About

I grew up in Southern California and have always enjoyed watching and when I was younger, playing sports. I grew up a Dodgers fan and have suffered with them since 1988. I did disappoint my dad when I became a Raiders fan somewhere around 1969. He was a Rams fan and couldn’t understand why I didn’t like them. I think the constant losing had something to do with it.

I also was a huge Lakers fan until a few years ago, now I don’t really follow the NBA much. I also follow the PGA Tour and yes I think it can survive if Tiger never wins again (but of course he will).

Besides sports I like to hike and play video games.

I also write fiction but not getting wealthy doing that--yet.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Jerry West, Jerry Rice, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Tim Brown

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Dodgers and Raiders and the pre Kobe Lakers, oh and USC football

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Wooden

  • All Time Sports Moment

    First time the Lakers won the NBA championship

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Dodgers vs. Reds in 1975 (or so) Dodgers came back from 8-0 deficit to win.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Lakers 33 game winning streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    They still play hockey?

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus (Tiger if he would quit throwing clubs and swearing on the course)

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Who?

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

    Pac 10

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  • Carl Cockerham posted 255 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    I love it! lol

  • Carl Cockerham posted 255 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    I meant leave the man alone. lol

  • Carl Cockerham posted 255 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    Looks like I started a fire on your article. You guys need to leave man alone! LMAO!

  • Carl Cockerham posted 346 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/447592-al-davis-will-be-busy-according-to-what-the-new-cba-is-expected-to-be

  • Carl Cockerham posted 347 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/448035-oakland-raiders-top-25-all-time-players

  • Carl Cockerham posted 361 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/448224-oakland-raider-receiver-jacoby-ford-to-break-out-in-2011#comment

  • Carl Cockerham posted 383 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/448287-oakland-raider-quarterback-jason-campbell-is-ready

  • Carl Cockerham posted 390 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/450123-oakland-raiders-can-the-offense-be-the-nfls-top-ranked-unit-in-2011

  • Carl Cockerham posted 397 days ago

    Carl Cockerham

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/450668-what-the-2011-draft-means-for-the-oakland-raiders

  • Michael Springer posted 401 days ago

    Michael Springer

    I'm not sure what's going on Gary. I checked it out and didn't see anything either, I forwarded your message to my supervisor to see if they can figure out what's going on. I'll let you know when I hear back from them, hopefully soon.

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