About

I'm a long suffering Clevelander, now living in exile in the Washington, DC area. I grew up with a family obsessed with Notre Dame football, and have made it to at least one Irish game almost every year since I was 6 (25 years if you are counting... I'm not!). My uncle was the president of the Ohio Alumni association which, in addittion to getting me reamed out by Regis Philbin in Columbus for the 1995 ND/OSU games has offered me many insights and experienced usually reserved for students of the University.
I stupidly turned that oppertunity down (what was I thinking) and instead went on to Pittsburgh to earn a degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics (braces and artificial limbs), a field in which I work to fund my music and writing hobbies!
I never alligned myself much with the Panthers, as I spent much of my time out of Oakland, and only entered Pitt Stadium when they played the Irish.
I remain a huge Browns and Indians fan, and I'm not a homer enough to say that I was ever a die-hard Cavs fan. I follow the team, but have never been a big NBA guy. Sure I cried when LeBron took his talents to South Beach, but a Cavs championship will never mean to me what an Indians World Series or Browns... I can't say it. Can you imagine having "Browns" and "Superbowl" in the same sentence not separated by "have never been"?
I'm trying to care about the Washington Nationals, but no one else here seems to... so why bother?
My primary passion is Notre Dame football, and as of August 2009 I have been a "Featured Columnist" representing Notre Dame Football on Bleacher Report.
Apart from writing, I am a working musician, playing in a couple of bands, including portraying John Lennon in a Beatles Tribute.
My wife allows this... I am still not sure why!

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Joe Montana, Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Colt McCoy

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Irish, Browns, Indians, Cavaliers

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Indians wrapping up the 1995 AL Pennant. My dad cried. I cried.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    back to back... 1993 ND beat Florida State, then lost to Boston College in GREAT GAMES.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    MONTANA!

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Soccer? SOCCER?

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Which one is dead?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Don't know what sport we're talking about

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

    Big 10. SEC is better. But home is where the heart is!

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  • Chris O'Reilly posted 79 days ago

    Chris O'Reilly

    Hey Mike, we're patiently waiting for your thoughts on the Stanford game and the emergence of Hendrix.

  • Matthew Elson posted 87 days ago

    Matthew Elson

    Hey Mike... an interesting note 8 of the top 25 teams in the BCS rankings are guaranteed to lose because their are that many match ups among the ranked teams. As well as a nearly ranked Virginia vs Virginia Tech. I would not mind seeing an article about this upcoming weekend and the possible implications.

  • Matthew Elson posted 87 days ago

    Matthew Elson

    Hey Mike... an interesting note 8 of the top 25 teams in the BCS rankings are garunteed to lose because their are that many matchups among the ranked teams. As well as a nearly ranked Virginia vs Virginia Tech. I would not mind seeing an article about this upcoming weekend and the possible implications.

  • Kyle Gibson posted 90 days ago

    Kyle Gibson

    Mike!! There's a drought of good ND articles to read...help!

  • Matthew Elson posted 143 days ago

    Matthew Elson

    Enjoy your time with the family!

  • Matthew Elson posted 144 days ago

    Matthew Elson

    You should write a positive article about ND's win over Pitt seeing as how there do not seem to be any o B/R.

  • Jeff Kalafa posted 180 days ago

    Jeff Kalafa

    I'm hearing "freak wind gust" and I'm also hearing "outdated weather reports."

  • Jeff Kalafa posted 181 days ago

    Jeff Kalafa

    I've never been to Dallas

  • Jeff Kalafa posted 181 days ago

    Jeff Kalafa

    So would you agree with the investigation that Kelly was given the okay becuase the video crew unfortunately used "outdated" weather forecasts?

  • Jeff Kalafa posted 181 days ago

    Jeff Kalafa

    Thank you for getting back to me.

    Good point about the Dallas Cowboys.

    One question; why do you think so many coaches in the area didn't want to practice outdoors on that day?

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