“I'm just a pretty regular guy,” is how television newsman Bob Herzog describes himself. “I always want to be a person that everyone can trust.” There’s nothing regular about the path that took this proud Cincinnati westsider, Xavier University graduate, and father of four, to the anchor desk for WKRC-TV, Local 12. Herzog’s LinkedIn profile lists him as anchor and program host. That hardly tells the whole story. He’s been a radio newsman, traffic reporter, theater per

When Ben Yee arrived at Xavier University, he wasn't planning on a career in the movie business. A theology major, Yee envisioned becoming a teacher. He took just two Electronic Media production classes while at Xavier — more out of curiosity than career planning — but those classes opened a door he never expected. Nearly three decades later, filmmakers from across the country are knocking on the door of The Camera Department, the company Yee co-founded just six years after

When Bob Rainey was growing up in Rochester, New York, ”He would turn the sound down so he could do the play-by-play," said his mother, Mary Ellen Rainey. Something about the Minnesota Vikings caught his fancy; he became a fan for life. Bob played sports announcer so much that he sometimes drove the family to distraction. "But I just let him do his thing," his mother said. His “thing” was sports, and his games were basketball and football. With a sinewy body on a 6’2” frame,

For more than two decades, Tom DeCorte has been one of the steady hands behind some of ESPN’s most recognizable programs—a coordinating producer whose calm in the control room belies the organized chaos around him. “Directors, technical directors, assistant producers, researchers — everyone’s talking, everyone’s reacting — when things change, everyone adjusts. That’s always where I feel like I’m excelling,” admits the Detroit native and 1998 Xavier University graduate. That