About

I am a Professor of Bible and Theology at two schools in Houston. I grew up in Ohio and went to OSU for my undergrad. I love College Football and Baseball and have opinions on sports in general. I have published in academic journals but sports writing keeps me grounded in everyday life and is a lot of fun. I have also written for the Kansas City Star online and hope to contribute to other major news sources. Currently, I am the featured columnist for Ohio State Football for the website, Sports-at-Work: http://sports-at-work.com/NCAA-FB.html and the Ohio State Sports Site: The Silver Bullet: http://www.osusilverbullet.com/ as well as a yahoo contributor. My first book titled "Praying With Mom" on spiritual issues will be published sometime in 2012 by Wipf and Stock (Resource Publications).

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Joey Votto; Luke Roberts;

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Reds

  • Favorite Coaches

    Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel, Sparky Anderson (manager), Tony Dungy

  • All Time Sports Moment

    2003 National Championship Game when Ohio State defeated Miami; 1990 Reds World Championship

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2003 National Championship Game when Ohio State defeated Miami

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken Jr.'s streak of 2,632 straight games played.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Ricky Hendrick

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

    Big 10, but I love College Football in general.

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  • Delores Smith-Johnson posted 15 days ago

    Delores Smith-Johnson

    You're welcome! Always glad to help.

  • Delores Smith-Johnson posted 29 days ago

    Delores Smith-Johnson

    You're welcome, Michael!

  • Meredith Day posted 38 days ago

    Meredith Day

    You're very welcome!

  • Emily Stewart posted 61 days ago

    Emily Stewart

    Skyline, definitely. I had a few friends who went to UK, so I know the C-A-T-S, CATS, CATS, CATS chant quite well! I've been trying to hold it down for Buckeyes basketball admist all the Xavier, UC, UK and OU hoopla, though...

  • Tiffany Brennan posted 84 days ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    You're welcome, Michael! And no worries, it comes with the territory of being a PSU grad on here these last few months. Keep up the nice work with your articles.

  • Paul Kasabian posted 121 days ago

    Paul Kasabian

    I was just passing by, haha. Saw a couple things I could do.

  • Delores Smith-Johnson posted 128 days ago

    Delores Smith-Johnson

    You're welcome, Michael!

  • Collin Brooks posted 170 days ago

    Collin Brooks

    Thank You! Yes, the three Rś. People can never express it enough. And awesome glad to hear of one of the few true Time Tebow fanś. And I will. I will definetly show my dad; especially after how ticked off he was about the so called rabbi bashing on Tim Tebow and his own fellow christians. Here it is right here>>>>> http://nation.foxnews.com/tim-tebow/2011/12/14/columnist-if-tim-tebow-wins-super-bowl-christians-will-be-burning-mosques-bashing-gays-and It is absolutely disgraceful.

  • Collin Brooks posted 171 days ago

    Collin Brooks

    Hey, I really enjoyed your recent article on Tim Tebow. I am a christian and I really enjoyed how you mixed in biblical verses and history from the bible. It is nice to see a positive article on Tim Tebow; instead of a party of insulting and bashful comments.

  • Gordon Carson posted 176 days ago

    Gordon Carson

    Hi Michael,

    Glad to be of help. You are a very talented writer.

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