slips now and then, mildly. For anyone hunting a particular game or race, the way in is the name of the team, track, tournament or series.