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MEET OUR TEAM OF JOURNALISTS

Nick Slegel

Nick Slegel

Favorite Quote:
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." - Vince Lombardi
Favorite Athlete:
Prince Fielder
Favorite Movie:
Field of Dreams
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John Heinis

John "Hardbody" Heinis

Favorite Quote:
"Going that extra round when you have nothing left, makes the whole difference in your life." Rocky Balboa
Favorite Athlete:
Chael Sonnen
Favorite Movie:
The Dark Knight
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Vincent Frank

Vincent Frank

Favorite Quote:
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” (Rumi)
Favorite Athlete:
Patrick Willis
Favorite Movie:
Crash
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Rob Kirk

Rob "The Captain" Kirk

Favorite Quote:
"All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." - Gordie Howe
Favorite Athlete:
Steve Yzerman
Favorite Movie:
Caddyshack
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Fred Altvater

Fred Altvater

Favorite Quote:
So many golf courses.....So little time.
Favorite Athlete:
Hogan, Nicklaus, Woods, Mickey Mantle, Michael Jordan
Favorite Movie:
Casablanca, For the Love of the Game, Blazing Saddles
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Travis Riechers

Travis Riechers

Favorite Quote:
"It's a great day for a ball game, let's play two!" - Ernie Banks
Favorite Athlete:
Jason Heyward, Martin Prado, Carmelo Anthony, Ty Lawson, Mike Vick, Robert Griffin III, Alex Ovechkin, Milan Hejduk
Favorite Movie:
Hardball and Fever Pitch
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Andrew Brand

Andrew "Robocop" Brand

Favorite Quote:
"Success is when your determination becomes an insanity"
Favorite Athlete:
Steve Nash
Favorite Movie:
Rebound - 1996 - About Earl "The Goat" Manigault. You can't be a hoops fan and not see this movie.
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Matthew Erickson

Matthew "Door Matt" Erickson

Favorite Quote:
"The separation is in the preparation." - Russell Wilson
Favorite Athlete:
Russell Wilson, Felix Hernandez
Favorite Movie:
The one I just watched
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Andrew Forthuber

Andrew "Sauce" Forthuber

Favorite Quote:
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." -Ted Williams
Favorite Athlete:
Larry "Chipper" Jones
Favorite Movie:
Anchorman
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Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin "Hats and Tats" Christensen

Favorite Quote:
"Writing is a weapon. A weapon more powerful than a fist can ever be." -Rubin Carter
Favorite Athlete:
Reggie Miller
Favorite Movie:
Big Trouble in Little China
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Chris Dougherty

Chris "DraftInsider" Dougherty

Favorite Quote:
"Those Who Endure, Conquer"
Favorite Athlete:
Tom Brady
Favorite Movie:
Shawshank Redemptiont
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Steven Luke

Steven Luke

Favorite Quote:
"If you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything." -Joe Montana
Favorite Athlete:
Bo Jackson
Favorite Movie:
Primal Fear
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Hailee Miguel

Hailee Miguel

Favorite Quote:
"How can you not be romantic about baseball." - Moneyball
Favorite Athlete:
Tim Brown (Raiders) and Josh Reddick (A's)
Favorite Movie:
Moneyball
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Matt Mills

Matt "Millsy" Mills

Favorite Quote:
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Favorite Athlete:
Tim Tebow, Kevin Garnett
Favorite Movie:
(500) Days of Summer
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Phil Nusbaum

Phil Nusbaum

Favorite Quote:
"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?" -Vince Lombardi
Favorite Athlete:
Mike Trout
Favorite Movie:
Major League
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Carlos Torres

Carlos "The Sports Marshall" Torres

Favorite Quote:
"We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time!"
Favorite Athlete:
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Favorite Movie:
Avatar
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Kieran Clark

Kieran Clark

Favorite Quote:
"Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century." - Dame Edna Everage
Favorite Athlete:
Tom Watson
Favorite Movie:
The Silence of the Lambs
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Jessica Kleinschmidt

Jessica "The Stiletto" Kleinschmidt

Favorite Quote:
"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you're wasting your life." - Jackie Robinson
Favorite Athlete:
THE Ray Lewis
Favorite Movie:
Moneyball
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Jesus Castanon

Jesus Castanon

Favorite Quote:
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders
Favorite Athlete:
Dan Marino
Favorite Movie:
Team America
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Nick Inge

Nick Inge

Favorite Quote:
"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." -Jimmy Johnson
Favorite Athlete:
Dan Marino and Larry Wayne Jones Jr.
Favorite Movie:
Field of Dreams
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Jonathan Munshaw

Jonathan Munshaw

Favorite Quote:
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." - Jim Valvano
Favorite Athlete:
Jim Brown
Favorite Movie:
The Watchmen
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Adam Rickert

Adam Rickert

Favorite Quote:
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Favorite Athlete:
Nicklas Lidstrom (all time), Shane Doan (current)
Favorite Movie:
Field of Dreams
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Vanessa Demske

Vanessa "Bad Kitty" Demske

Favorite Quote:
"Just one more dying quail a week, and you're in Yankee Stadium." - Crash Davis in "Bull Durham"
Favorite Athlete:
Jim Abbott
Favorite Movie:
Heathers
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Colin Mieczkowski

Colin "Ghost Panda" Mieczkowski

Favorite Quote:
"Straight Cash Homie!" -Randy Moss
Favorite Athlete:
Bobby Jones, Frank Thomas, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Payne Stewart and John Daly
Favorite Movie:
The Greatest Game Ever Played, Mr. 3000, Tuskeegee Airmen, Shawshank Redemption, Angels with Dirty Faces and Boyz in the Hood, Soul of the Game
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Ashley Eisenberg

Ashley Eisenberg

Favorite Quote:
"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice." - Eric Lindros
Favorite Athlete:
"The Patricks" - Patrick Kane & Patrick Sharp
Favorite Movie:
Schindler's List
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James Flint

James Flint

Favorite Quote:
"It's not about how hard you hit, but it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky Balboa
Favorite Athlete:
Kyrie Irving, Joe Haden and Jason Kipnis
Favorite Movie:
Rocky series
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Jonathan Reimer

Jonathan Reimer

Favorite Quote:
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do." - John Ruskin
Favorite Athlete:
Roberto Alomar
Favorite Movie:
Match Point
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Jon Siddoway

Jon Siddoway

Favorite Quote:
"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different." - Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Athlete:
Patrick Willis
Favorite Movie:
Big Fish
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Mo Yoshimoto

Mo "Mo Money" Yoshimoto

Favorite Quote:
"I'll take care of it."
Favorite Athlete:
Walter Payton
Favorite Movie:
The Usual Suspects
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Zay Awram

Zay Awram

Favorite Quote:
"Those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind"
Favorite Athlete:
Kevin Durant
Favorite Movie:
Dark Knight
Chris Barcinas

Chris "Boss" Barcinas

Favorite Quote:
"It ain't over till it's over" - Yogi Berra
Favorite Athlete:
Wayne Gretzky
Favorite Movie:
The Godfather
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Ian Barry

Ian Barry

Favorite Quote:
"The playoffs separate the men from the boys, and we found out we have a lot of boys in our dressing room." - Neil Smith
Favorite Athlete:
Jeff Carter
Favorite Movie:
Van Wilder
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Liz Biscevic

Liz "no games, just sports" Biscevic

Favorite Quote:
"Well behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher
Favorite Athlete:
Kevin Garnett (Celtics) and Alex Smith (49ers)
Favorite Movie:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Lance Britton

Lance Britton

Favorite Quote:
"If you ain't in it to win it, then get the hell out!" - Marky Mark (along with the Funky Bunch)
Favorite Athlete:
John Elway
Favorite Movie:
Major League
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Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Favorite Quote:
"Heroes get remembered but legends never die." - Sandlot
Favorite Athlete:
Kevin Garnett
Favorite Movie:
Anchorman
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Kwame Fisher-Jones

Kwame Fisher-Jones

Favorite Quote:
"To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires." - W.E.B. Du Bois
Favorite Athlete:
Anyone great at their craft
Favorite Movie:
Carlito's Way
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Justin Huestis

Justin "Just In Time" Huestis

Favorite Quote:
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog" - Archie Griffin
Favorite Athlete:
Sean Taylor, Adrian Peterson
Favorite Movie:
Warrior
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Shane Lambert

Shane "Grand Slambert" Lambert

Favorite Quote:
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser
Favorite Athlete:
Andy Murray
Favorite Movie:
Unforgiven
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Corey Long

Corey "Riff" Long

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment." - Bill Walsh
Favorite Athlete:
Steve Young and Patrick Willis
Favorite Movie:
Christopher Nolan Films
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Bram Makonda

Bram "brambreezy" Makonda

Favorite Quote:
Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Favorite Athlete:
Marshall Faulk, Ichiro Suzuki, Orel Hershiser
Favorite Movie:
Office Space
Lev Moscow

Lev "Il Mostrino" Moscow

Favorite Quote:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain
Favorite Athlete:
Charles Oakley
Favorite Movie:
Groundhog Day
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Ryan Riddle

Ryan "The Riddler" Riddle

Favorite Quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is out light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people wont't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. - Marianne Williamson
Favorite Athlete:
Calvin Johnson
Favorite Movie:
Dances With Wolves
Matt Rittle

Matt "Lionel" Rittle

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Favorite Athlete:
Ryne Sandberg
Favorite Movie:
Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings
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Josh Schoch

Josh "Shock Value" Schoch

Favorite Quote:
"Age is just a number and people need to get over it." Betty White
Favorite Athlete:
Any/Every athlete who's down-to-earth
Favorite Movie:
21 Jump Street
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Mike Sullivan

Mike "#6 for 6" Sullivan

Favorite Quote:
"Practice? We talkin bout practice?" - Allen Iverson
Favorite Athlete:
LeBron James
Favorite Movie:
Remember The Titans