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I'm a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. I'm starting my first year at the Massachusetts Daily Collegian where I currently cover women's soccer. I'll sometimes do the occasional news article. Last year I wrote women's tennis and the track and field team.

However my young "journalism" career started in a high school near Chicago. I was on my high school newspaper for all four years and worked as the Sports Editor for two years. I originally wrote news articles before covering basketball, football and baseball for three years

I am also currently writing for hoops4life.com.

My favorite teams are the Chicago Bulls, Bears, and Cubs, but I'm not against the White Sox.

If you're looking to contact me, my email is ajmil0@student.umass.edu or you can add me on facebook.

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The Short List facts and information about Adam Miller

Favorite Athletes

Nick Swisher, Yao Ming, Andres Nocioni, Brian Urlacher, Devin Hester, Felix Hernandez and Jonathan Papelbon

Favorite Sports Teams

The Cubs, Bears, Bulls ... and Maccabi Tel Aviv

All Time Sports Moment

1998 - Michael Jordan hits his final shot as a Bull to give the Bulls their sixth championship

Most Memorable Game Attended

1998 - Game seven, Bulls vs. Pacers

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

72-10 Bulls Regular Season Record

Ruth or Mays?

Ruth

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Jordan or Russell?

Jordan

Gretzky or Orr?

who cares, its hockey

Pele or Maradona?

I don't watch soccer

Federer or Sampras?

Sampras

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger

Petty or Earnhardt?

Nascar isn't a sport

Schumacher or Senna?

huh?

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

In football, the Big 10. In basketball, the ACC

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  1. by Brittni
    20 days ago

    Hi Adam:)

  2. by Gem
    29 days ago

    You know what? You're 100 percent right. I guess I appreciate the edit this time. Haha.

  3. by Patrick S J
    about 1 month ago

    Adam -
    Great write on the all time NBA - I didn't catch that it was alternates and bench alone...I tweaked the article with some formatting and edited, then re-edited the headline----don't forget to add more tags in the future. If you don't, no one will and I would hope that an article like this one does not get tucked away in some corner...I'd prefer to see it on the front page, my friend.

    what happened on your board down there? Use whatever spelling or diction that YOU are comfortable with - this is a fan site, not the NY Times and there are no set rules for relating to YOUR fan base. Every writer has his own, unique style of writing and reaching out to the reader...keep yours, yours - not someone elses

    As a Graduate of Syracuse University I can tell you that on this site - you are responsible for what and how you want to convey "your thoughts" - there is not set diction - contrary to what others opine - When you begin to write for the USA Today then you can follow their rules, until then your writing should follow your own...I can tell you that we are the envy of most sports writers because of the simple fact that we can retain our own personality in writing and don't HAVE to write what we're told - unlike corporate "news reporters" who are told what to report

    :)

    "Write On Playa"

    R
    PR

  4. by Gracie
    about 1 month ago

    Hi Adam,

    One of the slight differences between B/R Style and AP Style is that we do in fact spell out "three-pointer." A note regarding this style detail can be found here:

    http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2008/02/10/br-writers%e2%80%99-tips-commonly-misspelled-sports-words-i/

    Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.

    Thanks so much!

    All best,
    Gracie

  5. by Tim
    about 1 month ago

    Yeah, ESPN (along with every paper I've ever written for) uses "3-pointer." When I was staff at The Patriot Ledger, I wrote it that way in roundups all the time during the winters. Different publication, different style.

    The New York Times has its own style on many things; for example, it writes headlines like B/R does when most papers use sentence case. Once upon a time, Col. Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune decided to crusade against established dictionaries and simplify spellings such as "thru" instead of "through," but you'll learn that if you take history of journalism (you would if you went to Northeastern, at least).

    Point is, this site can go with whatever it wants to, and it's no big deal, really. In fact, if I (or any other editors) change something on one of your stories, you are free to change it back. We're just responsible for making it conform to our guidelines as much as possible to give it the best chance at looking professional and staying consistent with our other stories.

    To answer your question, I pasted what Ryan wrote about it in the previous message, but here it is if it wasn't clear those were his words (he did not go into detail here and went on to answer other style questions I had for him...it is on that link if you scroll down or hit ctrl+f and search "point," or something related):

    Ryan Alberti said on May 21, 2008 3:41 pm

    To answer these one at a time:

    - “three-pointer”…not “3-pointer”

  6. by Scott
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Adam, I'm thinking of starting a sports show at WMUA. I'm looking for people that want to be involved. Are you interested in hearing more?

  7. by Brittni
    about 1 month ago

    Im back:)

  8. by Tim
    about 1 month ago

    *from posting half of an article (re-worded and forgot to delete everything)

    I neglected to address football down references like "3rd-and-7." That's the way I was taught and wrote when covering high school football (not all too far from UMass, actually), but you're right in that B/R keeps it that way; I assumed it did not because it goes with "Game One" rather than "Game 1," and so forth.

    I agree it's confusing, and I went through similar growing pains when I kept finding differences in B/R style and dealt with the difficulty in finding out about them all (or most of them), but it's a lot easier to just pay attention, remember, and go with it when something conflicts with your instincts.

  9. by Tim
    about 1 month ago

    Actually, managing editor Ryan Alberti said on the Bleacher Report blog that "3-pointer" is written out "three-pointer" here, and told me to write out all numbers like that here because we're not held down by the constraints of fitting in newspaper columns.

    http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2008/02/10/br-writers%E2%80%99-tips-commonly-misspelled-sports-words-i/

    Ryan Alberti said on May 21, 2008 3:41 pm

    To answer these one at a time:

    - “three-pointer”…not “3-pointer”

    Also, I have been told I should indeed discourage writers from doing posting half of an article. Again, you're free to do it; I just think you should know it's not embraced.

    B/R doesn't use AP style as a base, anyway; it uses CMS (Chicago Manual). I was an editor at my college paper and had a sports column there, and I am also used to the AP style. If you click on the above link, you'll see my preference is "3-pointer," but that's not the style here so I roll with that and just put it in my profile knowing people like you will think I'm wrong when I change it.

    To explain, your examples from the style appendix don't apply to "three-pointer." A stat line is a series of stats in a row unhindered by connecting words and the "3-point" format isn't for rhetorical effect.

    Hope that clears things up.

  10. by Gracie
    about 1 month ago

    Hi Adam,

    Actually, B/R style is slightly different than AP style, and we spell out numbers one through nine.

    Great article!

    All best,
    Gracie

  11. by Zander
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Adam,

    Could you please re-post the question on Ryan Alberti's Bulletin Board?

    Ryan is our Managing Editor and has the answers to everything you ever wanted to know about the world of grammar and style.

    Thanks as always,
    Z

  12. by Ryan
    about 1 month ago

    Adam,

    I obviously won't force you to use the second comma...but I don't think it makes much sense to exclude it in an online forum. That said, the final call is up to you, so feel free to make the decision as you see fit.

    Thanks again for sharing your work, and I'll look forward to being in touch.

    RA

  13. by Ryan
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for getting in touch about comma lists, Adam. The AP style (no comma between the second and third items) was born of necessity: Newspapers needed to save column space, so the third comma was omitted. We don't have that problem in cyberspace...and the third comma definitely does make a difference in terms of meaning.

    I'm not sure whether you're a Robert Frost fan, but consider the following example from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening":

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

    vs.

    The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.

    The omission of the third comma in the original has a significant impact on meaning: "dark and deep" describes the loveliness of the woods, as opposed to "lovely, dark, and deep" all modifying the woods. The implication is that the presence or absence of the third comma is important...and because we can afford to include it when necessary (in terms of space), we do so.

    Please let me know if there's any further confusion, and thanks again for getting in touch.

    Best,

    Ryan

  14. by Ben
    about 1 month ago

    Would you mind reading my newest Olympic installment?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/48530-top-5-things-i-have-learned-from-the-2008-olympics-thus-far

    Thanks,

    Ben

  15. by Ryan
    about 1 month ago

    That's fine; as the author of the work you have the final say over the piece.

    I was never a fan of AP style, so I was relieved to find the B/R follows the CMS. I've always been a strong proponent for the serial comma (Harvard comma). I'm a stickler for consistency, and since a HC is sometimes warranted, I always thought it just made sense to use it every time.

    But yeah, I really enjoyed your piece and I look forward to more. And next time, I'll be sure to remember no Harvard commas for you.

    Have a great day!

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