Christopher Owen (Scribe)

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Hey, my name is Chris, I'm 19 years old, currently residing in London England, and I'm a die hard sports fan.

*NOTE* I've decided to vent some steam after the Rays' most recent loss by writing a longer bio :p

I was born in Alexndria Virginia June of 1988. I lived in Australia from the age of two years for a total time of six months before returning to Virginia.

I attended St. John's Catholic School in McLean VA from Kindergarden through third grade. During this time I lived with my parents in McLean, where I was brought up on post-Superbowl Washington Redskins football. During that same period, due to spending lots of time at my Grandmother's who had cable TV.

Enter NASCAR, which at the time, was on cable alone. I grew up a Jeff Gordon fan, which I blame on being 6 years old and picking the most colorful car. I have vague memories of the '96 season, but my most vibrant memory is watching Jeff Gordon lead a Hendrick trio, winning the '97 Daytona 500.

Then, in the summer of '97 my parents up and moved to Devon, England (the back end of nowhere to you and me). My sports interests promptly became fixed around Manchester United thanks to my father. I'm happy to say I shed that curse in favour of Manchester City (The team it turned out my father supported when he was a boy) who are my primary english sport's focus.

However, I'm just as happy to say that I will shortly be returning to St. Petersburg Florida, home of my beloved (Devil) Rays. My love affair with the rays began back in 2004 shortly after aquiring Scott Kazmir (no, that wasn't the reason) when I decided it was time i took an interest in America's pastime. At the time, I happened to be in St. Petersburg, so it made sense to take an interest in the (at the time) Devil Rays. And thus the affair of love (and hate and swearing and tears and anger) was born.

Thanks to the internet and British satelite TV (Sky) I am able to keep current with my American sports while I am at university in London. And, thanks to that, I am able to give every opinion I've got :p take that as a chance of greatness or a curse, as you will.

Cheers to all, Chris

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Favorite Athletes

Carl Crawford, BJ upton, James Sheilds, Evan Longoria, Jason Campbell, Santana Moss,

Favorite Sports Teams

Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Redskins, Hendrick Motorsports, Manchester City, Tampa Bay Lightening. (In that order)

All Time Sports Moment

Watching Jeff Gordon win the 1997 Daytona 500

Most Memorable Game Attended

Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs. Detroit Tigers-a hard fought game the Rays won 2-1

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Richard Petty's 200 wins in NASCAR's top flight.

Pele or Maradona?

Pele-Maradona was nothing but a lowlife cheat (yes I'm bitter about the hand of god)

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

Big East, but only because it's where I'm from

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  1. by Michael
    2 months ago

    Thanks for reading my article and for the comment, I used to live in Walton-on-Thames and in Cobham in England. Big time Man U fan when they had Cantona and Schmeichel.

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