About

Returning to Bleacher Report after a 6 month hiatus. Huge Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls fan. Also a long-time wrestling fan. I use to host a internet sports radio show alongside Jonathan Platek. 643 Sports was one of the longest running sports talk shows on BlogTalkRadio.com (October 2006-April 2011). Currently, I work at a small catholic university in the Western Suburbs of Chicago (graduated there in 2009), I work in the Marketing and Communications department doing a number of different things including social media, video and web design.

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Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Dirk Nowitzki, Frank Thomas, Derrick Rose, Ryan Braun

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Florida State Seminoles, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bobby Bowden, Gregg Popovich, Mike D'Antoni

  • All Time Sports Moment

    White Sox Winning 2005 World Series

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Mark Buehrle Perfect Game

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripkins's consecutive games streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Willie Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Peyton Manning

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Michael Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Wayne Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Um...uh....

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Roger Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger Woods

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty "The King"

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    ACC bias, ftw.

Bulletin Board

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  • Paul McIntyre posted 58 days ago

    Paul McIntyre

    My comeback article has arrived! Please take the time to read and comment.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1133330-ruthless-aggression-brock-lesnar-and-the-forgotten-era-of-wwe

  • Anthony Kang posted 89 days ago

    Anthony Kang

    Nah, don't worry dude. Happens to the best of us. Keep doin what you do.

  • Adam Fromal posted 95 days ago

    Adam Fromal

    Thanks Rich, I really appreciate it!

  • Ben Rosenthal posted 103 days ago

    Ben Rosenthal

    You got it, Rich. I say the Bulls are fine in the frontcourt as is. Unless they want to make a move for Howard, no need to get a lower-level big man.

  • Tiffany Brennan posted 120 days ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    No problem, Rich! I always enjoy the Bulls articles.

  • Tiffany Brennan posted 122 days ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    You're welcome, Rich! I just get excited when writers get the whole %-percent thing right (which probably sounds so weird, but it's just one of the most common errors!). Keep up the great work!

  • Dan Collins posted 127 days ago

    Dan Collins

    Thanks for fanning me Rich! I appreciate it!

  • Delores Smith-Johnson posted 127 days ago

    Delores Smith-Johnson

    You're welcome, Rich! Keep up the good work.

  • Ben Rosenthal posted 130 days ago

    Ben Rosenthal

    Haha, I know what you mean. I was stunned by those comments on your article.

    Don't get me wrong, Brewer is a nice defender, Butler is an interesting prospect and Korver is a great three-point shooter, but Ray is a first-ballot Hall of Famer!

    Granted his contract is up at the end of the year, but he will be a hot commodity for any team trying to make a title push if the Celtics break up their core. What team wouldn't want a cold-blooded, playoff-proven three-point dynamo?

    Him and Rip could run some some UConn magic if they were paired up.

    If I am Ainge, I need Asik or no deal!

  • Paul McIntyre posted 153 days ago

    Paul McIntyre

    Two big developments in interesting wrestling stories!

    Information has emerged about what wrestlers could appear in the Chris Benoit biopic:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1005716-more-details-about-the-chris-benoit-biopic-emerge

    Meanwhile, Dave Meltzer has revealed some interesting background on rumours linking Brock Lesnar to WWE:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1005818-dave-meltzer-speculates-that-brock-lesnar-will-soon-return-to-wwe

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