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Retired in my 50s after successful careers as an executive with a Fortune 100 company and US Navy officer. Received bachelors and masters (MBA) degrees gratis from USC, and met my wonderful wife there. Blessed with 2 beautiful daughters who married great guys; of course, we have the best grandchildren as a result. Enjoy family, friends, travel, watching sports, and playing basketball and tennis. B/R USC Football Featured Columnist from August 2010 to November 2011 (stopped writing because B/R continued to demand increasing numbers of articles per week, assign sensationalism pieces, not responsive to other concerns and unable to arrange press passes to USC practices or games). Life is good!

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Matt Barkley, Marcus Allen, Willie Mays, Magic Johnson, Arthur Ashe

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    USC

  • Favorite Coaches

    John McKay, Pete Carroll, Joe Paterno, John Wooden

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Too many to list

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    USC 1969 football season nicknamed the "Cardiac Kids" for winning most games in the last minute

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Phelps 8 Olympic gold medals in 2008 Beijing Games; USC 5 straight NCAA baseball national championships; UCLA 7 straight NCAA basketball national championships; Wilt Chamberlain 23,924 career rebounds and 100 pt game; Gretzky 92 goals in a season; Cy Young 511 career wins; Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak; Longest and most games tennis match - John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at 2010 Wimbledon (11 hours 5 minutes and 183 games)

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Pac 12

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  • Amy Lamare posted 264 days ago

    Amy Lamare

    Appreciate the Fan not Bill! Fight On!

  • Phil Watson posted 279 days ago

    Phil Watson

    Appreciate the kudos, Bill. Thanks much.

  • Michael Tierney posted 314 days ago

    Michael Tierney

    Thanks again Bill - on more kudos

  • Michael Tierney posted 316 days ago

    Michael Tierney

    Thanks for the notice on my article bill.

    It means a lot coming from one of the best.

  • Steven Slivka posted 320 days ago

    Steven Slivka

    Thank you for the read and the comment Bill. I appreciate it.

  • NFL Draft 365 posted 412 days ago

    NFL Draft 365

    Hey Bill, thanks a lot for checking out and praising the Arian Foster video. He's quite the insightful person. Agree or disagree, Foster definitely knows how to construct a convincing argument.

  • Jay Biggilo posted 430 days ago

    Jay Biggilo

    Sorry to hear you no longer write for BR. Hopefully, I'll see some of your writing in the LA Times. I ALWAYS read your articles, I just never signed up to show you how much I appreciate it until recently and now your gone. Have a good one and thanks for the MANY, MANY good reads.

  • Jason Clark posted 453 days ago

    Jason Clark

    Thanks for the praise, Bill! I really appreciate it and it means a lot. We all miss your articles, but I hope you're enjoying you extra time!

  • gorge lopez posted 467 days ago

    gorge lopez

    Bill can you start writing about Max Redfield! The guy is a beast from mission viejo and USC needs to land him seriously!

  • gorge lopez posted 467 days ago

    gorge lopez

    Bill you're awesome!

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