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Frank Irizarry joined July 2009

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My name is Frank Irizarry and I am a professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Suffolk University in beautiful Boston, MA. Before coming to Boston I spent nine years teaching and working on my Ph.D at The University of Florida.

My experience in sports is quite diverse and eclectic. I currently do some work with the Manchester Wolves arenafootball2 team and prior to this year, I served as the Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting for the Daytona Beach ThunderBirds, serving as radio play-by-play man, co-host of our weekly radio show and content provider for our website and the af2 website. I was the host of "The Fox Sports Dot Com Bloggers Show" on Blog Talk Radio and at some point I'd love to get that going again with some of the fine folks here at Bleacher Report.

Football is a passion for me and has been so for the past 25 years as a player, coach, writer, pr guy and television/radio commentator. I played football for Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1989-1991 and I was a member of the Marist College ACFC Championship team in 1990, the first in school history.

The most rewarding time I spend in football right now though is the time I spend coaching Pop Warner football. I am going into my seventh year as a coach and I am really looking forward to working with a great group of kids this year. Wilmington Wildcats #1!!!

I am truly blessed with a wonderful wife of twelve years, Cynthia and two awesome sons Johnny and Frankie.

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Favorite Athletes

Earl Campbell, Donovan McNabb, Deion Sanders, Lawrence Taylor, Lester Hayes, Bo Jackson, Tim Tebow, Ray Lewis, Steve Hutchinson, Marvin Harrison, Tony Mandarich (the college years), Warren Sapp, Barry Sanders, Turner Gill, Tommie Frazier
Favorite Sports Teams

Florida Gators, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Syracuse Orange, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, anyone playing the Tennessee Volunteers
Favorite Coaches

Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells, Bill Belichek, Bill Cowher, Jimmy Johnson, Urban Meyer, Steve Spurrier, Bobby Bowden, Barry Switzer (the college years), Dr. Tom Osbourne, Paul Johnson, any football coach that runs the option
All Time Sports Moment

Florida 41, Ohio State 14
Most Memorable Game Attended

November 27, 1997...Pontiac, MI...Barry Sanders runs for 167 yards and three TD's as the Lions crushed the Bears 55-20. Watching Sanders run that day made me question all things I knew about physics, gravity, force, religion and how the human mind processes the unfathomable
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

No such thing
Ruth or Mays?

Mays to watch play, Ruth to party with
Unitas or Montana?

How about Bradshaw?
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan...no question
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky...like Barry Sanders on skates.
Pele or Maradona?

How about Paolo Rossi or Roberto Baggio
Federer or Sampras?

Federer
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nicklaus....Tiger has no competition...PGA is full of mentally fragile country club kids who can only play perfect courses in perfect conditions
Petty or Earnhardt?

Jeff Gordon
Schumacher or Senna?

Jeff Gordon
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Are you serious?......The SEC is really all that matters in college football

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Tim Tebow Is Key To Gators' Gameplan For LSU

10/07/2009

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09/30/2009

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New York Jets Linebacking Corp: The Key To Opening Day Victory

09/14/2009

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New York Jets Primer For The Preseason

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Despite Rumors, Thomas Jones Not Being Shopped Around by Jets

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/234946-jets-are-not-shopping-rb-thomas-jones-around/

- Thanks in advanced for checking it out! I hope you enjoy it. I would love to hear your feedback and comments.

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New York Jets Training Camp; The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

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-Thanks in advance for taking a look! I hope you enjoy it.
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