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Born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, attended University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, living in San Francisco, California. Been working for non-profits since 1992 and the performing arts since 1994.
Used to be a huge baseball fan, but was turned off by the imbalance of payrolls; used to be a huge basketball fan, but was turned off by an imbalance of officiating. Now it's first and foremost NFL and NHL, followed by college football, basketball, and hockey.

Social and spiritual commentary can be found on the link to "MJ's Website" below my profile photo (that's my dog and her late kitten-child)...please check it out!

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Favorite Athletes

Brenden Morrow, Joe Thornton, Mike Grier, Ryan Smyth, Ian Laperriere, Chris Chelios, Brett Favre, Jeff Garcia, Ed Reed, Aaron Kampman, and Warrick Dunn in no particular order.

Favorite Sports Teams

Green Bay Packers, San Jose Sharks, Wisconsin Badgers--in that order.

All Time Sports Moment

Miracle on Ice, then Packers' Superbowl XXXI victory.

Most Memorable Game Attended

Game I proposed to my wife, then Freeman's ESPY catch against the Vikings.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Favre's consecutive starts, Ripken's consecutive starts, DiMaggio's hitting streak.

Ruth or Mays?

Mays--not even close, since he was the all-around player.

Unitas or Montana?

Unitas, by one of the short hairs on his head--but I'll take Elway.

Pele or Maradona?

Pele since I think he'll prove to be more timeless, but admittedly I don't know much about the world's #1 sport.

Jordan or Gretzky?

Gretzky--dominated his era a little more.

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big Ten, not because it's best athletically, but because it cares more about education than the others (also respect Pac 10).

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  1. by Jeffrey
    about 20 hours ago

    Did you want me to e-mail you a copy of the article?

    Or I could send you a copy of the article signed?

  2. by Thayne
    1 day ago

    You should know better than to tangle with me young grasshopper. Where was Marleau and Cheechoo in the first two games of round two when you guys dug an insurmountable whole? That's what I thought...Hallyburton scores!

  3. by Jeffrey
    1 day ago

    As the number of writers and sports journalist on Bleacher Report continue to increase I'm happy to know that you read my article put so much effort into writing comments on both Zander's and my wall. ll

    While I understand that you are upset that you were not able to comment on the article before it was deleted, I would love to e-mail you a copy of the article, if you would like to post a copy on your fridge. I have some great magnets of that I'd love to send you.

    Please do enjoy reading the my future articles. I just completed an article that you might enjoy titled, "How Much Do you Care About An Athletes Legal Troubles"?

  4. by Thayne
    2 days ago

    HAHAHA,

    this is hilarious...you are a tad bit competetive, eh! And the Sharks did choke...how was Thornton and Cheechoo and Marleau? haha, I think i was on the right track..........

  5. by Ivahn
    2 days ago

    Uh...... another Patriot hater!!!!.... just kidding I like your your profile pic Huskies are my favorite dogs hope you don't mind me adding you as a favorite writer. thanks

  6. by Ivahn
    2 days ago

    Hey MJ I was one of the persons who commented on the article "black athlethes just one arrest after another" I commented about heatley's crash and craig mactavish's charge. I hope i'm not the overtly other racist person you were talking to Zander about I don't believe I am. I read the article last night and knew there would be trouble I believe you were talking about a comment about 2 or 3 comments down. Immediatly I thought of the other members on this site who are black and felt ashamed. I was also kind of curious of what the articles writers response was since I missed it. thanx

  7. by Danielle
    4 days ago

    Me too, but I cringe when I think of that big contract we just gave him. I wore my Setoguchi shirt to the gym today, I'm taking baby steps lol.

  8. by Danielle
    4 days ago

    Haha, maybe they are reading our banter. I don't really mind this, it's an intellegent discussion between two Sharks fans. Anyway, I do see where you're coming from, how trading him would allow us to bring in a big name. However, I'd rather see a guy like Matt Carle go if we're going to free up some cap space.

  9. by Danielle
    4 days ago

    Ok, I have a big problem with a +/- stat for a few reasons. Apparently Marleau was sick (mono, apparently?) for part of the season. With lines being juggled so much by Wilson, I think it was hard to find any sort of chemistry with new linemates all the time. He also had that big scoring slump during the season, so of course that's going to affect your stats. Either way, i still think he was one of the better guys in the playoffs, when it matters most, so getting rid of him isn't really the way to go. Because he isn't the loudest captain, here's another guy who isn't and still is effective: Nicklas Lidstrom. DW just needs to surround him with more vocal guys. Plus, getting rid of our best players isn't really that great. Case in point: the Senators and the Sabres.

    Ehrhoff, I will admit, was great in the regular season. I was an Ehrhoff fan, I even have the signed shirt/hat/other shirt jersey thing to prove it. But playing well for a game or two doesn't excuse turning over the puck a lot or taking really inopportune penalties that usually led to goals. But that's neither here nor there, the guy's going to still be in SJ. And, the salary argument isn't valid. Here's are two players that were more solid than he was not only in the regular season but in the playoffs as well: Douglas Murray and Joe Pavelski. Plus, Ehrhoff is going to be due for a raise, since he's up for a new contract.

    Either way, I'm still pretty pissed. But I have started talking about the Sharks to people I know. Today was the first day I even commented on the playoffs to people I go to school with.

  10. by Danielle
    4 days ago

    Well, I think you are being unrealistically hard on Marleau, but hey. That's perfectly fine. And I KNOW, I pretty much fell out of my seat and rolled over laughing. I'm laughing as I type this. Hahahahaha.

  11. by Danielle
    5 days ago

    Ha, no to be honest, I didn't really even know what the full comment was. I've actually developed some thick skin finally, so I don't really care what people say now. Yay for Danielle! But thank you though.
    By the way, I read a comment on my latest hockeybuzz article saying that Ehrhoff was captain material. I'm going to leave it at that.
    -Danielle

  12. by Ken
    5 days ago

    I'm going to assume Danielle is still pretty ticked at me...will you tell her I'm sorry again? That was really a-hole of me. I am still pretty ashamed of that behavior...

  13. by Ken
    5 days ago

    just wanted to draw your attention to my michalek article. Its not much but he seems to be ok.

  14. by Danielle
    5 days ago

    MJ
    Thanks for the feedback. Sorry if I sounded super defensive, I'm just a little mad still. I probably should have worded what I said more carefully. And we never did chat about Marleau, I just read your latest article and gathered your opinion based on that.

  15. by Francois
    6 days ago

    Sorry for taking so long to respond. I have moved to a different location and did not have internet connection until today. My harsh response was not because of baseball at all. He had mentionned baseball in his article and I decided to make a ridiculous suggestion that was as ridiculous as the one he suggested in his article.

    In a word, in my opinion, it's as ridiculous to take away an assist on a goal in hockey that it is to take away a strike to retire a player at bat in baseball.

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