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Hi - Am Long J. Silver, I love writing, learning and cooking Italian food. I study energy - economics for a living. Alex Zander (Captain Z) got me hooked to Bleachers ... and it has been a perfect medium for me to express my thoughts on sports. A special thanks to Jeff Gorman too, for consistently editing my pieces with time, you have been of immense help mate, thanks to both Captain Z and Jeff !

The only thing I can hope is my persona comes out through my articles, I would most probably write about f-1, tennis and may be even cricket a little bit ...

I'll try to be as unbiased in my articles as possible -

I also love, Sketching, Thinking, Walking, Aus Cric Team, Kevin Pietersen, Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer, Shane Warne, Wayne Rooney, Music is the fuel that drives my engine ... I am also a 'Tifosi'

Writers I read over coffee (and general): Steve Slater, Goodwin, Harsha Bhogle, Michael Crichton, Sidney Sheldon, I love auto-bio's too, loved 'Out of My Comfort Zone', 'Kurt Cobain's Journals', as of now ... am reading Sampras' new auto-biography ...

and above all, a lovely cup of hazelnut cappuccino anytime, any day, any where.

Right now am in the 'Breaking Benjamin' Phase - fell in love with 'Diary of Jane' ... quite torturous

Somethin gettin in my way
Somethin just about to break
I'll try to find my place ... In the Diary of Jane

So tell me, how it should be,
try to find out, what makes you tick, as I lie down ... just lie for what I want to believe

Somethin gettin in my way
Somethin just about to break
I'll try to find my place ... In the Diary of Jane

As I burn another page
As I look the other way
I still try to find if theres a place ... In the Diary of Jane ... In the Diary of My Jane ...

Cheers Mate -

Long Writes About

The Short List facts and information about Long John Silver

Favorite Athletes

Hewitt, Federer, Courier, Hingis, Rafter, Sabatini, M.Schumacher, Shane Warne, Stephen Waugh, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham

Favorite Sports Teams

Aus Cricket Team, Ferrari F-1 Team

All Time Sports Moment

M.Schumacher's first drivers championship with Ferrari (his 3rd overall), on a rainy slippery day in Suzuka, Japan on October 2000: Shane Warne's genius spell against the Proteas in that famous tied world cup semifinal, 1999

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Federer's potential grand slam count ... Michael's 7 - good luck getting anywhere near that one mate

Pele or Maradona?

Never watched both of them play ... but must say, dont think much of Maradona as a person (not as a player, but as a person) for my own reasons

Federer or Sampras?

Rodge - Rodge - Rodge, would travel a million miles to watch him hit a tennis ball around ...

Schumacher or Senna?

Michael ofcourse ... not because he is better or worse, I just like him better, he embodies Loyalty, thats a good reason for starters

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  1. by Paul
    about 7 hours ago

    Yes, that sounds fun, what did you have in mind. Have been working on a series the great cars of GP, so a break from that would be welcome.

  2. by Paul
    1 day ago

    Yes I think I will be back from Germany in time

  3. by Paul
    1 day ago

    Hi Long, am in Perth but most of my time is spent overseas. About to go to Thailand, The States, then back here before Germany!

  4. by Tyler
    1 day ago

    Congrats on being the Community Leader Long J! You've been writing some good stuff, I've enjoyed it.

    I'll be looking to join you hopefully, so watch out! Haha

  5. by Alan
    2 days ago

    Yep, it's a cool last name lol, bit of a giveaway that I'm half Irish.

    I'm pretty confident Scolari can make a difference, last year we were very close with Grant and I don't think the squad needs a major overhaul. I still think we need a striker such as Villa or Huntelaar because we'll be pretty thin in that department if Drogba decides to go.

  6. by Sheiban
    3 days ago

    Hello Mr. John Silver :)

    Pleased to meet you! Thanks for the introduction, and if you ever need any help with developing something or just wanna be goofy, just click onto my profile :)

    Shaks

  7. by Zander
    5 days ago

    Just shot you an email back...sorry for the delay.

    Z

  8. by Ben
    8 days ago

    Ha ha thanks mate ... But a double vodka will go down better matey ... Ha ha ha ... I'll buy you a Guinness instead, ha ha ... I keep clearing my bulletins because I get a lot of them and I have mild OCD and just hate mess, I think they make my profile unbalanced and messy !

  9. by Ben
    8 days ago

    Yeah mate ... Its just too much for me ... I will drink it if someone buys me one but not my cup of tea, ha ha !

  10. by Zander
    9 days ago

    San Francisco, stop by any time! 330 Townsend street, Suite 212—across from the Cal Train station.

    Z

  11. by Zander
    9 days ago

    I know you guys are! Pretty awesome man...F1 has really taken off on Bleacher Report as of late, so keep up the great work!

    Z

  12. by Zander
    9 days ago

    Jeff is indeed the man—one of the best editors we've got. I'll make sure to let him know you're a fan of his work.

    Thanks as always,
    Z

  13. by Michael
    10 days ago

    Thanks for you contribution mate, well appreciated.

  14. by Michael
    10 days ago

    "Just a quick one mate, you any closer to having that round table submission ready for me?"

  15. by Zander
    10 days ago

    Unfortunately there's currently no way to get two names on an article. What people usually do in this case is create a new user-account that explains it's both of you and then publish the article under that account.

    Look forward to seeing how this turns out!

    Z

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