Tommy Messano joined May 2009

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Tommy Messano

About Tommy »

Aspiring journalist from Phoenix, AZ. I have been fortunate enough to cover mixed martial arts, kick boxing, high school basketball and football on a professional level.

Arizona State University Graduate with internships at 620 KTAR, Fox Sports AZ, and the sports department of NBC channel 12.

I have covered MMA for sherdog.com. I have also covered the Chuck Norris run World Combat League at wcl.com I have covered national MMA for Fight Ground Magazine, ESPN.com, Turf Wars Magazine, Max Fighting and many others.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Steve Nash, Brandon Jacobs, Derek Jeter, Fedor Emeilanenko, Israel Vasquez

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    New York Giants, New York Yankees, Arizona State Sun Devils, Phoenix Suns

  • Favorite Coaches

    Joe Torre, Tom Coughlin, Bill Parcells, John Wooden

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Eli Manning touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress to beat the Patriots at Super Bowl 42

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2000 Divsional Playoffs New York Giants 20 Eagles 10

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays all around greatest player ever to hold a bat or put on a glove

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Not even going to pretend I know anything about F-1

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

    Pac 10 bias here

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    Hot Poll: Favorite MMA Nov. 2009 moment? 20 people have voted…

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    jason hughes commented on Giving MMA Thanks

    thank you for thankin cbs, strikeforce can put more shows on with cung le and nick diaz and several others i think this is going to...

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      My policy the more MMA choices the better CBS, Spike, VS, HDnet and Showtime that's a...

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    Michael Barrientos commented on Giving MMA Thanks

    nice one sir tommy!

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  • JW Nix said...

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    you might dig this from KD. Worthy of AOTD :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/289279-i-think-i-love-hockey

    12 days ago

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    King J said...

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    Tommy,

    Bro we just completed the extended trailer for our MMA film!
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/266296-king-j-producing-temecula-skeletor-the-greatest-mma-film-of-all-time

    52 days ago

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    Ian Chaffee said...

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    I'll see what I can do about making sure the Bears go as easy on you as possible. :)

    84 days ago

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    ashley whiteside said...

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    Hey, I hate to shamelessly self promote but check out my new article and let me know what you think bro.
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/246217-the-end-is-nighmmapocalypse?ref=related-listing
    thanks

    86 days ago

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    Stoker said...

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    NEEDS AN EDIT..but here's my latest..
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/245942-cain-velasquez-vs-ben-rothwell-big-ben-better-bring-his-a-game/edit?show=events

    86 days ago

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    Clay Cunningham said...

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    Hey Tommy, thanks a lot for the POTD vote. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
    Also, sorry to hear of your luck being in the Super Tecmo Bowl league. If only I could have been more helpful.

    86 days ago

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    Derek Courtney said...

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    No problem Tommy.

    115 days ago

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    David K said...

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    No problem. Keep up the good work Tommy!

    124 days ago

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