Nino Colla

Nino Colla

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About

Hey everyone, I'm Nino, formerly a Featured Columnist for the Cleveland Indians and a Community Leader for both the MLB and Cleveland Indians section of the site. I now write about the Indians for The Cleveland Fan with some of the best producers of Tribe content on the web.

My favorite sports are football and baseball. But I'm a baseball nut and I'm a die hard Indians fan, and as you can tell that's pretty much the only Ohio team I like, that doesn't really make me popular around my area. Not that I had a shot at that to begin with.

I run a complete blog that covers everything Cleveland Indians. Check out the my website link on the side if you hate me or like the Indians. I waste a lot of time updating useful roster pages and photoshoping Indians players onto heads of Super Mario characters. Really though, I'm just a baseball junkie in general. I have a passion for the game and enjoy watching it day in and day out even if my team is nauseating. I believe that is part of the beauty of the sport that makes it what it is. I've never played the game but appreciate it so much by just watching some of the players in this day and age give it their all.

I'm a proud Zip as I'm currently double majoring in Mass Media News Communication and Interpersonal and Public Communication and minoring in Sport Management at the University of Akron. I would enjoy one trip to a bowl game before I graduate.

Other Things you should know about me: If I'm in in the car alone listening to the Indians, I will scream at the radio, it gets violent. I watch way too much television as well and have too many favorite TV shows. I still love the e-trade baby commercial, even though the new baby isn't as cool as the old one. I have a weird obsession with mediocre like baseball players such as Jody Gerut and I tend to make them out to be god-like players, for some ungodly reason. I also have an extreme dislike for Jack Cust, I don't know why. I believe I know everything there is to know about everything, I have an extremely rare sense of humor that almost no one understands, but I'm sure the fact that I think the e-trade baby commercial are funny clued you into that. I also used the word extreme a lot there. I do that too.

I tend to ramble a lot, sometimes incoherently, which is probably what I'm doing now. I love to ramble, but I guess I'm starting to near the 3,000 character limit. So I'll cut it short and remove the previously awesome joke I had.

Again, If you ever have any questions, please leave a note on my board or try and send me an e-mail at ncolla29 (at) gmail dot com. Just don't spam me, I don't want to help you transport 500,000,000 dollars into the United States, as enticing as that sounds.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Travis Hafner, Franklin Gutierrez, Ryan Garko, Jensen Lewis, Jody Gerut, Fausto Carmona, Chris Young(P), Brian Bannister, Nick Punto, Adam Rosales, Mark Mulder, Omar Vizquel, Greg Maddux, Jerome Bettis, Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Steve Breaston, Adrian Wilson, Jason Avant, Kyle Orton, LaMarr Woodley, James Harrison, David Harris, Philip Rivers, Colt Brennan, Chad Henne, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux, Max Talbot, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin, Andy Roddick, Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic, Rasheed Wallace, Rashard Lewis, JJ Redick, Dwight Howard, Jarrett Jack, Charles Barkley, Jeff Gordon

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Steelers, Orlando Magic, Pittsburgh Penguins, CBB: Duke Blue Devils, Akron Zips CFB: Michigan Wolverines, Akron Zips, Youngstown State Penguins

  • Favorite Coaches

    Manny Acta, Stan Van Gundy, Nate McMillian, Lloyd Carr, Bo Schembechler, Pat Fitzgerald, Mike Leach, Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin, Chuck Noll

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Antwaan Randle El hits Hines Ward on the trick play in Super Bowl XL and seeing Bill Cowher getting the gatorade treatment.. I get goosebumps to this day watching it. I hope the Indians winning the World Series one day replaces this.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Indians Vs Tigers 2007: Casey Blake's second walk off homer in several days, Game 2 of the ALDS in 2007 (The Bug Game), I was also at the 2009 Eastern conference finals game in Cleveland where LeBron hit that crazy shot to win it

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's Consecutive Games Played

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. Didn't everyone grow up a Bulls fan?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky... or Super Mario

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer.. is that un-American?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Neither

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

    Big 10

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  • Joshua Worn posted 697 days ago

    Joshua Worn

    Nino,

    I like the strategy you've put behind your columns. Looks great. Keep it up.

    Josh

  • Thomas H. posted 700 days ago

    Thomas H.

    Hey Nino, could you check out my article about the rising use of stats by the baseball management and how the fans should see their importance?
    Thanks, long time no see by the way.
    -Thomas

  • Pat Egan posted 704 days ago

    Pat Egan

    Hey Im a Phillies fan but did a top 10 for the Indians

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/361256-cleveland-indians-2010-top-10-prospects?just_published=1

  • C.J. Johnson posted 732 days ago

    C.J. Johnson

    wait, nevermind, you already did...

  • C.J. Johnson posted 732 days ago

    C.J. Johnson

    Hey can you post an nfl mock draft?

  • J.C. Ayvazi posted 735 days ago

    J.C. Ayvazi

    Greetings!

    Have a new article just out of the oven looking at the Dodger starting pitching. Get it while it's hot!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342240-jcs-dodger-line-drives-feb-8-previewing-las-starters-for-2010

  • D.A. posted 742 days ago

    D.A.

    Hey Nino --

    Here's my 2010 AL Central Preview

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/337865-das-al-central-preview

    Thanks!
    Da

  • Ash Marshall posted 743 days ago

    Ash Marshall

    Hey Nino,

    I recently had the chance to speak with first-time Olympian John Daly. I hope you get a chance to check it out.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/336669-interviewing-an-olympian-team-usas-john-daly-talks-about-vancouver-2010

    Thanks,

    Ash

  • Steven Merriam posted 764 days ago

    Steven Merriam

    If you could check this out and leave some feedback it would be greatly appreciated.
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/323474-a-spark-in-the-outfield-my-interview-with-chris-pettit

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