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Joe Yanarella

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About

I've worked as a sportswriter at two daily newspapers, written text for baseball, basketball and football cards backs for Fleer and have interned at the home of hockey maven Stan Fischler. I've also served as a managing editor at a daily newspaper, entertainment publication and most recently, Wizard Entertainment, where I helped oversee the daily operations of four national pop culture mags, four national conventions and two websites.

But my first love has always been sports dating back to when my parents took me to see Lew Alcindor (yes, it was the pre-Kareem days) and the Bucks play Walt Frazier and the Knicks.

I'm a lifelong New Yorker, except for that one year I spent in Chicago, which was the longest year of my life when Charles Smith couldn't dunk the ball when we had Jordan and the Bulls on the ropes. The New York guy took plenty of abuse that summer.

I'm also a huge college basketball buff and have been to the NCAA Tournament numerous times. I've seen Jason Kidd and Cal end Bobby Hurley's Duke career and Kerry Kittles and Nova go to three OTs vs. Old Dominion. I've had beers in Rex Chapman's sports bar 3's in Lexington and bought a CBS Sports vest off an employee for $200 in a post-game celebration of one particularly gratifying win. (But that's a whole other story)

Baseball is a huge passion of mine and I love fantasy baseball. I'm still haunted by the memory of taking Joe Carter with the No. 2 pick in 1987 and passing on Eric Davis, who went on to a 37-homer, 50-steal season.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Bernie Williams, John Starks, Bert Jones,

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    New York Yankees,

  • Favorite Coaches

    Jeff Van Gundy, Joe Torre, Bill Parcells

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Cal-Duke NCAA Men's Basketball Game when the arena literally shook and Jason Kidd ended Bobby Hurley's college carer

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    I always thought it was Joe D's 56-game hit streak but the direction baseball has gone in the last 10-20 years, it has to be Cy Young's 511 pitching victories. We may never see anyone get to 300 again after this year.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays. I love a five-tool guy who is clearly the best overall player on the field and can beat you in multiple ways.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Johnny U. Just cuz of the high tops.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell. He won more titles and as a die-hard '90s Knicks fan, I hated Jordan with a passion

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky. No one could come close to doing the things he could do with a puck.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pete. I can still remember going to see Pele and Giorgio Chinaglia play at the Meadowlands in the 1970s with the NY Cosmos

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger. There's no better competitor or clutch performer in all of sports right now

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

    Big East all the way

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