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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)

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Erik Bedard: The Final Nail in the Mariners' Coffin

Published about 1 year ago
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The Short List What Alex thinks about sport's most pressing questions

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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by manny
2 months ago

I JUST WROTE THIS- Please read it. About Informing T-Mac he got traded via twitter

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/236271-informing-t-mac-he-just-got-traded-via-twitter
by T.A
7 months ago

Was Bart Starr underrated or overrated? I love to hear what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147037-bart-starr-is-clearly-underrated
by Bernie and Pat
9 months ago

haha HA. WE ARE BACK MY FRIEND. READ 'EM AND WEEP

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/116716-who-will-win-the-super-bowl-and-the-fans?just_published=1
by Inaki
about 1 year 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.
by Glenn
about 1 year ago

Thanks for your note, Alex.
by Craig
about 1 year 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
by Bryan
about 1 year 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.
by David
about 1 year ago

Alex, Thanks for the compliment, edit and the spelling correction. Everything is greatly appreciated. David
by Chris
about 1 year ago

Thanks for the edits!
by James
about 1 year ago

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

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

Thanks
by Joe
about 1 year ago

Thanks for the edits.
by Ben
about 1 year 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
by Lew
about 1 year 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
by James
about 1 year 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.
by Inaki
about 1 year 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

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