Josh Taylor

Josh Taylor

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About

Josh Taylor has a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, having written as a beat reporter for baseball and basketball (men's and women's), and a weekly columnist for the Duquesne Duke student newspaper. He won a 2008 Telly Award as an anchor, reporter and producer for DUQ-TV News.

He currently works in production with the sports department of WTAE-TV Channel 4 Action News in Pittsburgh. He is also a beat writer covering Duquesne University men's basketball for A10collegehoops.com. He is undertaking the challenge of writing his first book, "From The Hill to the Mountaintop".

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Lawrence Taylor, Bo Jackson, Mario Lemieux, Roberto Clemente

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins, Duke Blue Devils

  • Favorite Coaches

    Chuck Noll, Phil Jackson, Jim Leyland, Mike Kryzewzski, Rick Pitino, "Badger" Bob Johnson

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    1992 Final Four - Christian Laettner's game-winner vs. Kentucky

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Pitt's win against Miami at Pitt Stadium, Halloween 1997

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Push (they're both from Pittsburgh! HA!)

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

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

    ACC (basketball), SEC (football)

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  • Tyler Lambert posted 1386 days ago

    Tyler Lambert

    Hey, check out my ACC Basketball Preview article. Any comments and your imput are very much appreciated! Thanks!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/228547-2009-2010-acc-basketball-preview-duke-unc-remain-the-head-of-the-class

  • John Lorge posted 1432 days ago

    John Lorge

    New NBA Mock Draft... It's time to think outside the box

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/200518-2009-nba-mock-draft-commitment-day-edition

  • Max Kienzler posted 1434 days ago

    Max Kienzler

    Hey Josh,

    A little bit more of a humorous article about our former (and current) Heads of State and basketball. If you get the chance, I would love any feedback. Thanks man.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/198889-the-all-presidential-basketball-team

  • John Lorge posted 1437 days ago

    John Lorge

    NBA Draft Sleepers

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197044-2009-nba-draft-top-10-sleeper-picks

  • John Lorge posted 1443 days ago

    John Lorge

    New Full 1st Round NBA Mock Draft

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/193029-2009-nba-mock-draft-draft-combine-edition

  • Roger P posted 1447 days ago

    Roger P

    Hey Josh,
    I wrote a follow-up to that article comparing Kobe to Scottie Pippen, and I thought you might be interested... this time I'm comparing him to Clyde Drexler. I'd love your thoughts... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/189936-kobe-isnt-mj-but-hes-at-least-clyde-drexler

    Roger

  • Max Kienzler posted 1456 days ago

    Max Kienzler

    Hey Josh,

    If ya get some spare time, I wrote a new article: The Biblical Baseball team. Let me know what you think. Thanks

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/182249-the-biblical-baseball-team

  • Ryan Michael posted 1465 days ago

    Ryan Michael

    The story of how Marc Bulger became the NFL's most underappreciated quarterback...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/174695-the-story-of-how-marc-bulger-became-the-nfls-most-underappreciated-qb

    If you have a moment, I'd really like to hear your opinion and any feedback you could give would be of the utmost value.

    Hope you enjoy it,
    -Ryan Michael

  • Adrian Staehle posted 1484 days ago

    Adrian Staehle

    This is my first football article I hope you enjoy leave me some feedback and rate tell me what ou think

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/162041-the-saints-are-on-the-clock-pick-14

  • Doug Caldwell posted 1538 days ago

    Doug Caldwell

    Have you heard anything about these Pedro Martinez to Pittsburgh rumors?

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