Robert has spent more than two decades covering sports in El Paso and the Southwest Region, including 13 years at 600AM ESPN/El Paso. The former host of "Crunchtime" and co-host of "Sportstalk" with Steve Kaplowitz, Robert also co-hosted KROD's NFL Draft Party. He has spent time as the sideline reporter for UTEP Miner football games and covered sports for KTSM and KVIA. Author and publisher of the 1994 and 1995 Pro Football Draft Preview, Robert became obsessed with the player personnel development side of the NFL in the late 80's and has followed the draft since 1987.
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Leigh Steinberg: The Super Agent – Part Two
In Part Two of my conversation with Leigh Steinberg we discuss what led to his downward spiral as he fell from the top of the sports world. At one point, according to several sports publications, Steinberg had been rated as the 16th Most Powerful Person in sports and sixth in the NFL...
Leigh Steinberg: The Super Agent – Part One
There’s Leigh Steinberg, super-agent. He’s to the right of Kevin Costner but unlike Tom Cruise’s line in the movie Jerry Maguire (loosely based on Steinberg); he is the agent you know about. He’s the agent the whole world of sports and entertainment knows about...
Failed Drug Tests at Combine Measure Stupidity More Accurately Than Drug Use
It’s that time of year again, Draft Week, when the list of collegiate players who failed their drug tests at the NFL Combine is released. To understand the level of ignorance of players who fail tests, you have to consider that the NFL announces when the combine is going to be held months beforehand...
NFL Draft – A Look At The Quarterbacks
With the NFL Draft less than a week away (seriously it seems like it has been a freaking millennium just to get there this year), it’s time to dive into the rhetoric that we hear coming from NFL circles. There is no better place to start than at the quarterback position
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See Ya Mike! Perspective From A Lakers Fan
BREAKING: Mike D'Antoni has resigned as Head Coach of the Lakers. http://t.co/YiiFWA6jl7 . pic.twitter.com/dC0OuHcO5K
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) May 1, 2014
As a life-long, die-hard Lakers fan this article will be a bit skewed but I will try to be as objective as possible. I h...
Texas Spring Game – Longhorns Still A Work In Progress
Charlie Strong debuted his Longhorn football team Saturday at Texas’s Spring Game and for those in attendance there were a few answers in regard to how good his team will be. Strong’s Horns look to be led by a stout defense which registered eight sacks and three interceptions, with one returned for a score...
Is Max Wittek The Answer At QB For Texas?
Max Wittek has yet to officially declare his intentions to become a Longhorn but the feeling around the 40 Acres is that it is just a matter of time. Wittek has already visited the campus twice and with the quarterback situation (an often injured David Ash and inexperienced Tyrone Swoopes) unsettled, he could have an easy path to becoming the starter on August 30...
Updated – Robert Garcia’s Top NFL Draft Prospects At Each Position
With the 2014 NFL Draft less than a month away, here is an updated look at my rankings of the top draft prospects at each position.
Offense
Quarterbacks
1. Blake Bortles, Central Florida
2. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
3a. Te...
Updated – Top 40 NFL Draft Prospects
With less than a month until the 2014 NFL Draft and with most of the pro days gone it’s time to reevaluate the top prospects. There have been some surprising player developments with the most notable being Teddy Bridgewater’s saga. Bridgewater who was once projected to be a possible top overall selection has seen his stock plummet after a poor pro day performance and subsequent individual workouts
Las Vegas Wranglers Taking Hockey to New Heights… LITERALLY!
The ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers are raising the roof or actually just skating on it. The double-A class organization has become a bit creative when trying to find a new venue to play its upcoming season. After losing their lease at the Orleans Arena, the club worked out a deal with the Plaza Hotel and Casino to transform a roof level parking lot into a 35-hundred seat hockey area...