About

Briggs Seekins’ first professional writing assignment was covering high school baseball for the York County Coast Star in Kennebunk, Maine, during his Senior year of high school. After serving as a mechanized infantryman with the Third Armored Division during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Desert Saber he earned a BA in Philosophy from the University of Southern Maine and an MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University, where he was the poetry editor of Salt Hill literary magazine. Over two decades he has published poetry, fiction, literary criticism, political philosophy, small-town journalism and newsletter articles about seasonal produce, agriculture and rural history.
A sports nut and boxing enthusiast since the late 1970's, he had blogged and written about boxing and other sports for Bleacher Report since June of 2011. As a live correspondent he has covered premium cable and pay-per-view cards at Madison Square Garden, as well as regional boxing and MMA cards

Follow him on twitters at https://twitter.com/Briggsfighttalk

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Ali, Gable, Hagler and for teams sports Rice, Yaz, John Hannah, Pedro Martiez and Tom Brady

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Red Sox, Patriots, Cornell Wrestling

  • Favorite Coaches

    Rob Koll, Danny Gable

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Adam Vinitari nailing the field goal at the end of the 2002 Super Bowl

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Covering the Cotto-Margarito II card in Madison Square Garden for Bleacher Report.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Nobody is ever going to win 500+ games in baseball. I don't know how anybody can pick anything else.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth, because he was also dominant pitcher.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana (but really Brady).

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell, because I am a Celtic fan.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr, but I am a NE fan.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    I don't care about soccer and don't even know who Maradona is.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Tennis is a fine sport for athletc rich kids who belong to country clubs, but the men's game was never of interest to me.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Golf is not a sport.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Taking left turns around a track is not a sport.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Is that horse racing.

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

    Syracuse grad and Big East for BB. But they are a football joke. SEC for FB.

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  • chris torgerson posted 37 days ago

    chris torgerson

    Schumacher or Senna? Is that horse racing.
    oh no... im not into f1 but the senna doc is well worth your time. i also had no opinion before watching.

  • Muhammad Rifqi Amran posted 45 days ago

    Muhammad Rifqi Amran

    if you have the time, do write an article about chris john.

  • Muhammad Rifqi Amran posted 45 days ago

    Muhammad Rifqi Amran

    if you have the time, do write an article about chris john

  • King J posted 166 days ago

    King J

    Briggs!
    Please PM me your votes ASAP for B/R's 2012 Best of Boxing Awards. Also please provide your expert commentary on why you voted for your winners, any where from 1 sentence to a paragraph. Thanks.
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1451487-brs-2012-best-of-boxing-awards-send-in-your-votes

  • Brian Mazique posted 187 days ago

    Brian Mazique

    You are the best boxing writer on this site Mr. Seekins. Much respect.

  • King J posted 202 days ago

    King J

    Briggs! Time to drop knowledge once again!
    PM your official prediction PAC vs JMM 4
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1424784-manny-pacquiao-vs-juan-manuel-marquez-4-send-in-your-official-predictions

  • Kevin McRae posted 212 days ago

    Kevin McRae

    Briggs, your piece on Banks was tremendous. A great read.

  • Vitali Shaposhnikov posted 270 days ago

    Vitali Shaposhnikov

    Please check out my new page for more interviews and updates: https://www.facebook.com/VitaliFightPress

  • Gianluca Trigoni posted 281 days ago

    Gianluca Trigoni

    Hi Briggs,
    We are a Publishing company which already has One title World Business Magazine being published for over one year. We are now Launching a Monthly Sports Magazine and wanted to inquire whether you would be interested in allowing us to use your content for our Print Publication. Kindly drop us an email at trigoni@worldbizjournals.com so that we can talk further.

    Regards,

  • King J posted 421 days ago

    King J

    Briggs,

    bro please PM me your official prediction on Mayweather/Cotto ASAP thanks!
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1131518-floyd-mayweather-vs-miguel-cotto-send-in-your-official-contest-predictions

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