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Relatively new to writing, I started at Bleacher Report in 2009, but ended up taking a bit of a sabbatical whilst I finished grad school.

Returning to the site in 2011, I enrolled in the fall b/r internship. Over time my writing improved and by the end of the internship I found myself being offered the role of Featured Columnist.

A huge fan of all things sport, I work as a Phys. Ed. teacher in high school, as well as being a qualified coach in several different sports. My writing is mostly about soccer, but I frequently dabble in a lot of other areas.

Hope you enjoy my writing, please feel free to leave any comments you like, positive or negative (constructive criticism please!), and feel free to follow me on twitter as a ramble on about all things sport @siddellc https://twitter.com/#!/siddellc

Short List

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Steve Redgrave's 5th Consecutive Gold Medal

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Australian Grand Prix 2009 to see Brawn to go 1-2 in their first GP; Seeing Durham winning Friends Provident Trophy in 2007

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Sergey Bubka's Men's Pole Vault

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

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  • Boot Leg posted 6 days ago

    Boot Leg

    How dare you qualify stadiums you haven't been ever...you never even been to the UK and have the cheek to qualify our stadiums ???
    Disgraceful !!!

  • Pradeep Kumar posted 8 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Chris,

    Please check out my new article..

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1058704-why-martin-skrtel-has-been-liverpools-most-improved-player-this-season

    Thank You!

  • Chris Siddell posted 57 days ago

    Chris Siddell

    Hi Tommy. I just want to clarify that the article I have written about Luis Suarez is based on the outcome of a two day investigation carried out by an Independent Regulatory Commission. That investigation not only had enough basis to charge Suarez and bring him to a hearing, but then had a two day hearing, the outcome of which was that he was guilty.

    This is the evidence for my claim that he has acted in a racist manner. In my opinion the article does not make any bold or unfounded claims about Suarez and his actions. It simply reacts to the outcome of an investigation.

    Hope that this makes sense to you.

  • Tommy Riordan posted 58 days ago

    Tommy Riordan

    Holy shit! Now listen I usually enjoy the Bleacher Report, but you must be the without a doubt dumbest person to make an article where you without ANY EVIDENCE justifies Suarez 8 match ban and furthermore calls Liverpool racists. I mean how freaking one-sided and dumb are you my good sir? I'll ignore all your articles from now on. Hopefully the Bleacher Report has better writes than you. HOLY SHIT! You ignorant toll!

    I'm usually calm and collected, but I can't stand people like you. Get your facts straight before you throw around with accusations. DAMN you toll, you ruined the Bleacher Report!

  • Tommy Riordan posted 58 days ago

    Tommy Riordan

    Holy shit! Now listen I usually enjoy the Bleacher Report, but you must be the without a doubt dumbest person to make an article where you without ANY EVIDENCE justifies Suarez 8 match ban and furthermore calls Liverpool racists. I mean how freaking one-sided and dumb are you might good sir? I'll ignore all your articles from now on. Hopefully the Bleacher Report has better writes than you. HOLY SHIT! You ignorant toll!

  • Mick Hettrick posted 63 days ago

    Mick Hettrick

    Hey, I rarely say anything like this, but I was disapointed to see that your list of women's soccer stars didn't have the toughest and one of the most skilled players in the game: Christine Sinclair. She broke her bloody nose and yet came back and scored off a beautiful rocket of a free kick against Germany in the World Cup this year. If you want a male equivilent, how about C. Ronaldo? Constantly being harassed and at the end of bad tackles, and yet he still dominates games and scores glorious free kicks.

    Anyhoo, I thought I'd share that one. On a different note, I loved the article about the pressures on the managers in England. Good read.

  • Peter Daly posted 93 days ago

    Peter Daly

    Sorry only saw that comment you made on my wall there. No worries. I enjoy a good discussion where 2 people can debate a matter without getting personal and obscene. Keep up the good work and I look forward to sparing with you again in the near future.

  • Anders H posted 114 days ago

    Anders  H

    Most welcome and thanks for your reply. Good luck with the internship

  • Tyler Collison posted 177 days ago

    Tyler Collison

    No worries. It was a great article; didn't need much.

  • Jackson Thomas posted 182 days ago

    Jackson Thomas

    Sure thing! Any time! I'm happy to help out! I enjoy editing, proofing and copy editing probably as much as you love sports writing. So no problem at all!

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