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Chip Crain joined July 2008

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I am one of the main writers at 3 Shades of Blue, a Memphis Grizzlies fan blog, and I cover the Southwest Division of the NBA for About.com. I am a Certified Financial Practioneer (CFP) and have a practice in Memphis, TN. That is my job. The writing is just a hobby.

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Favorite Athletes
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Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, San Francisco 49ers
All Time Sports Moment

Dwight Clark's touchdown catch in the NFC Championship game over the Cowboys
Most Memorable Game Attended

Dallas-Lakers playoff game where Derrick Harper dribbled out the clock instead of scoring the winning basket.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Cy Young's win total of 511
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretsky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nichlaus
Petty or Earnhardt?

Petty
Schumacher or Senna?

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

SEC

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Diary Of A Mad Grizz Fan Part Two.

10/19/2008

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Rudy Gay, Jack of all Trades, to Blog for Memphis Grizzlies

10/18/2008

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Diary of a Mad Grizz Fan, Part One

10/17/2008

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Grizzlies at Indiana - 10/17/08

10/17/2008

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Max Tcheyan said...

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By syndicating your blog here at B/R you'll be able to gain exposure to an already established online community. I'm talking 2,000,000 uniques per month....that's 4,000,000 eyeballs potentially reading your posts and then coming to your site.

It's relatively easy to set up just click add blog, paste in your URL and you can automatically import your blog. Let me know what you think and if you have any questions.

--Max

364 days ago

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Hey Chip—Max Tcheyan here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

I've been spending time on our Grizzlies 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 mtcheyan@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

Thanks so much,
Max

365 days ago

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