Kyle Beakley joined July 2008

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Kyle Beakley

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Kyle Beakley is a freelance writer currently residing in Philadelphia, PA. He primarily writes on golf, tennis, and the NFL.

Kyle has worked for CBS Sports, National Public Radio, and was News Director of a local New Jersey radio station. He has won multiple awards for his coverage of many different issues— including sports, health, science, community affairs, and more.

Kyle's sports coverage is notable for its humor, sarcasm, and unique/controversial opinions. He often speaks with a much different voice than mainstream sports fans, and frequently questions the notion of fandom altogether.

His articles have been featured on CBSSports.com, FoxSports.com, plus various magazines and newspapers.

The Shortlist »

  • Favorite Athletes

    Ben Hogan, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Andy Roddick, Chase Utley

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadephia Eagles

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Wooden, Marv Levy

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Phil Mickelson wins 2004 Masters

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Rutgers defeats #2 South Florida

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's consecutive games played streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana. How many times did he deliver in the clutch?

  • Jordan or Russell?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky.

  • Pele or Maradona?

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer. The only way to describe his play is: masterfully artistic.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus— if they had Nike Sasquatch drivers back in 1975, he would have won at least 22 majors

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

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

    SEC

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Robert Domaine said...

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Hello Buddy, I would like you to take a look at this important article. it will most likely be my last on bleacher report. Feel free to pass it around. God Bless and thank you.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/283900-you-are-not-a-unique-snowflake

20 days ago

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sriram ilango said...

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Hello Mate,
I just wrote a article about Tiger Woods, if you are free do check it
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221444-tiger-woods-more-than-just-a-golfer

Sriram

126 days ago

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J. Michael Morris said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/131618-tiger-woods-professional-expectations-are-verylow

269 days ago

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Jeff Kneis said...

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

I've been spending time on our Golf 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

354 days ago

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J. Michael Morris said...

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Try it, you'll like it
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/71269-2009-pga-tour-sponsorship-changes-humor

399 days ago

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Michael Fitzpatrick said...

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Hi Kyle. I hope you're doing well. Thanks for responding to my post on your bulletin board, I appreciate your thoughts and advice on that.
With the Ryder Cup coming up I am going to be doing a collaborative article amongst regular golf community contributors on their thoughts/predictions on who will win the Ryder Cup and why.
I just wanted to see if you'd like to participate?
If you would, please either email me your thoughts (fitzm80@aol.com) or just post them on my bulletin board.
I am going to take excerpts from everyone who participates and put them all into an article and then we can all discuss/debate through comments.
Thanks Kyle.

446 days ago

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Michael Fitzpatrick said...

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Hey Kyle. I loved your articles about revamping the FedEx Cup, I agree with just about everything you said. I think the concept of the FedEx Cup is a good idea, it just needs to be drastically changed though.
By the way, I saw in your profile that you are a freelance writer. I just wanted to see if you had any advice on how to break into freelance sports writing?
I am not a trained writer (ie. I've never taken writing courses or written for a newspaper, magazine, etc.) but freelance sports writing is something I might like to get into one day.
Not even sure I'd be able to but I would not even know how to get into it if I wanted to, so, again, I just wanted to see if you had any advice on how to go about getting into freelance writing?
Any thoughts or advice you have would be great.
Thanks Kyle and I look forward to reading some more of your golf articles if you post any during the FedEx Cup and Ryder Cup.

463 days ago

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Andrew Messick said...

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hey kyle thanks for proofreading my article, "Believe it or not Golf is as Good as Ever." Also thanks for the advice and tips regarding writing a good report. I have no problem believing i had grammatical erors and misspelled words as an engineering major. but thanks again

470 days ago

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Jeff D Gorman said...

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Thanks for the kind words, Kyle. I do try to let the writers say what they mean.

Take care now -

Jeff

476 days ago

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Michael Fitzpatrick said...

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Hi Kyle,
Your article about the FedEx Cup was outstanding!!!
I was also planning on writing an article in the near future about how the current FedEx Cup system is very, very flawed and how the idea of the FedEx Cup could be great if the current system was significantly modified. If you don't mind I would like to quote you on a couple of points you made in this article (obviously giving you credit for your quotes by name in my article). I may also contact you via another note on your wall for some of your thoughts on ideas I had to better the current FedEx Cup system, again, if that is ok with you.
You hit upon one, if not THE major flaw of the current FedEx Cup system in a very well-written article!

479 days ago

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Greg Howe said...

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Hey Man,

I definitely think that it's an important series and it will definitely be fun baseball to watch. It is just hard for me to think that a series in late July will come close to guaranteeing a division champion. It may be important for momentum and confidence, but a lot more goes in to affecting the way a division unfolds. Great article though and it will be fun to see how the series plays out!

- Greg

490 days ago

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Scott Fitzsimmons said...

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Hey Kyle! That's cool. I've learned that the editing isn't a cut to my writing ability, its just to make it better. So I really don't notice anymore when someone edits it. There was only on article I wrote that had an edit that actually changed what my article said, and I can't even remember anymore.

491 days ago

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Onalee Carson said...

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Kyle, I'm not working in firefox tonight so here's some editor's feedback.

Great article! I just tweaked your headline and edited for style. Make sure everything checks out to your liking—keep up the awesome work!

495 days ago

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