That's what David Barrett told me last year.  He's the guy who wrote and sang the song (in 2003 they changed it to a version by Luther Vandross).  Take a listen to what he has to say about you "haters"...

And here's my blog post from last year that led to me giving David a call:

Doug Towey has passed away.  I know....you don't know who that is.  He's a longtime CBS sports network exec who was behind the scenes on just about anything sports related that ever aired on the network.  He's perhaps best known and either loved or hated for the end-of-the-NCCA tournament highlight montage set to the sappy song "One Shining Moment".   There are two kinds of people in the world.  Those that love it.. or those that hate it.  I know the song is sappy.  I know it's crappy.  But you know what?  I still like it.  Still get goosebumps.  Here's the first time it ever ran.  It was in 1987 after Bobby Knight's Indiana Hoosiers won it all.  Cue the video to 1:45 in...

... a cat riding a roomba hitting the snot out of a dog.  What's funner than that?  A cat riding a roomba hitting the snot out of a dog wearing a de-masculating sweater...

Caption Contest.  Please comment below on this picture from Watertown Daily Times...

I"ve seen Kobe Bryant do some pretty amazing things on the court.  This video though has nothing to do with a buzzer beater or a dunk.  You do this to me, your or almost any other human and we would have blinked, ducked or dove.  Check out how Kobe Bryant reacted, or didn't react when Orlando's Matt Barnes tried the old "inbounds to your face" pysch...

Here's the video we told yout about on WMN.

It's of country singer Brad Paisley.  He got his wish.  He was searching for video of him falling on stage while singing his hit "Alcohol" this weekend.  He offered a "meet and greet" backstage to anybody who put it up on YouTube because he wanted to see just how it happened.  Turns out, somebody was shooting video of the song.  Here you go..

 Paisley was rushed to the hospital after the fall, fearing he broke his ribs. He didn't. 

The "Pants on the Ground" song couldn't get it done, but maybe MJ will.  Take a look at this picture of Michael Jordan at a Charlotte practice.  What stands out?

Look at his pants.  No, not the holes.  Look at his waistline.  Shirt tucked in, beltline where.. well, the beltline should be.  The pants are pulled up.  The pants are off the ground.  His underwear is not showing.   Generations of kids wore Nikes, HIS Nikes simply because they wanted to "Be Like Mike".  I sure hope the kids still want to be like Mike... at least one more time.

Of course, it is quite possible that he simply now is an old guy and lost his fashion sense.  But I hope he still has some juice left to get kids to get their pants off the ground.

I know this clip is several years old, but with the Winter Olympics underway, I had to watch it again.  Oh the Frenchman!...

Something was different Monday morning as my workday started at 3:00.  It took a few minutes to figure out what it was.  Then it hit me... the scanners were quiet.  That happens sometimes on Mondays.  The weekend sports guys from time to time have turned down the scanners.  The police radio calls can be annoying, but having been in this biz for nearly 20 years, you learn to drown it out and listen for key phrases... none bigger than "officer down".  This time, I couldn't blame the weekend crews.  The scanners were up and scanning.. but there is nothing coming through.  Turns out, there won't be anything for reporters and scanner enthusiasts to listen to.  The Milwaukee Police Department has officially switched over to its new digital system.  It's called Open Sky radio.  The system was purchased years ago and MPD has been working to get the bugs out. 

It's the bugs that has some officers worried.   I talked to a few cops who say there are "dead spots" in the system where no signal comes through.  They admitted that the old analog system wasn't perfect.  Sometimes you couldn't understand what an officer said over the radio, but one thing often did cut through the static.... a sense of urgency.  A tone of the call, not necessarily the words could often cut through any static issues in communicating when an officer was in trouble.

A quick check of the Googles shows other Milwaukee cops are talking too.  Badger Blogger is taking their responses.   If you have a comment, especially if you are man or woman in blue, please comment below...

UPDATE

We did a story about this Thursday on Wisconsin's Morning News...

Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn has sent a memo to his officers (read it here) concerning their new police radios. After nearly a decade of trying to get the bugs out, this week the department made the switch from the analog radios to the digital OpenSky system. Trial runs of the system showed numerous problems including "dead spots" where the radios don't work.  Police officers have been complaining loudly about the system on internet message boards. The chief's memo says he's committed to the officers safety and they've worked with the company to fix many of the problems. He also urges the officers to report any problems they have.

Chief Flynn says they can't discard the system, which has cost 17-million dollars in taxpayer money. From the memo: " as frustrating as the change process has been, I am simply not in a position to discard Open Sky. This has been a seven-year project that has cost over $17 million in taxpayer money. It is a sunk cost. lowe you, as police officers and taxpayers, my best efforts to get a value return on that investment, one that simply cannot be remade, in the current economic environment, with new money."

Other communities, however, have ashcanned the system though. After many of the same problems, the city of New York ditched OpenSky, canceling a 2-billion dollar contract.

I spoke with the new President of the Milwaukee Police Association, Mike Crivello, about this.  Crivello says he's aware of the officer's concerns, but says he trusts that their safety and the safety of the public is the top priority of Chief Flynn and that decisions concerning the radio and anything else will be made in that regard. 

 We talked about this on WMN with MPD communications head Captain Andra Williams... take a listen..

Last week was "Doppelganger Week" on Facebook.  You were supposed to change your profile picture to somebody who you look like. 

For example, I am not their friends on Facebook, but I could easily see Danny Gokey and Mark Attanasio switching pics:

What I learned was... my Facebook Friends are delusional, vain or a nasty combination of both.  No, Frank, you don't look like Bruce Willis.   Patrick.. you don't look like Bruce Willis either.  Sandy, you are not Sandra Bullock. 

I didn't participate.  Mainly because I am fully aware that no celebrities look like me.  Those of you with Hi-Def TV's should be thanking your lucky stars.  Two websites that were designed to use face recognition and help you find your celebrity twin were popular last week.  This is what they came up with for me:  Option A) Troy Aikman.  Option B) Matt Damon

Umm.. Strike One.  Strike Two... and Hopefully Strike 3 with option C)  Tom Poston

It's okay if I don't look like anyone in Hollywood.  I'm okay with that.  To quote John Candy (hey, maybe someday he might work for me) in Planes, Trains and Automobiles "I like me, my friends like me, my wife likes me.  Cause I'm the genuine article".   Just be happy i'm on radio, not on TV.