Gary Lloyd's Sportswriter Profile

Gary Lloyd

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Yow, Valvano Overcame Cancer to Inspire
February 6, 2010

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Mark Stoney: From Gear Head to American Patriot
February 6, 2010

113 reads
Back to Drop a Quick Line
November 6, 2009

131 reads
2009 NBA Mock Draft: April Edition
April 10, 2009

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Gary Lloyd earned his B.A. in journalism from The University of Alabama in December 2009, minoring in American studies.

He has written for MVN.com, BleacherReport.com, TheLoveOfSports.com and CrimsonConfidential.com, the latter of which is an ESPN affiliate. Lloyd covered Alabama football, basketball and softball for CrimsonConfidential.com, as well as serving as the site’s main recruiting reporter from March 2009-September 2009.

He has also freelanced for The Tuscaloosa News, covering high school football games around Tuscaloosa.

He is currently working on a book, hoping to get it finished and published as soon as possible.

He’s wanted to be a sports writer since about age 14 when he started interacting with others on message boards.

Lloyd welcomes all feedback: gary.lloyd87@gmail.com.

Favorite Athletes

Chipper Jones, DeMeco Ryans
Favorite Sports Teams

Atlanta Braves, Alabama Crimson Tide.
Favorite Coaches

John Wooden
All-Time Sports Moment

Alabama basketball making its run to the 2003-04 Elite Eight as a No. 8 seed
Most Memorable Game Attended

Alabama's 31-3 dismantling of Florida in 2005 and the 6-3 win over Tennessee that same season.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played.
Ruth or Mays?

Mays.
Unitas or Montana?

Montanta.
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Orr
Pele or Maradona?

Not much of a soccer guy.
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt
Schumacher or Senna?

I'll toss a coin
ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

SEC.

len laber posted 1503 days ago

Hey Gary, as a NBA fan you'll enjoy playing fantasy NBA playoffs on my website www.FantasySportsMadness.com for your chance to win cash and prizes! Here's a top 75 rankings and helpful hints for winning. Good luck and thanks for the support!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154642-top-75-fantasy-nba-playoffs-players-updated-april-11

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154630-nba-fantasy-playoffs-keys-to-winning
daniel cox posted 1617 days ago

gary,

i'm getting in to the NBA game now. check out my recent hawks article, where i revisit the rivalry talk:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/94601-atlanta-boston-hawks-fall-short-again-rivalry-with-celtics-still-in-question/show_full

thanks!
Nic Gulas posted 1759 days ago

Congrats on the "promotion" for lack of a better term. Should really help out in the attempt to reach the major dream.
Zander Freund posted 1781 days ago

Will do my best Gary—they ultimately make the final decision of what to publish and what not too, but I'll definitely bring their attention to your piece.

Thanks as always for the submission.

Zander
Erick Blasco posted 1785 days ago

Good for you man! Parrish comes off as a good person in his articles, blog, and mailbag, and that's a great thing for a person to do. I'm so jealous that you have a renowned professional contact to add to your resume when you job hunt and graduate!

You write well already, but Parrish is a great model to patent your writing skills after. Best of luck man, hopefully you find the pay site you're after.
Erick Blasco posted 1785 days ago

I actually have no idea how my articles got on there. I google searched my name once and I found it out, but no I don't get paid.

I like how you list Gary Parrish as your favorite writer. He's easily the best writer Sportsline has, and is a very knowledgeable college basketball guy who can be self-deprecating yet arrogant all in the same article.
Sean Stancill posted 1785 days ago

No, I'm not paid, are you launching a sports and are willing to pay? Or do you know of any sites that will?
Sean Stancill posted 1785 days ago

No, I'm not paid, are you launching a sports and are willing to pay? Or do you know of any sites that will?
Ben Schwartz posted 1787 days ago

wow thanks dude this is great!