Brad Vipperman
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Brad Vipperman

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About

I'm a 23 year old from Fountain Hills, Arizona. I graduated from Northern Arizona University this past July and currently live in Scottsdale, AZ. I have loved sports my entire life and have been writing about them for various websites and blogs for the past few years.

I grew up mainly a basketball player but football has always been my favorite sport. I have been a diehard Washington Redskins fan since I was six years old and no team can match my enthusiasm for them. As far as the NBA goes, I am a Los Angeles Lakers fan all the way. I was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii.

When I was 10 years old, the Lakers were playing an exhibition game against the Nuggets at the University of Hawaii's stadium. A friend of mine had courtside tickets and before the game I got to say hi to Shaq (the largest human being I have ever seen in person). The true highlight though was watching a 17 year old rookie by the name of Kobe Bryant run wind-sprints in front of me. As he got to my sideline I stuck out my hand and he gave me a high-five before heading back to the other end. From then on, Kobe was my guy.

Sports have given me so much in life, from friends, to self-confidence, to a way to spend my summers as an only child. I love and follow all sports and find that beyond the games played there is much more that we can learn from them.

Follow me on twitter at: http://twitter.com/TeamVip33

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Sean Taylor, Kobe Bryant, Chris Cooley, Brian Orakpo

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Lakers, University of Miami Football

  • Favorite Coaches

    Joe Gibbs, Coach K

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Being in the crowd in 2002 when Michael Jordan hit a game winning shot for the Wizards to beat the Phoenix Suns during my sophomore year of high school

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Cowboys @ Redskins, December 2006

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive game streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    ACC

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  • Jack Anderson posted 791 days ago

    Jack Anderson

    Thanks for the edits, Brad!

  • Brandon Seitz posted 792 days ago

    Brandon Seitz

    thanks for the edits, buddy. I appreciate it

  • Brandon Seitz posted 792 days ago

    Brandon Seitz

    thanks for the edits, buddy. I appreciate it

  • Lew Wright posted 793 days ago

    Lew Wright

    Hey Brad,

    Thanks for taking the time to look my work over. Appreciate it my friend.

    Lew

  • Erin McLaughlin posted 805 days ago

    Erin McLaughlin

    Thanks for the feedback on my article.

  • Devon Teeple posted 806 days ago

    Devon  Teeple

    and also thanks for the feedback

  • Devon Teeple posted 806 days ago

    Devon  Teeple

    Thanks for the edits

  • Marzia Hazra posted 806 days ago

    Marzia Hazra

    Thanks for the edit and the feedback :)

  • Oystein Dahl posted 806 days ago

    Oystein Dahl

    Brad,
    Thanks for the feedback, and for taking time to edit. Good job, and obviously no changes I disagreed with. Thanks also for the praise. Yes, it took some time to research, but that I did without having an article in mind. I just was very curious, and had to find out if there was any merrit to the predictions that Bug Unit is the last. When I found there really wasn't I felt like spreading the news. Obviously, by respons number two it did not reach everyone :-). You can't win them all. Thanks again Øystein Oslo, Norway

  • Andrew Weaver posted 806 days ago

    Andrew Weaver

    Thanks for the edit Brad. And good catch with Clinton! Appreciate it.

    Thanks again,

    Andrew

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