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James Phillips

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About

I'm a huge sports fan and always try to be up to date on college basketball, college and pro football, baseball. I'm also a big reader and history buff in my spare time. I've been a Red Sox and Patriots fan all of my life.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    former Kansas basketball star Jeff Boschee (who made me a Jayhawk fan), Derrick Brooks, Raul Ibanez, former NBA player Eddie Jones, Michael Cuddyer, Dustin Pedroia, Josh Willingham, Dominik Hasek, John Lynch, Ronde Barber, Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Nick Lidstrom, Martin Brodeur, Tom Brady, Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich, Gerry McNamara, Hakim Warrick, former Orangeman John Wallace, former Orangeman Lawrence Moten, Wayne Simien, Thomas Robinson, Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Kansas basketball, Syracuse football and basketball, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks, UCLA football and basketball, Pitt football and basketball

  • Favorite Coaches

    Tony Dungy, Jim Boeheim, Terry Francona, Bill Belichick, Roy Williams

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series, Mario Chalmers hitting the game tying 3 with 2.1 seconds left in the 2008 National Championship, the Buccaneers winning Super Bowl 37, the Patriots winning Super Bowl 36

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    seeing Kansas beat BC in Chestnut Hill in 2008, my first Kansas game, which was also the year they won.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Ripken's 2,632 straight games played

  • Ruth or Mays?

    a toughie, but I'd have to go with Ruth slightly

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Johnny U, the best quarterback

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell for his overall contribution to the game

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    both were amazing

  • Pele or Maradona?

    don't care

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    I like Tiger, but Jack is one of the best ever

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    don't care

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    don't care

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

    Big East and Pac 12 are my favorites in football. Big 12 and Big East in basketball. All of them tend to be entertaining.

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  • Zac W posted 375 days ago

    Zac W

    they call scal a fan favorite because he is a favorite players of the fans

  • Clint Eiland posted 381 days ago

    Clint Eiland

    Thanks, James! It is always good to see more die-hard Buccaneers fans on here.

  • John Friel posted 392 days ago

    John Friel

    Thanks, James. Guess there's just a soft spot for Scalabrine. I get the obsession, but I just wanted to point out how horrible he actually is in reality.

  • Zac W posted 393 days ago

    Zac W

    Stop raging on poor Scal. Let people have their fun.

  • Ian Hanford posted 416 days ago

    Ian Hanford

    James, I appreciate you becoming a fan and the kind words. Thank you.

  • Chris Conn posted 659 days ago

    Chris Conn

    Hey James, thanks for the message. That's really funny that you mention Jeff Boschee, because interestingly, he also got me into KU basketball. My mom was a KU graduate who came to the east coast, so I grew up going to Boston sports bars to watch games (because they were the only places that had the cable packages to get the KU games). Anyways, I appreciate the feedback on the article, I am also very excited for this year, and it's nice to see that someone else pays attention to Conner Teahan besides myself. While many analysts across the nation are betting against the Jayhawks, I'm sure Bill Self is preparing another special run.