: About Me

I'm a 32 year old avid sports fan who can find nothing better to do with his opinons but send them out into cyberspace. My sports journalism background, if you can call it that, includes time as Sports Director for Cortland State Television and Senior Writer for esports media group.

In my spare time, I enjoy trying to stay active and irritating the NFL with my own personal highlight montages that get taken down off of youtube.

My passion is ...

Sports

I know too much about ...

retail management

My parents always told me ...

don't get smart. Ask anyone- I listened.

My childhood ambition ...

Navy pilot. Thank you Top Gun.

My favorite memory ...

Well, there's the birth of my daughter that's obviously #1. However after that would be the entire summer of 1987, being a member of the 1993 Section V baseball champs, and various memories of a certain someone

Why I write ...

It may be cliched, but I enjoy it. Besides, if these thoughts just bounced around my head I'd probably go insane.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

This changes from minute to min- see? It just changed again.

My first job ...

my current job, kinda. That's right, I'm a writer who used the word 'kinda'

My best moment ...

Still to come

My inspiration ...

Still to come

Politics, News & Issues > Sports News & Opinion (Other) Should gambling on professional sports get an athlete banned for life?

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Gambling has played a big part in the popularity of sports. From placing wagers on games to the immensely popular fantasy sports money changes hands based on the outcome of every popular game. When the participants in those games take part in the wagering it attacks the integrity of the sport. That damage can be permament and so should the punishment for those found guilty. Why do we watch sports as fervently as we do? Some watch because they are in awe of the talent on the field or court necessary to compete at the highest level. Others may watch simply for entertainment. At the root of e...

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