Nik DeCosta-Klipa's Sportswriter Profile

Nik DeCosta-Klipa joined July 2008

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About Nik »

i am from deerfield new hampshire and enjoy playing and watching sports very much. although i live in new england i love the miami dolphins and passionatly hate the patriots. i also am curiously a lakers and astros fan but i do root for the red sox all the time. also i play and am a huge fan of soccer but i just have to keep waiting for it to catch on in the states

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Favorite Athletes

Kobe Bryant, Dan Marino, Jeff Bagwell, Hunter Pence, Dustin Pedroia, Coco Crisp,Fernando Torres, Bode Miller, Taylor Twellman, Jay Fiedler(anyone remember him?), Manny being Manny, Pau Gasol, Cristiano Ronaldo,
Favorite Sports Teams

Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Miami Dolphins, New England Revolution, Portugal Soccer
All Time Sports Moment

October 9, 2005: Houston Astros' Chris Burke's Walk-off Homerun in the 18th inning in the 2005 NLDS against the Alenta Braves in which i watched all 5 hours and 50 minutes
Most Memorable Game Attended

Red Sox beat Astros at Fenway 3-2 in 14 innings sometime in june 2003 and it was frickin hot
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

however many straight games cal ripken jr. played in
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth only because off all the homeruns, although Mays was a better all-around player
Unitas or Montana?

Marino
Jordan or Russell?

Kobe
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Federer
Tiger or Nicklaus?

TIGER!
Petty or Earnhardt?

Gordon?
Schumacher or Senna?

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

ACC baby? (in dick vitale's voice)

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Basketball in Beijing: Why the US Team Will Take Home the Gold

07/30/2008

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Why We Will Just Have to Keep Waiting for Soccer to Hit the American Mainstream

07/18/2008

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PJ Ross said...

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Like Home Runs?

Like Pitchers hitting home runs?

Then this is for you:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/212939-chicks-dig-the-longball-the-10-best-post-world-war-ii-power-hitting-pitchers

144 days ago

Jersey Al Bracco said...

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Here's my first shot at a "soccer" article: Would love to hear your comments:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146452-us-mens-soccer-is-landon-donovan-really-the-best-we-can-do

243 days ago

Rob Steele said...

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Make sure to vote on the Miami Dolphins poll about the Denver game.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/76822-denver-broncos-fans-are-haunted-by-phantom-pass-interference-call

389 days ago

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