Mark Rudi

Mark Rudi

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About

Mark Rudi has been a life long sports fan and since middle school as had dreams of becoming of a sportswriter. Mark attended Western Michigan University and earned a Bachelors degree in Journalism in December 2009. Mark was the sports editor of WMU's student newspaper, The Western Herald, from May-December 2009 and also was a sportswriter on the Western Herald from May 2008-April 2009. Mark's main beats were WMU volleyball and men's basketball in 2008-09 and WMU football and hockey in 2009-10. Mark also was a Bleacher Report editing intern during the summer in 2009.

Mark is also a featured columnist for Michigan basketball.

A native of South Bend, Ind., Mark has grown up as a Chicago sports fan, with his favorite teams being the Cubs, Blackhawks, Bulls, and Bears and for college sports, the University of Michigan and Western Michigan. Mark is also a long life racing fan, especially IndyCar racing.

Mark can be contacted at Mrudi19@gmail.com, facebook, and you can follow him on Twitter at Mrudi19.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Grant Hill, Chris Chelios, Rusty Wallace, Al Unser Jr., Kerry Wood.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Michigan Wolverines, Western Michigan Broncos

  • Favorite Coaches

    Lou Piniella, Lovie Smith, Bob Knight, John Beilein, Steve Hawkins, Scotty Bowman.

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Michael Jordan's game-winning shot in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    December 4, 2008, I was at Crisler Arena when Michigan upset No. 4 Duke

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Richard Petty's 200 career NASCAR Cup victories.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Big Ten

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  • Rob Tiongson posted 766 days ago

    Rob Tiongson

    Hi Mark!

    Got the chance to interview Fox Sports' Steve Byrnes of NASCAR TV. Hope you'll check it out, comment and get to know about this amazing journalist/pit reporter!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/323730-in-the-pits-get-to-know-steve-byrnes-of-fox-sports-and-speed-channel

    Rob

  • Kelly Crandall posted 767 days ago

    Kelly Crandall

    http://bleacherreport.com/users/31717-kelly-crandall

    Bad, bad things are going to happen

  • Rob Tiongson posted 770 days ago

    Rob Tiongson

    Hey Mark!

    I hope you'll check out my latest article, which is an interview with Jennifer Co Cobb, an upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racer bound to make some tremendous strides with her career in 2010! Comment and let me know what you think! Thanks!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321170-driven-to-win-jennifer-jo-cobb-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-racer

  • Kelly Crandall posted 785 days ago

    Kelly Crandall

    It's no problem. It's actually a mistake that a lot of people around here have made. I've even done it in the past, I think I had he had six or something. Have no idea what I was thinking. LOL

  • JW Nix posted 785 days ago

    JW Nix

    you may like this :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/312644-chris-henry-may-inspire-the-bengals-to-a-title

  • Doug Rush posted 911 days ago

    Doug Rush

    A full look at the 2009 NFL season coming up:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/238859-a-full-preview-of-the-2009-nfl-season

  • Griffin Cooper posted 929 days ago

    Griffin Cooper

    Hey Mark,

    Week 2 of my MLB Power Rankings: Deadline Edition. If you get the chance, I'd appreciate it if you took a look. Thanks.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/228286-major-league-baseball-power-rankings-deadline-edition

    -Griffin

  • Andy Bensch posted 936 days ago

    Andy Bensch

    thanks for the editing but there are two ways to spell "defenseman", spelling it with a c is an older version that us writers in the sharks community like to use.

  • Glenn Franco Simmons posted 936 days ago

    Glenn Franco Simmons

    Thanks, Mark. AP Style: Web site. Chicago?: website

  • Evan Aczon posted 936 days ago

    Evan Aczon

    thanks for the edit. I really appreciate it. :)

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