About

My first recollection of caring about sports came when I was 7-years-old. I watched Florida State whoop up on some random ACC competition. I've been hating Gators ever since. My love of sports and any form of competition (Seriously, Aussie rules football is great at 2 a.m. on ESPN) developed as I grew up and I was able to combine my love of sports with my love of writing. I went on to work for a small newspaper before I went to college.

College was a crazy time for me, writing about any and everything (Honestly, writing about any kind of sport is a lot better than writing on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, I hope you see this Prof. Wilkerson). I remember college just like it was yesterday, mainly because I graduated like two months ago, but I digress. I graduated in May 2011 from Carson-Newman College with my degree in Communication Studies: Advertising and Public Relations.

My involvement in sports includes baseball for one year (I just really wasn't that good when I was six), basketball for about nine years, and golf for 16. My experience on the field is limited compared to some, but I love all sports, some more than others.

I hope you enjoy the content I post and I'll see you on the comment boards.

Paul Tucker

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, Phil Mickelson, Christian Ponder, EJ Manuel, Donovan McNabb, and Vince Carter

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Florida State Seminoles, UNC Tar Heels, Atlanta Braves, and Atlanta Falcons

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Nick Saban, Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Butch Harmon, and Bobby Knight

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Phil Mickelson winning his first major at Augusta in 2004 followed by the four inch vertical.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Watching Michael Jordan drop a ball during warm-ups... at a baseball game.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Bobby Bowden's FSU teams finishing 14 seasons in the AP Top 5 from 1987-2001.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth. The Sandlot determines my vote here.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas. He paved the way for Montana.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. I watched him play two sports.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky. Never watched that much hockey growing up. If you don't count the Mighty Ducks movies, I didn't watch any.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer. My childhood summers were filled with Sampras dominating Wimbledon, but Federer is just better.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    More records? Petty. Competitor? Earnhardt.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher. Just cause I recognize the name.

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

    ACC. Yeah, yeah, the SEC's better, whatever. I've been putting up with that for years.

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