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University of Oregon journalism student fortunate enough to grow up in a region of the United States that is unparalleled in its sports' futility. Twenty one years born and raised in Portland, Oregon and all I have to show for it are a few tantalizing whifs of champaign and cigar smoke and a whole bucket full of the salty tears of heartbreak and failure -- all thanks to the BCS, the Los Angeles Lakers, Ben Roethlisberger and a couple no good cheating zebras.

I love: Phil Knight, Brandon Roy, the Pritchslap, night games at Autzen Stadium, big league baseball in Portland

I can't stand: Fuskies (except B-Roy), John Canzano, the Stoops', Red Sox Nation, Bill Bavasi and the entire Seattle Mariners organization (except Felix)

Alex's Recent Articles

Erik Bedard: The Final Nail in the Mariners' Coffin

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Alex Writes About

The Short List facts and information about Alex Gabriel

Favorite Athletes

Man-crushes: Brandon Roy, Jonathan Stewart, Felix Hernandez, Marcus Trufant -- Others: Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Alfonso Soriano, Jose Reyes

Favorite Sports Teams

Oregon Ducks, Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks

All Time Sports Moment

Edgar's double in the 11th inning of Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS

Most Memorable Game Attended

2006: Oregon 34, Oklahoma 33

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joltin' Joe's 56 games, duh

Ruth or Mays?

Mays

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Jordan or Russell?

Jordan

Gretzky or Orr?

Don't Care

Pele or Maradona?

Don't Care

Federer or Sampras?

Don't Care

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger

Petty or Earnhardt?

Don't Care

Schumacher or Senna?

Who?

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

The Conference of Champions

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  1. by Inaki
    26 days ago

    Hi Alex,

    Could you take a look to my latest NFL article?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/57925-which-nfl-team-is-in-better-position-to-bounce-back-from-a-0-2-start

    Thanks mate.

  2. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    Thanks for your note, Alex.

  3. by Craig
    27 days ago

    thanks Alex, appreciate the feedback, and yeah I have a tendency to run on a bit, I always to go back "re-write", restructuring things, but I often miss some.

    Thanks again, nice job, Craig

  4. by Bryan
    27 days ago

    Thanks for the edits! Just a clarification, my use of the pronoun "we" is deliberate, but the point isn't driven across accurately enough. I find identifying with sports teams so personally as to feel connected with its success or failure an interesting and someone pathetic behavior and I try to emulate it for comedic effect. I think I need to use it less often, however, since that is clearly not being displayed effectively. I'll limit it's use in the future.

  5. by David
    about 1 month ago

    Alex, Thanks for the compliment, edit and the spelling correction. Everything is greatly appreciated. David

  6. by Chris
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the edits!

  7. by James
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Alex, could you view over an article for me?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/53746-americas-forgotten-olympians

    Thanks

  8. by Joe
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the edits.

  9. by Ben
    about 1 month ago

    I don't know if it was necc. to further my agenda actually. I really think they have a chance. I'm sure you've heard of Jairus Byrd. I went to HS with him and we played basketball on the same team for 2 years....he's a great guy on and off the field.

    Ben

  10. by Lew
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Alex,

    Appreciate you taking the time to fine tune my article. I'm all the better for it!

    Looking forward to watching your game and seeing the Ducks play some exciting football against the Dawgs.

    Lew

  11. by James
    about 1 month ago

    You're entitled to your opinions and that's fine. I didn't feel like writing a novel, so of course there's other points and counterpoints I didn't include. Part of the reason I'll play the devil's advocate on college football is because too many people are so blindly fans of it like it's all they live and die for. As for you being sorry about being a dick, you want to be a dick about something, that's no big deal to me, but saying you're sorry about it - eh, not quite sure I buy that, but whatever. Thanks for the edits, though.

  12. by Inaki
    about 1 month ago

    Hi mate,

    I have an article unedited and it's getting no exposure. Could you take a look please?

    Thanks Alex.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/51184-the-nfls-top-10-stories-for-08-09

    Inaki

  13. by Lew
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Alex,

    Thanks for the edits! But when it comes to Cougar football, you're not supposed to be laughing. Come on now.

    Lew

  14. by Lisa
    about 1 month ago

    Alex...thanks for the edits!

    Is there anyway you can get rid of the slide bar at the end of the article? I copied it from my blog and can't figure out how to delete the field...there are two bars at the end of the blog. Thanks!

    -Lise

  15. by Joe
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the edits and the kind words.

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