Alan Rubenstein's Sportswriter Profile

Alan Rubenstein joined October 2008

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About Alan »

I am a married with a son and a daughter.

I have been writing for about seven years. I have written for local newspapers covering high school sports and Northwestern University. I have also written for many websites covering high school sports, the Chicago Bulls and College Basketball.

I have been sports fan since I was in the womb (probably). I have been strongly influenced by a family of sports fans. My grandfather had Chicago Bears and Black Hawks season tickets when I was very little and my father Bulls Seasons tickets until I was in high school. My favorite sports are College Basketball and the NFL. I am a die hard fan of many teams led by Arizona Basketball, the White Sox and San Diego Chargers. I also love tennis.

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Favorite Athletes

Warren Moon, Aaron Krickstein, Jennifer Capriati, my brother and father
Favorite Sports Teams

University of Arizona, Louisville Cardinals, Miami Hurricanes, White Sox, Chargers, Bulls
Favorite Coaches

Phil Jackson, Ozzie Guillen, Rick Malnati and Rick Pitino
All Time Sports Moment

Tie: White Sox 2005 World Series Championship, Arizona 1997 National Championship, Louisville's 1980 NCAA Championship and my brother's four straight state doubles championships.
Most Memorable Game Attended

1997 NCAA National Championship and My brother winning his fourth straight state double championship in 2002
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

CY Young's 511 Career Wins
Ruth or Mays?

Mays
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Is this a Serious Question? Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Federer
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Danica (Yes I know she races IRL)
Schumacher or Senna?

Danica (See Above)
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Pac-Ten, The Conference of Champions.

Latest Articles »

Arizona Hoping To Make the Final Month Memorable

11/20/2009

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ESPN Gameday To Make First Appearance in Tucson

11/20/2009

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Chargers Win Rivers-Manning Trade And Game Vs. Giants

11/09/2009

340 reads 8 comments 2 likes

Walter Payton Remembered Ten Years After His Death

11/06/2009

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Alan Rubenstein commented on The Top Ten Things Arizona Wildcats Basketball Fans Have To Be Thankful For

A great article, I am in Cincinnati (Of Course where out mighty coach came from) for Thanksgiving and I plan on having my status update tomorrow...

2 replies – here are the latest…
Tom Phillips replied…

I was referring to Livengood botching the (alleged) Tim Floyd hiring and Hurricane Mackovic. So far...
Alan Rubenstein replied…

Great points, but it would have been better to clarify those in the article. I definitely...

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Alan Rubenstein commented on Chargers: Norv Turner Has Been a Better Than Average Coach in San Diego

I have never been a huge Marty fan and to be honest when they hired him I though Norv was the best choice. I am somewhat...

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Chargers: Norv Turner Has Been a Better Than Average Coach in San Diego has been liked by Alan Rubenstein.

written by Ian Philip

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Jim Taylor commented on ESPN Gameday To Make First Appearance in Tucson

I think everyone forgot about the annual El Tour de Tucson which is held the last Saturday (today) before Thanksgiving and is the largest road race...

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In Charge 76 commented on Chargers Win Rivers-Manning Trade And Game Vs. Giants

Well, while I don't think success has to be measured in championships like Jacob says, I do believe it has to be marked by something significant....

Justin Javan said...

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Warren Moon - Very nice choice, and not someone you will see on to many peoples favorint athletes.

28 days ago

Calvin W Boaz said...

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Alan,

The old logo is so much better than the current one. I did a preview of DePaul's upcoming season. I hope you like it.

Calvin

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272654-depaul-blue-demons-addition-by-subtraction-or-division-by-zero

42 days ago

Darrell Horwitz said...

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Thanks Alan for signing on as a fan. I appreciate it. Did I write anything that made you feel that way.

As I'm sure you are, I'm busy quite a bit of the time and don't have a chance to check out the site a lot.

Send me one of your articles that you think I might like. I definitely like the NBA and the Bulls if that's your interest. I actually sometimes get in to cover the Bulls as media.

Good luck to you in your endeavors.

53 days ago

kevin roberts said...

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It's a shame Chase Budinger fell so far in the draft.

Look to see what I have to say about that and his future in the NBA: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/209900-does-chase-budinger-have-a-future-in-the-nba

Let me know what you think,

Thanks!

-Kevin

148 days ago

len laber said...

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Hey Alan, as a NBA fan I think you'll enjoy playing fantasy NBA playoffs on my website FantasySportsMadness.com for your chance to win cash and make the playoffs more fun! Here's a top 75 rankings to help you choose your lineups. My article just got picked up by Fox Sports so i'm expecting a nice turnout. Good luck and thank you for your support!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154642-top-75-fantasy-nba-playoffs-players-updated-april-11

227 days ago

Bob Warja said...

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I know it's sacrilegious for a life-long Chicagoan to compare anyone to MJ, but I done did it:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154960-come-to-think-of-it-is-lebron-james-the-heir-to-mjs-throne

227 days ago

T.A said...

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Check out my list of the top 10 NFL Draft steals in NFL history. Let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154185-top-10-nfl-draft-steal-of-all-time

229 days ago

Blake Bartholomew said...

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Here’s my new article on Sean Miller’s move from Xavier to Arizona: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/152395-sean-miller-leaves-xavier-for-arizona

Enjoy!

233 days ago

Paul Swaney said...

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Alan-
Please check out my latest on a great way to expand the tournament- I love to get your thoughts. Thanks

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/150715-time-to-expand-tournament-to-128-teams

234 days ago

Matt Femrite said...

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I don't know how Resnick is a Senior Writer either...

242 days ago

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Jay Cutler Reaches Out to Plaxico Burress

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