<p>Yankeeman, as SnowflakeVT posted, a lot of life is hard work plus being in the right place at the right time. Both of my sons have friends who are artistic as well as sports minded who are working in sports reporting. One went to school for communications and announced games every weekend on campus and went on to be the morning DJ for a local station. He also produces artsy movies, etc on the side. Younger son has a friend who is a hockey player who went to college as history major and plays every weekend with a band. He recently graduated and is employed as as an announcer for a local hockey team. You will need to tough it out through the gen eds at just about any college: writing, reading, math and cultural studies which will only make you a better candidate for a job and a better citizen. Good luck there are so many paths in life and not all of them are straight but they do require hard work.</p>