Long-time listener January 6, 2021 Raj Sharan grew up Vinny Castilla, Dikembe Mutombo, John Elway. He grew up LaPhonso and Larry and Peter. Not so different from a typical Colorado kid. But by fifth grade, Sharan’s family had uprooted him to Baltimore, exiling him from the teams and players he loved. Except for the occasional cameo in a Sports Illustrated photo, the only indicator of what his favorite Nuggets player looked like was a pixelated image in the video game NBA Jam. The instrument of Sharan’s epiphany would be streaming audio. In 2007, out of college but still in Maryland, Sharan discovered the online signal of a Denver radio station, AM 950 “The Fan,” where hosts like Scott Hastings and Alfred Williams talked Nuggets, Avs, Broncos and Rockies.