Mike Carley
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Mike Carley

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About

I'm 24 year old sports addict from Los Angeles, but currently living in Las Vegas. I attended the University of Pennsylvania and played (or more accurately practiced) football there for two seasons and part of my Junior year. I played (practiced) Tight End due to my ability to catch the ball, but my complete inability to block anybody bigger than a 4th grader ultimately led to my demise. I then devoted the rest of my time to graduating with honors with a degree in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics, as well as imbibing alcohol at occasionally alarming rates. I never did any formal journalistic writing in either high school or college, but I love writing and I love sports, and feel like that's got to count for something. The most formal thing I've ever written was my honors thesis, which analyzed the inherent difficulties in the war in Iraq, and compared the theoretical solutions on how to overcome those obstacles to the actual methods being utilized both in the conflict and the drafting of Iraq's constitution.

I have moved tons of places and didn't really settle in one place until Los Angeles in 7th grade. That would explain my scattered allegiances, as my little brother was born in Dallas (Go Cowboys), my Dad and his family are from Chicago and I lived there from 1990-1993 (Go Bulls), and I really didn't give a whizz about baseball until high school when I lived in Los Angeles (Go Dodgers). Suffice it to say, it has been a pretty miserable decade to be a fan of those three teams. An unfortunate prerequisite in attending Penn is that you have to live in Philadelphia. So I want to say I have a soft spot in my heart for Philly's teams and fans, but I want to replace the term "soft spot" with the strongest possible term that means the opposite of "soft spot." To make a long story short, saying the Phillies knocking off the Dodgers in the playoffs and then having the Eagles obliterate the Cowboys out of the playoffs was a devastating 1-2 punch would be an understatement of biblical proportions.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago Bulls, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Dodgers

  • Favorite Coaches

    Roy Williams, Jimmy Johnson, Phil Jackson, Anybody Who Isn't Wade Phillips

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Jordan's game winning shot in Utah in Game 6 of the 98 finals, or Jordan's flu game

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Pats-Eagles Superbowl, Cowboys-Packers week 13 matchup in 2007 in Dallas when both teams were 11-1

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Eric Gagne's Steriod-Fueled Consecutive Save Record

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    please

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky from what I've heard

  • Pele or Maradona?

    scuse me

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    GET ER DONE

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    lost me on this one too

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

    ACC in basketball, Pac 10 in football

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  • Michael Gibbons posted 676 days ago

    Michael Gibbons

    My foul proof plan to bring the Bulls back to glory. Let me know what you think
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/376819-the-plan-da-bulls-should-follow

  • Michael Gibbons posted 676 days ago

    Michael Gibbons

    My thoughts on Noah gate and why does Stacey King have a job calling games
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/376552-welcome-to-noah-gate-where-36-seconds-means-alot
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/376475-stacey-king-needs-to-go-far-far-away

  • Phil Brennan posted 813 days ago

    Phil Brennan

    LaRon Landry calls-out Roy Williams.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296479-forget-his-hands-williams-heart-is-called-into-question

  • Teddy Mitrosilis posted 822 days ago

    Teddy Mitrosilis

    Hey Mike,

    At some point, we need to see that the NFC isn't just a group of frauds. If you have time, please check out my column. Thanks!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/291231-nfc-east-cant-be-this-fraudulent-can-it

    Teddy

  • Alex Johnson posted 823 days ago

    Alex Johnson

    Pats/Colts, Brady vs. Manning, a possible NFC upset and much much more in Week 10!!!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/290840-sunday-morning-under-the-helmet-what-to-watch-for-in-nfl-week-ten/show_full

  • JW Nix posted 826 days ago

    JW Nix

    I HAD to get this rant out :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288641-the-redskins-discover-their-problem-no-testicles

  • Alex Johnson posted 830 days ago

    Alex Johnson

    Week Nine is here! Check out what's in store for today's games and which undefeated team I think will go down today!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286460-sunday-morning-under-the-helmet-what-to-watch-for-in-nfl-week-nine/show_full

  • JW Nix posted 833 days ago

    JW Nix

    Now that the offense is done, it is time for the defense :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284160-the-almost-all-time-tennessee-titans-defense

  • JW Nix posted 836 days ago

    JW Nix

    you may like this :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282844-the-almost-all-time-tennessee-titans-offense

  • Keith Schlosser posted 846 days ago

    Keith Schlosser

    Are Chris Duhon and Toney Douglas the answers to the Knicks' point guard woes?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/276444-knicks-still-struggling-to-find-the-right-point

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