About

I was the original Green Bay Packers and San Jose Sharks Community Leader for Bleacher Report. I was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, attended University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and live in San Francisco, California, and have been working for non-profits since 1992 and the performing arts since 1994.

I used to be a huge basketball fan, but was turned off by an imbalance of officiating. I used to be a huge baseball fan, but imbalance of payrolls and steroids turned me off; thank you to the San Francisco Giants for restoring my love starting in 2009. But it's still first and foremost NFL and NHL, distantly followed by MLB and college football (if college administrators agree to finally decide their champion with a playoff), basketball and hockey.

Three notes: I can write "we" when covering the Packers because they are MY team—I am an owner. I use Canadian spellings unless talking about American football—deal with it! And if you belittle someone, suggest they are dumb for holding their opinion or suggest it does not belong in print, expect MJ to respond as a hockey enforcer! It does not make me thin-skinned because I hit back, it makes you thin-skinned if you can dish criticism out but can't take it.

Several articles from here were featured internationally, on CBSsports.com, FoxSports.com, and Yahoo Sports. Also a paid writer for other blogs on sports as well as social and spiritual matters...please check them out!
http://www.examiner.com/x-17377-SF-Christian-Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/san-jose-sharks-in-san-jose/mj-kasprzak
http://profiles.yahoo.com/blog/R2YDCTOJFUNWW7BZQX3GB6RPEU?eid=CjMASRM6nytChBl5Aun2W1rv4hcyVAR3WIVtQEJY9FJ3M80Azw

Finally, MJ kindly requests that you refrain from profanity on bulletin board and articles, as I don't want to discourage parents and their kids from stopping by.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Aaron Rodgers, Joe Pavelski, Charles Woodson, Ryane Clowe, Logan Couture, Ian Laperriere, Chris Chelios, Jeff Garcia, Ed Reed and Warrick Dunn

  • Favorite Sports Teams

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

  • Favorite Coaches

    Vince Lombardi, Scotty Bowman, Bill Walsh, Harvey Kuehn

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Miracle on Ice, Packers' Superbowl XXXI victory Packers 2010 championship season.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Game I proposed to my wife, then Pack-Vikes with Freeman's 2000 ESPY catch.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Consecutive starts: Glenn Hall, Brett Favre, Cal Ripken; there are maybe a dozen other NHL records I could list, too

  • Ruth or Mays?

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

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Otto Graham

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan, but I like Russell better

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    GORDIE HOWE

  • 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.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    I HATE GOLF!

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE AUTO-RACING!!! Stop supporting terrorism and destroying our planet with unnecessary oil comsumption!

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    WHAT? Who ARE these people?

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    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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  • Ron ThompsoN posted 284 days ago

    Ron ThompsoN

    Hate your team but like your writing. Keep up with the good work.

  • Steven Spencer posted 294 days ago

    Steven Spencer

    You and I might have some differences in opinion as far as the NHL teams we go for and who won the Nash trade, but I agree with you 100% that golf and NASCAR are about the two most useless things on the face of the planet.

  • rita love posted 358 days ago

    rita love

    Hello,
    (rita.konta@yahoo.com)
    My name is Rita, i saw your profile today and became interested in you,i will also like to know you more,and if you can send an email to my email address,i will give you my pictures here is my email address ( rita.konta@yahoo.com ) I believe we can move from here! Awaiting for your mail to my email address above , Remember the distance or age or color does not matter but love matters a lot in life, i will be waiting to hear from you soon.Yours Rita,

  • Eric Lyons posted 390 days ago

    Eric Lyons

    Thanks for the clarification. I feel like a jackass for missing that because your wording already made it clear what the statistics referred to. Definitely a solid article on the road team anomaly in these playoffs (including the Capitals tonight, how about that?). Again thanks for the clarification, and my mistake for the thoughtless comment on the story. Keep up the solid writing.

  • Keriann Aronson posted 392 days ago

    Keriann Aronson

    Naturally, I watched the whole thing x_x

  • Keriann Aronson posted 395 days ago

    Keriann Aronson

    Looks like I should have left earlier! Go Sharks tonight

  • Paul Padilla posted 396 days ago

    Paul Padilla

    Nice meeting you at HQ. You know your stuff - looking forward to more Sharks news!

  • Ron Thompson posted 418 days ago

    Ron Thompson

    Lol, you were right. Greiss should have started.

  • David Barclay posted 423 days ago

    David Barclay

    Haha no problem sir! Just fanned you so we can stay in touch. Fan me back if you don't mind? I'd like to build a little network on here.

  • David Barclay posted 424 days ago

    David Barclay

    Hey MJ! Sorry I just noticed your posting on my wall. Still learning how to use this thing haha. I appreciate the kind words!

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