Ivan Blanco

Ivan Blanco

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Florida Marlins fanatic since birth (their birth, not mine), who has amassed the 3rd highest score on their Facebook trivia page (it doesn't hurt that I've written 100+ more questions than the 2nd place guy).

Charter member of the Trevor Kidd Fan Club.

Proud citizen of the Raider Nation since 2003. I equate that to jumping off a life boat and onto the Titanic. People laugh when I tell them that, which is better than the pity they'd otherwise fling on me.

Owner of a Cleo Lemon jersey.

Defiantly loyal to the "sport" of pro wrestling, as it exists in Mexico, Japan, and anywhere else Vince McMahon hasn't heard of.

Hurricanes fan by way of Betrayal and Heartache. Born and raised in the Orange Bowl, where I learned all about social norms (and how to break them), and was fortunate enough to see the 'Canes in their prime.

A neo-traditionalist, I'm for stirrups, against "alternate" anything, and staunchly opposed to revenue sharing. And I'm also of the crazy idea that private enterprises shouldn't siphon money from local communities for stadiums. After all, no one ever laid off teachers to build a Wal-Mart. Why do it for the Pittsburgh Pirates?

I hope to one day cross paths with Hunter S. Thompson's insight, if only so I can shake its hand. I plan to sing my kids to sleep with songs of John Kruk.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Jim Eisenreich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Gino Torretta, Randal Hill, Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Willis McGahee, Chris Benoit, Bret Hart, Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, Mario Lemieux, Tony Amonte, Rich Gannon, Ivan Rodriguez, AJ Styles, Cal Ripken, Dan Uggla

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Oakland Raiders, Miami Hurricanes, Florida Marlins, Washington Generals

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Madden, Jack McKeon, Jim Leyland, Joe Girardi, Howard Schnellenberger, Doug MacLean

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Being on-hand to watch Craig Counsell score the winning run in the 11th inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    See above; also, Al Leiter's no-hitter on 5/11/96; Game 3 of the 2003 NLDS; Game 4 of the 2003 World Series; Every game of the 1997 Marlins playoff run; the entire Florida Panthers 1996 playoff run; Last game at Maple Leaf Gardens; Inaugural games for the Florida Marlins and Panthers; 1992 Orange Bowl; 1992 Miami v. FSU; 1994 Miami v. FSU; 1998 Miami v. UCLA; 2003 Miami v. Florida; 2004 Orange Bowl; David Wells' 16 K performance in 1997

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's 511 wins

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    N/A

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    N/A

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

    Big East. I miss it. :(

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  • Ricky Bhatia posted 890 days ago

    Ricky Bhatia

    Faces out of favour in the WWE.Check it out please.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/314248-wwe-show-me-your-face.
    Merry Christmas.Thanks.

  • Joe Burgett posted 893 days ago

    Joe Burgett

    It comes with sadness that I write this. It was deleted from the section because it's community content, so DaveMo put it in the forum. Check it out here:

    http://forum.bleacherreport.com/2009/12/22/goodbye-for-now-br-wrestling-section-by-br-writer-/#post0

    You may not hear from me for some time on here, if you want to contact me through e-mails or something, that would be cool with me. Comment on the article there if you want. I just thought I'd pass this along to everyone I could, if you want to pass it along, then that would be cool too. Bye.

    -Joe Burgett

  • Joe Burgett posted 893 days ago

    Joe Burgett

    It comes with sadness that I write this. It was deleted from the section because it's community content, so DaveMo put it in the forum. Check it out here:

    http://forum.bleacherreport.com/2009/12/22/goodbye-for-now-br-wrestling-section-by-br-writer-/#post0

    You may not hear from me for some time on here, if you want to contact me through e-mails or something, that would be cool with me. Comment on the article there if you want. I just thought I'd pass this along to everyone I could, if you want to pass it along, then that would be cool too. Bye.

    -Joe Burgett