Mike R

Mike R

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About

I relocated to Minneapolis in June of 2009 and really enjoy sports (although I don't really care for the regional sports available - Twins, Vikings, T-Wolves don't offer much excitement in terms of championship contention). The only thing I enjoy as much as, or possibly more than watching sports is meeting people and talking about sports. I figured I could easily write about intriguing happenings in sports on this site, and hopefully read some other interesting takes on those happenings as well. I don't plan to write all that regularly, but I do intend to keep up with sports, as Sportscenter is a staple of my day.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Aaron Rodgers, Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, Clay Matthews, Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, David Ortiz, Tiger Woods, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Curt Schilling, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Lebron James

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Boston Red Sox, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, Iowa Hawkeyes, Northern Iowa Panthers, Duke Blue Devils

  • Favorite Coaches

    Vince Lombardi, Phil Jackson, Mike Holmgren, Hayden Frye, Mike Krzyzewski, Bill Belichick, Mack Brown, Kirk Ferentz

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Manny's 2007 ALDS Game 2 Walk-Off Homer Over the Green Monster vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's Wins Record

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger!!!

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

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

    Big 10, SEC, or ACC, the other three aren't really conferences

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  • Johnny Rehab posted 1089 days ago

    Johnny Rehab

    a must read and my newest

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/398926-the-dirty-sanchez-not-the-scandalous-position-the-qb

  • John Doublin posted 1141 days ago

    John Doublin

    My first golf article. Feedback would be appreciated.
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/375627-2010-masters-round-one-phil-mickelson-solidly-in-the-hunt

  • Jersey Al Bracco posted 1498 days ago

    Jersey Al Bracco

    Packers Community leaders have a Packers daft pick contest going. Here are the details:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/157126-br-contest-predict-the-packers-picks-win-a-cheesehead

  • Andrew Cahill posted 1505 days ago

    Andrew Cahill

    "Peyton Manning Plays Golf | Tom Brady Watches Him" is part 2 of a continuous humor serious. Feel free to add on to the idea.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154043-peyton-manning-plays-golf-tom-brady-waches-him

  • Jersey Al Bracco posted 1551 days ago

    Jersey Al Bracco

    Like a little Packers History?

    Here's my Mt. Rushmore of the Green Bay Packers

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/127514-mt-rushmore-of-the-green-bay-packers-legends-of-lambeau

  • Jeff Kneis posted 1628 days ago

    Jeff Kneis

    Hey Mike—Jeff here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

    I've been spending time on our MLB page and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

    Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

    If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at jeff@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

    Thanks so much,

    Jeff

  • Joshua Skaar posted 1781 days ago

    Joshua Skaar

    That's pretty much how I'm feeling.

    I just would have rather known that Rodgers was still going to be the back up QB rather than mentally prepare myself that Favre was retired and not coming back.

    And now the Packers are faced with terrible choices; keep Favre and leave Rodgers on the bench one more year and the biggest issue is what will that do to Rodgers psychologically after thinking he was the starter for four months?

    Secondly; the Packers could release Favre, but the most likely destination for him would be Minnesota! I'm pretty sure I would vomit my heart out and boycott football for 20 years before I would watch Brett Favre in a purple and gold jersey.

    Finally they could trade Favre, but that still isn't a very good option, because the best you could get for him would be a third-round draft choice. Even then he wouldn't want to go to a team that'd be able to make it to a Super Bowl.

    So, I dunno. I'm on the edge of my sports fan life.