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I'm Alex, I'm from London, and I have a job as a journalist. About insurance. If there's anything that can drive the person truly mad, it's years of writing about insurance. Trust me. I know.
But my biggest love is sports. In the UK I love my soccer teams, but I have my big American passions: baseball and football. Sure, I can deal with the odd NBA game and March Madness, as well as a bit of the NFL, but give me Ken Griffey's swing and a Penn State White Out any day of the week.
So here I am. I have a blog - http://viewfromnorthamerica.blogspot.com that I hope you'll look at at some point. And I love writing.

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Favorite Athletes

Michael Robinson, Joe Paterno, Ken Griffey Jr, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Joba Chamberlain, Manny Ramirez, Wayne Gretzky, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio,

Favorite Sports Teams

Penn State, New York Yankees, Queens Park Rangers FC,

All Time Sports Moment

Michigan loses at home to Appalachian State, 2007, Yankees with the Series in 1996, Aaron Boone in the ALCS vs the Red Sox, Penn State vs Ohio State 2005, going to Bristol MotorSpeedway on a big night in August

Most Memorable Game Attended

Being in the middle of the Penn State vs Ohio State game in 2005, in the "White Out". Also David Well's perfect game at Yankee Stadium; 2003 ALCS (THAT Aaron Boone Game vs Boston); the day baseball came back after 9/11 at Fenway Park; going to my first college football game (ASU vs Stanford - ASU wins in overtime)

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe DiMaggio. Oh, and if we're talking the days of non-juice, Bonds' home run record. And Wayne Gretzky's too....

Ruth or Mays?

Ruth, of course. Though I'd take Mays' glove over Ruth's anytime!

Unitas or Montana?

Montana. Actually screw them both. Give me Brady or Peyton Manning anytime.

Jordan or Russell?

Michael Jordan of course! Is there any question?

Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky - by a mile. Wish I could have seen either of them play....

Pele or Maradona?

Pele. Also Ronaldinho before he put on all the weight - he moves are breathtaking. I also worship David Beckham's right foot. Especially when taking a penalty against Argentina.

Federer or Sampras?

Federer. He may have lost the Wimbledon Final against Nadal, but he was incredible. I like him a lot.

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger. He wins trophies will standing on one leg. Speaking of golf, I'd like to choose Europe's Ryder Cup golf team.

Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt. Petty's a nice guy though - I've met him. Also give me Mark Martin, a really, really decent advertisement for NASCAR

Schumacher or Senna?

Senna - most exciting driver of them all. Look at Mansell vs Senna at Monte Carlo (1991) for details

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

SEC and Big Ten. PSU play in the Big Ten, but the SEC's so, so much fun to watch. A perfect mix of pass and run. For girls? The Pac-10!

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  1. by Martin
    about 20 hours ago

    Hey Alex. I am going to be putting together a roundtable article amongst golf community contributors and wanted to know if you would like to participate?
    The topic is "Who will win the Ryder Cup and why?"
    If you would like to participate, please post your thoughts on my wall and I will include excerpts into the article.
    Hopefully this article will spur some conversation/debate amongst all of us on the Ryder Cup which should be fun.
    I will probably be putting together the article on Tuesday so if you could send your thoughts before then that would be great.
    Thanks Alex and hope you can participate.

  2. by Kristofer
    about 23 hours ago

    Alex,

    I agree. This poll wouldn't start until after next weekend's games.

    K

  3. by Kristofer
    1 day ago

    Alex,

    I want to start a B/R college football poll with B/R writers as the pollsters.

    If you are interested, I would love for you to participate.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/54418-calling-all-br-college-football-fans-join-the-party

    Thanks!

    Kristofer

  4. by Thomas
    3 days ago

    A golf article will not be complete w/o ur imput. Could you take a look at mine? I noticed alot of Europeans talking about it here on the BR and I decided to put an American spin on it. Thanks.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/53890-paul-azinger-finally-completes-12-man-roster-for-team-usa

  5. by Kristofer
    9 days ago

    Alex-

    Thanks for the Pick! Much appreciated!

  6. by Jim
    27 days ago

    Thanks for the add, Alex. Cheers! (I've always wanted to say that.) :)

  7. by Ben
    27 days ago

    Thanks for the POTD Alex.

  8. by Denny
    about 1 month ago

    Nice article, unfortunately I will not change my mind. I am firm on my position haha.....

  9. by Brendan
    about 1 month ago

    Sir Alex,

    Penn State's fans threw bottles of urine at our marching band. They chanted "Fuck Ohio" during the national anthem. Buckeye fans that dared drive to the game had tires slashed and windows broken. That's unrelenting, irrational hatred if I've ever seen it.

  10. by danny
    about 1 month ago

    hey alex, check out my article on favre...at least i think it's funny.

  11. by Divya
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the Pick of the Day Vote! Appreciate it.

  12. by Andrew
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the add!

  13. by Kit
    about 1 month ago

    Alex,

    Thanks for the comment and the compliment by voting my article POD. I really do appreciate it.

    Thanks again!

  14. by danny
    about 1 month ago

    fixed it, sorry about that.

  15. by Dorothy
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks Alex. Bet you would never guess from editing my article that I used to be an English teacher, would you? I will not take the credit for the dumbing down of the American education system, text messaging has done that.

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