About

I love to write, and I love sports, baseball and basketball in particular. It seems like working here is a good fit. As a senior at the University of Vermont, writing is a great outlet for the creativity not always required by my accounting and statistics courses (those are my two majors). My athletic resume consists of power soccer which is the fastest growing sport for power wheelchair users.

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First article - June 14, 2011
Accepted to B/R Sportswriting Intern Program - July 6, 2011
100k reads - September 26, 2011
Completed B/R Sportswriting Intern Program - October 4, 2011
Promoted to MLB Featured Columnist I - October 4, 2011
200k reads - December 28, 2011
300k reads - April 7, 2012
400k reads - June 4, 2012
B/R U completed - July 7, 2012
Promoted to MLB Featured Columnist II - July 7, 2012
500k reads - July 13, 2012
600k reads - July 22, 2012
626,431 (population of Vermont) - July 28, 2012
700k reads - August 2, 2012
800k reads - August 25, 2012
900k reads - October 12, 2012
1 MILLION READS - October 15, 2012
1.1m reads - November 22, 2012
1.2m reads - March 22, 2013

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Ryan Howard, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Gehrig

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Philadelphia Phillies, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia Eagles, University of Vermont Catamounts

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Brad Lidge getting the final out of the 2008 World Series

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2009-2010 Vermont Division Four Boys' Semifinal between Williamstown and Twin Valley in the fabled Barre Auditorium

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    73 home runs in a season (due to fewer steroids around)

  • 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?

    Schumacher

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

    ACC

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  • Warriors FTW posted 205 days ago

    Warriors FTW

    No problem

  • Warriors FTW posted 209 days ago

    Warriors FTW

    Just fanned you!

  • Donald Lancaster posted 234 days ago

    Donald Lancaster

    I disagree with you that Cleveland is not a baseball town. Between June 12, 1995 and April 4, 2001, the Indians sold out 455 consecutive home games, drawing a total of 19,324,248 fans to Jacobs Field. The demand for tickets was so great that all 81 home games were sold out before Opening Day on at least three separate occasions. The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008. They were also the first team in MLB to draw over 2,000,000 fans in a season drawing 2,620,627 in 1948 and 2,233,771 in 1949. From 1996 to 2001 they drew over 3,000,000 fans a year.

  • Julian Z posted 312 days ago

    Julian Z

    Thanks for the compliment!

  • Ely Sussman posted 313 days ago

    Ely Sussman

    Thanks for fanning me! Little things like that are so encouraging. I appreciate it, Zak.

  • Julian Z posted 314 days ago

    Julian Z

    Hey Zak, thanks for being a fan of mine! I really appreciate it because I like most of your work a lot. I've "fanned" you right back, btw.

  • Pete Schauer posted 320 days ago

    Pete Schauer

    Hey Zak,

    Thanks for the helpful response. My problem was that I was just pasting it into the body of the article instead of the HTML box.

    Thanks again.

  • Pete Schauer posted 335 days ago

    Pete Schauer

    Hey Zak, how did you get your twitter button to display in your article? Mine doesn't seem to be working: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1261613-mlb-trade-rumors-are-the-atlanta-braves-pursuing-an-ace

  • Cole Ripperda posted 369 days ago

    Cole Ripperda

    I think it's rediculous that you tell the Twins to start selling...They are 10 games under.500 and 8.5 games back BUT The pitching rotation has come around and They have a line up consisting up 2 former MVPs....I mean they have more of a shot than teams that you claimed had a chance...THEY HAVE ALSO WON 10 OF THEIR LAST 12!

  • G D posted 662 days ago

    G D

    Zak thanks man! I just wrote one about 5 Things That Will Happen in Rio at UFC 134.. Love to hear what you think man. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/821324-ufc-134-5-things-that-will-happen-in-rio-de-janeiro

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2012-13 MLB Free Agency Coverage Team
Honorable Mention, November 2012
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Honorable Mention, September 2012
Honorable Mention, August 2012
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