Brad Vipperman's Sportswriter Profile

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Brad Vipperman

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NBA 2012: David Stern Has the League in a State of Confusion
December 12, 2011

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Roy Proves He's Got Plenty Life Left
April 24, 2011

1,603 reads
2011 NBA Playoffs: Complete Bracket Breakdown
April 16, 2011

3,628 reads
Kobe Bryant: Singled out by David Stern and the NBA
April 16, 2011

1,757 reads

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

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

Jack Anderson posted 791 days ago

Thanks for the edits, Brad!
Brandon Seitz posted 792 days ago

thanks for the edits, buddy. I appreciate it
Brandon Seitz posted 792 days ago

thanks for the edits, buddy. I appreciate it
Lew Wright posted 793 days ago

Hey Brad,

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

Lew
Erin McLaughlin posted 805 days ago

Thanks for the feedback on my article.
Devon Teeple posted 806 days ago

and also thanks for the feedback
Devon Teeple posted 806 days ago

Thanks for the edits
Marzia Hazra posted 806 days ago

Thanks for the edit and the feedback :)
Oystein Dahl posted 806 days ago

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

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

Thanks again,

Andrew