Lawrence Duffy's Sportswriter Profile

Lawrence Duffy joined July 2008

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Hey everybody. I'm currently living in Birmingham, Alabama, but moved here from a Cleveland a little bit ago.

I believe that Cleveland is the most tortured sports city in the country, and heartbreak and "wait 'til next year" are popular things all year in Cleveland. Art Modell, John Elway, The Drive, The Fumble, Red Right 88, The Blown Save, Jordan over Ehlo all have a place in Cleveland fans "what-if" category. What if Jordan had missed the shot over Ehlo, what if Earnest Byner hadn't fumbled, what if Art Modell hadn't moved the Browns.

I like both college and pro sports, but being from a blue-collar city like Cleveland, football is number 1. On Saturday, I'm watching my Buckeyes, and on Sunday I go right from church to watch my Brownies.

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Favorite Athletes

Tiger Woods, Brett Favre, Ken Griffey Jr., Grady Sizemore
Favorite Sports Teams

Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Kent State Golden Flashes
All Time Sports Moment

Seeing Ohio State win the national title in 2002 in one of the greatest college football games ever
Most Memorable Game Attended

Indians-Mariners, August 5th, 2001- Indians are down 14-2 in the 7th inning. Tribe scores 3 in the 7th to make it 14-5. Then they score 4 in the 8th to make it 14-9. Then in the 9th, they get 5 (the last 3 on Omar Vizquel's bases loaded triple), and then win it in the 11th inning. This came using mostly benchwarmers against the best bullpen in baseball that year. Nobody believed me when I told them the next morning.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

I'm neutral on this one.
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan, easily
Gretzky or Orr?

I'm not a hockey fan
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Don't follow tennis
Tiger or Nicklaus?

At this point in his career, Tiger Woods has already done more than Nicklaus has done. Even though Nicklaus is a Buckeye, I have to go with Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Don't follow NASCAR
Schumacher or Senna?

Don't know who these two even are
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Gotta go with the Big Ten because it's my home conference. And Notre Dame needs to get with the program and join the Big Ten

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Arizona—You Got Screwed

02/02/2009

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2008 Year in Review

12/21/2008

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It's hard to keep up with everything going on with the Buckeyes, but I've done my best to wrap it up. Check it out!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/58978-controversy-injury-confusion-make-ohio-state-football

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Casey Greer said...

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Hey,

Thanks for reading my article helping me win "pick of the day."

Casey

495 days ago

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