About

I'm Alex, I'm from London, and I have a job as a journalist. Check out my blog - The View From North America - http://viewfromnorthamerica.blogspot.com that I hope you'll look at at some point.
Oh, and I also have a column on the UK's biggest commercial website, Sky Sports. Here's the link: http://www.skysports.com/opinion/0,25219,16560,00.html

Oh, and I sent out the odd Twitter too - it's @viewfromamerica

Thanks for reading my profile. Hopefully you'll actually read some of my articles!

Short List

  • 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,

  • Favorite Coaches

    Joe Paterno, Joe Paterno, Joe Paterno

  • 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 Motor Speedway on a big night in August, QPR getting promotion at Sheffield Wednesday

  • 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

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

    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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  • Leon Spencer posted 342 days ago

    Leon Spencer

    Anything that does not include the smaller conferences is not a true playoff. We have 11 conferences and a group of independents. I believe the magic number for playoff is 15-teams. Furthermore, conference champions and divisional champions should be given precedence with a play-in games for conferences not represented in the BCS Top 25.

  • Anthony Kang posted 558 days ago

    Anthony Kang

    Hey, that's pretty neat with the whole Sky Sports deal! How'd that come about? And sorry about any confusion regarding punctuation, as punctuation must be enclosed inside the quotations, not outside. We Yanks are just weird that way.

  • Isaac Luber posted 962 days ago

    Isaac Luber

    Hey. I'm back. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/481029-why-penn-states-worst-season-in-years-is-actually-a-good-season

  • Polego Jim posted 1024 days ago

    Polego Jim

    Alex - Thank you Thank you Thank you.

    Here's to BUILDING the hate this season!

    GO BLUE!!!

  • Chance USC posted 1028 days ago

    Chance USC

    Keep up the good articles....need more sports info for my brain...lol

  • Carolyn Todd posted 1091 days ago

    Carolyn Todd

    Hi Alex. Just checked out your blog and the FedEx video is great. Brought back memories of being there. Longest game I ever attended!

    Please check out my blog at www.viewfromstands.blogspot.com

    Carolyn Todd

    P.S. Love the picture of the Penn State student section also.

  • Mohamed Eldin Masri posted 1214 days ago

    Mohamed Eldin Masri

    Ahaha!

    You're name is Alex Ferguson.

    No need to figure out what you're favorite team is.

    I'm Eldin, the Arsenal Community Leader, just read your name and thought to drop by and say hi.

    ..................Hi!

  • Eddie Bruce aka GeorgiaDawg posted 1227 days ago

    Eddie Bruce aka GeorgiaDawg

    Rumor has it...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/324319-for-georgia-bulldog-fans-the-rumor-mill-is-not-a-pleasent-place-to-be

  • JW Nix posted 1247 days ago

    JW Nix

    you may like this :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/312644-chris-henry-may-inspire-the-bengals-to-a-title

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