After moving around a lot as a youth, Mike’s family finally decided to settle down in Durham, NC.  Forced to play sports by his parents, as a result of his clinically diagnosed attention deficit disorder (he really does have it!), Mike had no choice but to love sports. With his Dad being a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Mike was washed in the blood of the ram as a youth. Although realizing he wouldn’t turn pro when his height topped out at 5 foot 8 inches, Mike decided he didn’t want to work away from sports.

He attended Appalachian State University where he majored in Electronic Media and Broadcasting and minored in General Business.  While in college, Mike worked as the Assistant Sports Director at the campus’ radio station (90.5 WASU) and was a high school football reporter for The Mountain Television Network.  Since his graduation from ASU, Mike has worked as the Operations Director at Country 102.5 in Louisburg, NC. He also has ongoing roles as part-time “in game” studio host for the ISP Sports Network in Winston Salem, NC and the play-by-play man for CBS Radio’s WFNZ High School Football Game of the Week in Charlotte, NC.  He continues to dream of the day when UNC wins the national championship in football!

• Favorite Teams:  UNC FOOTBALL and basketball, ASU football and basketball, Carolina Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Durham Bulls, Atlanta Braves, and Charlotte Bobcats
• Favorite Players:  Leon Johnson, Dre’ Bly, Julius Peppers, Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice, Armanti Edwards, Richie Williams, Corey Lynch, Tim Tebow, and Tyler Hansbrough
• Favorite Movies:  “Rudy,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Forrest Gump,” “Signs,” “Remember the Titans,” “Cloverfield,” “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “For the Love of the Game,” “Dark Knight,” “40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Anchorman,” and “American Wedding”
• Favorite TV Shows:  “The Unit,” “The Amazing Race,” “The Apprentice,” and “Friday Night Lights”
• Best Live Sporting Event Attended:  App State vs. Michigan 2007, 2009 NCAA Final Four, and 2005 U.S. Open
• Best TV Game Memory:  Tiger Woods putt on the 18th hole at 2008 U.S. Open; UNC winning the basketball national championship in 2005; Jerry Stackhouse’s dunk vs. Duke in Cameron in 1995; Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup and Rod Brind Amour’s emotional reaction to receiving the Cup; and The Statue of Liberty play in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl between Boise St. and Oklahoma
• Favorite Announcers:  Woody Durham, Charles Davis, Jay Bilas (BEST at what he does), Stuart Scott, Dick Vitale, Ron Franklin, Brad Nessler, and Thom Brennaman
• Best Individual Sporting Accomplishment:  Grand Slam in little league and having to win 4 consecutive wrestling matches on the same day to qualify for state wrestling championships.
• Favorite TV Sports to Watch:  College and Pro Football
• Favorite Sporting Event to Attend:  College Football Game
• Favorite Sports to Play:  Football, Baseball, and Basketball
• Favorite Food:  Cereal, Milk, Japanese, and Mom’s Belgian Waffles
• Favorite Books:  To Hate Like This is to Be Happy Forever, Always By My Side, and To Kill a Mockingbird

While attending ASU, Bryce took a variety of broadcasting classes, became sports director at the college radio station (WASU), and announced play-by-play for both the Mountaineer football team (who won the national championship three years in a row) and men’s basketball team.

His involvement at WASU paved the way for the creation of Bryce’s own sports talk show, SPORTS YAPP.  The show eventually received a sponsor, and moved from a one-hour weekly to a one-hour bi-weekly show.  SPORTS YAPP not only gained recognition in Boone, but became nationally recognized by the New York Festivals who twice awarded the show a finalist certificate. 

During his four years at Appalachian State, Bryce also interned and worked at WFNZ in Charlotte and WXIT in Boone.  Numerous on-air opportunities and invaluable experience with production, sales, and running the board helped prepare Bryce to step out and take SPORTS YAPP from the college ranks to the pros.

Bryce believes his passion for sports radio and the skills necessary to succeed in this business is allowing him to make his dream a reality!

• Favorite Teams:  ASU Mountaineers, Panthers, Bobcats, Duke, and Lakers
• Favorite Athletes:  Kurt Warner, David Robinson, Jake Delhomme, Kobe Bryant, Shane Battier, Derek Fisher, Tiger Woods, Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson, Peyton Manning, and Brett Favre.
• Favorite Movies:  "Meet the Parents," "Wedding Crashers," "I Love You Man," "Billy Madison," "Happy Gilmore," "Dumb and Dumber," "Invincible," "Glory Road," "Remember the Titans," "Hitch," "The Breakup," "Rookie of the Year," and "The Mighty Ducks."
• Favorite TV Shows:  "Entourage," "Chuck," "Rules of Engagement," "30 Rock," "Arrested Development," "Shark Tank," "PTI," and "King of Queens."
• Best Live Sporting Event  Attended:  ASU vs. Michigan
• Best memory from game on TV: Panthers and Rams
• Favorite Announcers:  Jim Nantz, Bob Costas, Ernie Johnson, John Madden, Michael Wilbon, Jim Rome, Dan Patrick, Mick Mixon, and Kevin Harlan
• Best Individual Sporting Accomplishment:  Scoring a touchdown in pee wee football when the coach told me not to!  I didn’t care about running up the score, so I didn't understand why I wouldn’t try and get in the end zone.  Let's just say that the coach eventually let me off the bench!
• Favorite TV Sports to Watch:  Football, Basketball, and Golf
• Favorite Sporting Event to Attend:  Basketball Game
• Favorite Sports to Play:  Basketball, Golf, Swimming, Water Polo, and Flag Football
• Favorite Food:  Hot Dog Casserole, Taco Pie, Pizza, Strombolis, and Spaghetti
• Favorite Books:  The Bible, Visioneering, The Purpose Driven Life, In Step with God, and Blue Like Jazz