Ryan Papaserge's Sportswriter Profile

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Ryan Papaserge

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Honorable Mention, July 2011

Honorable Mention, June 2011

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I'm Ryan Papaserge, a 22-year-old senior journalism major/English minor at St. Bonaventure University. In addition to contributing to/editing for this fine website, I'm a former sports editor and current associate editor at The Bona Venture, the campus newspaper. Over the past few semesters, I've had the privilege of covering the women's basketball team's rise into the public eye. I covered both the 2010 and 2011 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournaments and Women's NIT.

Additionally, I am a former NASCAR Featured Columnist for this site, but I've moved my views over to NASCAR Lug Nuts, part of the Fan v. Fan Network (www.nascarlugnuts.com). I occasionally contribute to Next Gen Journal and I currently intern for the sports information department at St. Bonaventure

I am a Jamestown, N.Y.-native -- yes, I'm from the home of Lucille Ball and current NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. As far as sports interests go, you can obviously find that on the "Short List" below. However, away from feeding my sports obsession, I am a huge classic rock fan and love comedy films.

Favorite Athletes

Ray Lewis, Kasey Kahne, Grady Sizemore, Chad Ochocinco, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco
Favorite Sports Teams

Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Indians, St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Favorite Coaches

Brian Billick, John Harbaugh, Mike Hargrove, Sean Payton, Jon Gruden
All Time Sports Moment

(tie)Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV over the Giants, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. winning the 2001 Pepsi 400
Most Memorable Game Attended

2010 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament in Upper Marlboro, Md.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

(tie) Richard Petty's 200 NASCAR Sprint Cup wins and Brett Favre's ongoing consecutive start streak
Ruth or Mays?

Mays was a more complete player.
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas.
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Not a hockey fan.
Pele or Maradona?

Not a soccer fan.
Federer or Sampras?

Not a tennis fan.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nicklaus
Petty or Earnhardt?

It's hard to make a choice -- both were dominant in their respective eras. I'll take Petty.
Schumacher or Senna?

Senna. Schumacher's numbers were inflated because he stuck around F1, and Ferrari's equipment was so dominant for most of his championships.
ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

Big East for football, Big 12 for hoops

Cory Coolson posted 50 days ago

Thanks for the edits!
Gerard O posted 53 days ago

Hey Ryan, just noticed you edited my article and said I'd write to you to say thanks. Also, any more tips to improve as a write?
Craig Amos posted 58 days ago

Thanks for the edit Ryan.
Imaan Jalali posted 61 days ago

Thanks, Ryan :-)
Ryan Tactac posted 65 days ago

Thanks for the feedback Ryan. I think now I better understand the style B/R is looking for.
Julian Salinas posted 65 days ago

Thanks for the edit, Ryan!
Richard Warrell posted 68 days ago

Damn, thanks for spotting typos in my piece! I tend to not even check for them as it just isn't something I regularly do. Glad someone caught my slip-up. Maybe I'm tired or something? I don't know, but grateful anyway.
T.M. Titles Matter posted 72 days ago

Thanks for the feedback and edits, Ryan.
Imaan Jalali posted 73 days ago

Thanks, Ryan :-))
Nathan Giese posted 75 days ago

Thanks for the feedback Ryan.

One question, how the heck do I add a link to a different article into my article like everyone else. That's one thing I've never been able to figure out.