Meredith McIver's Sportswriter Profile

Meredith McIver

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Lifelong athlete & sports enthusiast. Daddy's' girl. Swim team member at the age of 4. Three-sport athlete through elementary school, middle school, & high school. Varsity Women's Rowing at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Soldier in the US Army (National Guard) .

Sports Leagues I follow:
1) NFL Football
- Started watching NFL Football at the age of 5 because I liked spending NFL Sundays with my dad. My Dad taught me the rules & kept me entertained with collecting football cards. I was an NFL cheerleader for Halloween when the Bengals went to the Super Bowl in '88 (I was 6 years old).
2) NCAA Basketball
- Dad went to Duke, so been following NCAA basketball just as long as the NFL. My grandfather went to UNC, so if UNC wasn't playing Duke then I rooted for UNC. Carolina basketball is yet another reason why I am so proud to be a Tarheel. :)
3) NCAA Football
- Living in SEC country (could walk University of Arkansas stadium from my house) for my first 2 years out of college got me hooked on NCAA Football. It helped that my best friend is an obsessive Razorback fan & tailgate master.

Favorite Athletes

Tim Tebow - I wanna marry him...seriously!!!!!! :)
Favorite Sports Teams

North Carolina Tarheels, Arkansas Razorbacks, Cincinnati Reds, & embarrassingly the Cincinnati Bengals
Favorite Coaches

Roy Williams, Dean Smith, Lou Holtz, Mike Ditka, Tom Izzo, Tony Dungy
All Time Sports Moment

weird to say this because I went to UNC, but the Grant Hill to Christian Laettner 2.2 second shot
Most Memorable Game Attended

2004 UNC vs. Duke at the Dean Dome in the Risers!
Ruth or Mays?

don't care
Unitas or Montana?

don't care... or is this referring to Joe Montana? :)
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan, duh!
Gretzky or Orr?

don't care (i probably know more about Carrie Underwood's fiancee than any other hockey player)
Pele or Maradona?

Pele - this is funny, but my BFF from college was named after Pele cause her dad is from Colombia & loves soccer - "Simone Pele Morales"
Federer or Sampras?

NADAL!!!!!!! love his fire & genuity
Tiger or Nicklaus?

this used to say Tiger - now I'm changing my answer to "my dad" :)
Petty or Earnhardt?

Jeremy Mayfield - I met him when I was at UNC, but only driver I know anything about
Schumacher or Senna?

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

ACC of course!!!!! #2 is SEC