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I am a rising fourth year student at the University of Virginia. In between my hobby of majoring in Biology and my second hobby of majoring in Economics I like to devote as much time as possible to my vocation: watching sports, reading articles written by other people watching sports, and talking about watching sports to anyone within earshot.

As a Navy brat growing up around the world, at times I followed futbol and rugby more closely than a lot of American sports. However, I have always loved my dad's hometown Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. I'm also a fan of my dad's alma mater, the United States Naval Academy, and of Notre Dame (a byproduct of my Irish Catholic heritage).

Since moving back to the States before eighth grade, I have adopted the New York Yankees. I figured I should support a New York baseball team and I liked Derek Jeter better than any Mets player. On the college level, I adopted UVA, Princeton, and VCU as favored teams (all colleges I considered going to). JJ Redick and Mike Krzyzewski converted me to the Church of Duke Basketball as well.

I now work as a cameraman for the UVA football team and have done so every year I have been here. My summer job the past few years has been as an usher at a music theatre. My other interests outside of sports include history, especially military history, classic rock music, some country music, food, and clowning around in front of other people.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Frank Reich, Tim Tebow, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Sean Singletary, Dominik Hasek, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Ryan Zimmerman, Roger Staubach, Joe Montana, Magic Johnson

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, UVA, Navy, Notre Dame, VCU, Princeton, New York Yankees, Arsenal

  • Favorite Coaches

    Walter Barr, Vince Lombardi, Joe Paterno, John Wooden, Lindy Ruff, Mike London, John McKay, Casey Stengel

  • All Time Sports Moment

    1992 NFL Playoffs: Bills 41, Oilers 38

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Nov. 30, 2009: Penn State 69, UVA 66...Furious comeback ending in a missed three at the buzzer as UVA could not overcome Talor Battle's lights-out performance

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    If somebody did it once, somebody can do it again.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth, only because of how well he could pitch as well

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana = best quarterback ever

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell: 11 > 6

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Mario Lemieux

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus: He had 19 second place finishes in Majors on top of his 18 victories.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty: there's only one King

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    SEC

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