About

-Currently a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania working toward my Journalism degree

-Junkie for any, and all, sports

-Penn State and Pittsburgh Pirates Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report

Find me on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Ian_Hanford

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Jerome Bettis, Tyler Hansbrough, Ben Roethlisberger, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Levon Kirkland, Hines Ward, Lavar Arrington, Andrew McCutchen, any Pirates, Steelers or Penguins player

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Penguins, Steelers, Pirates, UNC Tar Heel basketball, Penn State football

  • Favorite Coaches

    Roy Williams, Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin, Dan Bylsma

  • All Time Sports Moment

    The Catch by Holmes, Fleury's diving save to preserve the Cup

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    I believe the hardest thing to do is to hit a baseball, so I will go with Dimaggio's hit streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

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

    Big East

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  • Amber Lee posted 11 days ago

    Amber Lee

    Hey there new fan! Thanks for fanning me on here, I really appreciate the support! I see you cover the Pirates for b/r—bless you. That's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it ;) <3

  • Fahd AlQasimi posted 41 days ago

    Fahd AlQasimi

    Just signed up to Bleacher just so i can tell you to leave Football alone, write about basketball and american football but keep your opinions to your self when it comes to football. And if you want to be a journalist i suggest you do that...whats it called? Research

  • confusius bluevein posted 42 days ago

    confusius bluevein

    You may know things about american sports. But please don't you ever dare to disgrace the name of football by writing utter crap about a sport you clearly know nothing about. You're a disgrace to your profession.

  • Oshomha Obemeata posted 45 days ago

    Oshomha Obemeata

    based on your line "Jones III's NBA success could rest heavily on where he lands. He will need a coach prepared to work with him." can you match some sleeping talents and coaches that will be best for them?

  • James Phillips posted 64 days ago

    James Phillips

    I became a fan of yours, Ian, after reading several of your articles. Very nice job.

  • Keith Johnson posted 151 days ago

    Keith Johnson

    HAHA!! PSU was going to "BLOW OUT" Houston. The Cougars had 1 bad game with So Miss, which was ranked 24. They were 13-1. They beat Oklahoma State in 09 when OSU had a lo of the same players as they have now. What on earth made you think they would "blow out" houston?? Really, it was the OPPOSITE!

  • Cody Brown posted 187 days ago

    Cody Brown

    Hate to badmouth your article (im not trying to). But, of the article of 5 teams that would give LSU a better game than Bama, my input is, LSU would whip all 5 of them. Bama and LSU are the top 2 teams and some even say Bama is the best despite the loss.

  • Kevin McGuire posted 284 days ago

    Kevin McGuire

    Hi Ian, thanks for leaving a message on my wall. Enjoy your PSU coverage as well. Keep it up!

  • Swoosh Nation posted 314 days ago

    Swoosh Nation

    Hey Ian, haven't heard from you in a couple weeks. Please send me a message on Twitter. Thanks!

  • Swoosh Nation posted 349 days ago

    Swoosh Nation

    Hey Ian, haven't heard back from you recently. I would like to hear your thoughts regarding the last couple of Swoosh Nation emails I sent out. Thanks!

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