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I've been associated with Bleacher Report for over a year but 2008 was just brilliant both for me and for B/R as the network has risen to height of becoming the global debate it is today...

My Bleacher Report Story So Far: The Journey To 500!

by Salaar Arshad Shamsi (Senior Writer)

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December 31, 2008


I've been associated with Bleacher Report for over a year but 2008 was just brilliant both for me and for B/R as the network has risen to height of becoming the global debate it is today.

I've completed 500 articles for Bleacher Report and I'm thinking "Wow, 500? How'd I get here?"

In truth, I would have never got here without the tremendous support that I've gotten.

The journey to 500 made me Co-Community Leader of the World Football Community alongside Andrew McNair (Andrew, you've been a real friend) and the Co-Community Leader of the Manchester United Community alongside Jeff Harbert (Jeff, we hope you will return some day!)

Have the roots of journalism before being part of the B/R Family, I can safely say I've enjoyed the experience of reading contributions of other writers who I greatly admire like Andrew Kneeland, Shyam, Gerry, Alby, Jeff, Simon Martin, Simon Williams, Sarah, Zahi Sahli, Mark Andrew, Warren, Marc, Alan M, Khalid, Brad, Maire, John Houmes, Alex Dimond, Salomon, Barney, S, Carly, Micheal Griffin, Yoosof Farah, Sean Crowe, Alan Bass, Gray Ghost, and Lisa Horne amongst many others.

How about the editors, eh?

Here's a list of my favourite editors on B/R: Dakota Rubin, Justin S., Sergei M., Stacey Rice, Claire B., Gracie L., Jeff Gorman, Emily Fowler, Alex Dimond, Dusan S. and many more.

Recruiting writers from Bleacher Report was also a hugely enjoyable experience.

As I joined Bleacher Report, Alex (Zander), RA (Ryan Alberti), Bryan G., Dave N., and Dave F. were quite supportive and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them.

I sincerely hope that I've managed to thank everybody but If I missed out someone, it just slipped my mind, sorry!

I've had the honor of being twice voted B/R World Football Community's Most Consistent Writer of the Month and also nominated for the Best Writer of the Year Award, as well as first in the Bleacher Report Rankings for around two months and currently second only to B/R's very own Lisa Horne.

500 articles, three B/R Pick of the Day articles, 184 Pick of the Day votes received, 103 fans, 3896 comments received, and 808,414 article reads: My Bleacher Report Story So Far!

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  1. Joe G 6 months ago

    Congrats on the 500 Salaar! You're a model of consistency.

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  2. Trey Bradley 6 months ago

    You're who this site was designed for. Way to take advantage, and special thanks for being such a great community builder.

    Here's to another 500!

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  3. Maire Ofeire 6 months ago

    Thanks for the mention Salaar. Keep up the great work and here's to another 500 :-)

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  4. Keith Griffin 6 months ago

    Great to see you reach an amazing Milestone mate. Keep up the excellent work.

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  5. Shyam Parthasarathi 6 months ago

    Wow - 500 and still going strong.. great stuff Salaar!

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  6. Saraswathi Siriginia 6 months ago

    Salaar, you are a very committed Community leader and you did some great series that I had the honor of editing. Thank you for all the good work you do.

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  7. ehraas 6 months ago

    hi bhai

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  8. Andrew McNair 6 months ago

    Congrats mate. 500 is quite a milestone. Thanks for the mention and as always keep up the great work!

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  9. Willie Gannon 6 months ago

    A real milestone Salaar. Congratulations. Takes a lot to put in 500, fair play.

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  10. Barney 6 months ago

    500 not out! One more and you equal Brian Lara's record!

    Great achievement Salaar, and these articles haven't been copy and pastingfrom different siteslike others who have reached this milestone have!

    Thanks for the mention, you've been a great servant to this site and have really helped build it up to the level it is now!

    To the next 500!

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  11. Yoosof Farah 6 months ago

    i left a note on your bulletin board, but i might as well say it again. congratulations on reaching 500 articles mate! also, thanks for the mention.

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  12. Michael Griffin 6 months ago

    Well done mate, fantastic amount of articles to reach, and while I was in the football community, it was an honour to serve with you mate, keep the articles coming.

    Over 800,000 reads! Jesus, I've just got to 150,000 and I thought that was amazing. Plus, you're a Man Utd supporter, so you are just brilliant haha!

    Well done again mate, how long before you get to 750??

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  13. Matt Foote about 21 hours ago

    were's Emily Fowler. I gotta give her a piece of my mind! She odviosly doesn't know anything about abseball. As she changed my article: Acctual News: Mark DeRosa Injures Wrist to: CLEVELANDS DeRosa Injures Wrist. WTF! Please can you direct me to her I need to chew her out. Good article(s) by the way.

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