About

Once upon a time, I covered sports for an actual newspaper. You know, that tangible paper-like thing that occasionally smears ink on your fingers and doubles as toilet paper when the cupboard is bare. One time, this irate caller told me I was "worse than a used car salesman." Another gentleman told me I "was that guy who would follow everyone if they were all jumping off of a bridge."

I don't miss covering preps.

By day, I run the Featured Columnist program here in B/R's office in San Francisco. By night, I'm usually rampaging through various neighborhoods of the city trying to climb Bleacher Report's office bro rankings (No. 8, currently).

I've been published in a bunch of tiny rags in various parts of Northern California that (hopefully) you've never heard of and spent a year and a half putting typos into the San Francisco Chronicle's agate section.

And it's not like it matters for email exchanges, but it's pronounced "sway-bee": sean@bleacherreport.com.

I graduated from UCSB in 2006 with a degree in film studies and a minor in hating national championships that were decided by penalty kicks. Eat it, Indiana.

I wouldn't follow me on Twitter, but if you like reading about Arsenal, the Giants (SF), tech crap, media crap, shameless B/R promotion and booze, find me at: @seanswaby

Picture: My mom unintentionally made potty-humor photographic history by capturing this brilliant shot of my sister Rachel and me in Montreal.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Pat Burrell, Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Giants, 49ers, (Sacramento) Kings, Arsenal, UCSB (The Gauchos only broke my heart once in a key situation. The others just account for the ulcers)

  • Favorite Coaches

    The dude who used the rosin bag as a grenade and threw it at the umpire. Love that guy.

  • All Time Sports Moment

    This (I'm the dude in the "Dodgers Suck" shirt): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnF2AvMkuc&context=C36aa5ccADOEgsToPDskLzdTssh1E6eoaZpkncAd5I

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Steve Finley. Grand Slam. NL West. (For unfortunate reasons)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    No one will ever make me as happy as aforementioned rosin-bag guy. Ever.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays, but I'm not biased.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana. See above comment.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    In my generation, we will always remember Jordan.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    I have a faint memory of digging Edmonton's blue and orange threads as a youth.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Foot of God, not Hand of God. Plus Maradonna loses points for somehow not being able to figure out how to properly utilize the best player on the planet as a coach.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Indifferent. Maybe Federer. He wears actual shorts, not those pant-short jort-like things.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus. Only because Bill Simmons thinks that it will be tougher for Tiger to return from his narcissism and lack of self-control than it was for Muhammad Ali to return from a forced exile stemming from religious, racial, and social persecution.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Very indifferent.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Equally indifferent.

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

    Big West! Keep your head up, you sweet little largely unknown mid-major you.

Bulletin Board

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  • Pradeep Kumar posted 8 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Sean,

    Please check out my new article..

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1058704-why-martin-skrtel-has-been-liverpools-most-improved-player-this-season

    Thank You!

  • Pradeep Kumar posted 9 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Sean...

    Please check out my new article...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1056599-world-football-kevin-de-bruyne-and-the-top-21-midfielders-under-21

    Thanks!

  • Matthew Snyder posted 9 days ago

    Matthew Snyder

    Thanks for the edits and kind feedback, Sean. Really appreciate it. Here's hoping that the Ox can become that second consistent goal-scoring threat Arsenal so desperately need.

  • Davis Zhao posted 14 days ago

    Davis Zhao

    Hey Sean, I replied to your email on M's FC. I'm really interested in becoming one and I look forward to talking with you further!

  • Pradeep Kumar posted 14 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Sean,

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1048767-liverpool-fc-12-lessons-we-learned-from-the-january-transfer-window

    Pl check out this new article of mine.. Thanks!

  • Peter Matarazzo posted 16 days ago

    Peter Matarazzo

    Sean, Thanks for everything !!

  • Pradeep Kumar posted 19 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Sean,

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1042947-liverpool-fc-5-things-we-learned-from-the-derby

    Please check out my new article!

  • Pradeep Kumar posted 23 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Sean,

    my new article...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1036887-liverpool-fc-10-reasons-we-hate-manchester-united

    pl check it out... Thank You

  • Connor Buestad posted 43 days ago

    Connor Buestad

    If I'm not mistaken, I believe we have a Pat Burrell sighting during the video on slide #13...
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/998653-the-road-to-omaha-is-set-as-college-baseball-releases-top-25-rankings/page/13

  • Erica Patten posted 52 days ago

    Erica Patten

    My pleasure, Sean...Happy holidays to you!

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