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I'm a Journalism/Mass Communications major in Arizona. I've written for the Glendale Community College newspaper, The Voice, working as a sports editor and later as the managing editor. My ambition is to go into sports writing and/or broadcasting on a professional level, hopefully for the NBA.
I've always been a fan of basketball, whether it's watching, playing or writing on it. Playing is how I tore my ACL on my left knee, which was operated on in May, 2008. I'm currently doing intense rehab and physical therapy to get back to playing the sport I love.
I do public address announcing for basketball, volleyball, baseball and other athletic activities on the high school and junior college level.
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The Short List What Matt thinks about sport's most pressing questions
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Favorite Athletes
Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Tiger Woods,
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Favorite Sports Teams
Phoenix Suns, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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All Time Sports Moment
Michael Jordan's 1998 Game 6 game-winner at Utah
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Most Memorable Game Attended
2006 NBA Playoffs Second Round Game 6 Phoenix Suns @ L.A. Clippers
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Most Unbreakable Sports Record
Chicago Bulls 1995-96 regular season record - 72-10
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Ruth or Mays?
Mays
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Unitas or Montana?
Montana
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Pele or Maradona?
Maradona
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Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?
Pac 10


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21 days ago
Shaq to the Cavs??? Check out my latest article and let me know what you think about this possible impending trade:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/198943-shaq-headed-to-cleveland/poll_results#poll
23 days ago
Hey mate.
Did my first slide show today. It is supposed to be humor. Tell me if you like it
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197755-looking-at-sports-once-again-when-it-sickens-me#page/13
28 days ago
Hey i just published a new article on LeBron's decision in the summer in 2010. It would be awsome if you could check it out and let me know what you think.http://bleacherreport.com/articles/193579-lebron-cleveland-the-garden-or-brooklyn
Thanks,
Joe
Also check out my other site http://njnysports.blogspot.com
about 1 month ago
Can the Cavs prevent any further embarrassment and possbly make this a series against the Magic in game 5?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186317-cavaliers-key-to-not-being-totally-embarrassed-in-this-series
about 1 month ago
Tennis community:
It is not too late to make a difference!
You can help. Please give a read and "pay this forward" Some things are bigger than sports.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/182116-fallen-san-francisco-49ers-et-a
3 months ago
Hey Matt,
Decided to have some fun with this. It's a humor piece about Survivor for athletes. I had a blast writing it, and I hope you get a good laugh out of it :)
If you get the time, I'd love to hear what you think. If not, no worries.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/150843-battle-to-the-end-athletes-edition-who-will-survive
As always, really appreciate the support!
3 months ago
Hey Matt,
Yao Ming has done so much for the game of basketball, that I felt compelled to write a tribute. I'd love for you to take a look and let me know what you think! Again, I hope my passion comes through and it's a good read.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/138646-yao-ming-why-the-world-should-thank-great-wall-of-china?just_published=1
Thanks so much for the support :)
4 months ago
thanks for commenting on the Suns article. Hoping to learn from some of you guys
Deb
4 months ago
Hey Matthew, check this out.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/124210-getting-oneal-and-moon-helps-but-the-heat-need-to-do-more-to-retain-wade
Will the O'Neal trade help the Heat keep Wade in the future? Tell me what you think here.
5 months ago
Hi , did you see the NY sports page on BR? it is not doing to well. it only has 4 fans, i think we should make it better and take the page under are wing, its time to for us to represent NY and show the world what this great place is all about. I asked Angel Navedo to be the community leader, we will see what he says. Are you in ?
6 months ago
matthew,
i'm getting in to the NBA game now. check out my recent hawks article, where i revisit the rivalry talk:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/94601-atlanta-boston-hawks-fall-short-again-rivalry-with-celtics-still-in-question/show_full
thanks!
7 months ago
Matthew-
Any interest in swapping days next week for Fox? I cover Wednesdays and I'm going to the Suns/Lakers game. There are 11 games--including LA/PHX and CLE/PHILLY and I won't be able to watch the majority of them.
Thursday doesn't look so hot next week with Washington/Boston, Charlotte/Dallas and Portland/Utah (that one isn't bad).
Let me know. I promise to return the favor if need be later this season.
Andrew
7 months ago
Are you checking out a possible Warriors-Suns deal (Harrington, Marcus Williams, Richard Hendrix and Marco Belinelli for Barbosa, Diaw and maybe Singletarry)?
8 months ago
You are doing a great job of being the Suns CL Matt! Keep up the good work.
9 months ago
Thanks for the comment on my Pacific Division Preview, Matthew. The article was written for FoxSports.com and will appear on their site later this week. They asked me to keep it close to 1,000 words.
I wrote their Laker preview (also on BleacherReport.com). I had to take my 3,200 word BR version and get it down to the 1,000 word version currently on FoxSports.com: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8580370/Bynum%27s-return-could-bring-championship-to-Lakers
It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. If you compare the two versions you'll notice how the stuff I cut turned out to be the funniest stuff. I went for substance over style.
I look forward to reading your stuff.
Thanks again.
Andrew
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