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Thomas Cooper

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About

I studied Sports Journalism at the London College of Comminication (part of University of the Arts London) where I covered sports for the university's newspapers Arts London News, and graduated in 2009 with First Class Honours.

Throughout that time and since then I have written for CNN's World Sport website, Sport.co.uk and the Basildon/Southend Echo, as well as contributed to The Guardian and The Independent newspapers, among other publications. During the 2009/09 football season I also worked on LBC Radio's Saturday afternoon 'Scores' show.

Football (soccer) is my main passion and that's what you will mostly find me writing about here on Bleacher Report. Based here in England the Premier League is naturally a point of focus, and as a Featured Columnist on Tottenham Hotspur, a good portion of my writing will be on the various goings on (past, present and future) at the White Hart Lane club. But of course football extends beyond England, and I will look to give my take on a variety of subjects on the game.

From time to time I will also be giving my take on the captivating and often scenic sport of road cycling, which I appreciate is not exactly on the minds of most readers on this website, but hey, that's not going to stop me.

My love of sport extends beyond those two as well. On any given week I'm likely to be watching boxing, winter sports, basketball, golf and American football (except in those times of year when those sports aren't on of course, so no smart-arse comments please).

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Darren Anderton, Jurgen Klinsmann, Lance Armstrong, Mark Cavendish, Francesco Totti.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Tottenham Hotspur, the dearly departed HTC-Columbia/High-Road/T-Mobile cycling team

  • Favorite Coaches

    Terry Venables, Bill Walsh.

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Not so much a moment, but a whole tournament. The 1994 World Cup was my introduction to talent the calibre of Klinsmann, Romario, Baggio, Hagi and Stoichkov.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    The Milan Derby, October 2006 - An absolute thriller, Inter beating Milan 4-3 with a fantastic long-range goal from Dejan Stankovic the highlight

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Nothing is unbreakable.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. Space Jam was one heck of a movie.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Maradona — Ludicrously talented and far more interesting

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Pac 12 for football, ACC for basketball.

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  • Romi Sigal posted 55 days ago

    Romi Sigal

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