Yaneek Smith

Yaneek Smith

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(For the record, that is not a picture of me -- it is a picture of my favorite comedian, Greg Giraldo.... I do not yet know how to upload a picture of myself onto B/R.)

I'm a 27-year old, avid sports fan from Toledo, Ohio. A 2007 graduate of Miami (Ohio) University, I've lived in Ohio for most of my life, except for two stints in Denver. My sports of interest are basketball, football and baseball.

Growing up, I was a passionate Detroit and Ohio State sports fan. I also cheered for the Cleveland teams, so long as they weren't competing against Detroit.

I currently work for two newspapers, covering high school sporting events for one, and doing human-interest stories on local sports teams, athletes and coaches for the other.

Aside from sports, I enjoy reading, going to the movies and exercising, among other things.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Chauncey Billups, Isiah Thomas, Barry Sanders, Rip Hamilton, Placido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Kurt Warner, Justin Verlander.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Detroit Pistons, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Ohio State Buckeyes, Miami (Ohio) Redhawks, Denver Nuggets.

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Wooden, Chuck Daly, Jim Tressel, Mike Krzyzewski, Woody Hayes, Bob Van Horn (my high school coach), Terry Hoepner, Bill Walsh.

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    1a.) When Ohio State won the 2002 National Championship. 1b.) When the Pistons won the 2004 NBA Championship.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    1a.) Game 5 of the 2003 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers. 1b.) The 2009 Ohio State-Iowa football game where Devin Barclay's 39-yard field goal in overtime clinched the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl for the Buckeyes.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Jerry Rice's All-Time Receptions Record

  • 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?

    Richard Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    SEC (football); ACC & Big 10 (basketball).

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