About

I graduated from Valparaiso University in May 2010 with a degree in political science. While at VU, I wrote sports for the student newspaper, The Torch, contributed to the sports staff at the radio station, and had a sports talk show. In December 2009, I did a 12-hour radio marathon.

I have a deep passion for sports and journalism. I'm early in my swim up the long, vast river that is the journalism field. I'm a featured columnist for the Memphis Grizzlies. In addition to blogging for Bleacher Report, I've served as an editing intern.

I'm the editor of the Kanza News, the tribal newsletter of Kaw Nation, a Native American tribe headquartered in Kaw City, OK.

Also, I'm a runner. I've run four marathons, finishing three.

Please follow @TFirme on Twitter. (https://twitter.com/#!/TFirme) I like talking sports with people.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Kobe Bryant

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago White Sox

  • Favorite Coaches

    Phil Jackson

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Lakers forward Robert Horry drains game-winning three-pointer in Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals against the Kings.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Valparaiso University men's basketball team rallies from an eight-point deficit in the final 1:49 to beat Oral Roberts in February 2007.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's 749 complete games

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

Bulletin Board

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  • Small Fundamental posted 29 days ago

    Small Fundamental

    Hey Tom Firme, I know you're a Grizz fan, but your predictions were ridiculous dude.

    If you're bias, you can't be an NBA writer. I'm severely biased towards my Spurs, so I don't write articles about them. Spurs are going to beat the Grizz in 6 and Game 1 just proved it......

    Grizz had a great season though!!!

  • Ben Rosenthal posted 31 days ago

    Ben Rosenthal

    Hey Tom,

    Looks like it got an edit. Your Grizzlies are looking awesome. Best frontcourt in the league, and Conley has been great too. Should be a great series.

  • Brian Rzeppa posted 40 days ago

    Brian  Rzeppa

    I see that you're a big fan of the Grizz, and I'd love if you could stop by a site that I work on and make the Grizzlies' pick for them in our fan interactive mock draft! Thanks!

    http://theleaguenews.com/fan-interactive-mock-draft/

  • Brian Rzeppa posted 40 days ago

    Brian  Rzeppa

    I see that you're a big fan of the Grizz, and I'd love if you could stop by a site that I work on and make the Grizzles' pick for them in our fan interactive mock draft! Thanks!

    http://theleaguenews.com/fan-interactive-mock-draft/

  • Chris Franklin posted 105 days ago

    Chris Franklin

    make a list of the grizzlies team if they hadn't made terrible draft decisions in the past decade.
    IE - Steph Curry/ James Harden over Hasheem Thabeet, not trading away Kevin Love for OJ Mayo, etc. Its interesting to see how dominant the grizzlies could have been.

  • Ronald Cheng posted 141 days ago

    Ronald Cheng

    You're welcome, Tom!

  • Zia Paul posted 219 days ago

    Zia Paul

    What happened to Darrell? I thought that you may have had an idea since you posted that comment on his page. Didn't always get along with the guy, but he could be interesting at times.

  • Craig Free posted 254 days ago

    Craig Free

    What happened to Darrell?????

  • Craig Free posted 263 days ago

    Craig Free

    What happened to Darrell?

    "Too bad Darrell had to go. I enjoyed reading his stuff as much as any other writer on B/R. He was different. He presented different angles from what others would present. Darrell loves his teams and shows it with a critical eye. I'll miss reading his stuff. " - You

  • Argun Ulgen posted 326 days ago

    Argun Ulgen

    What's up tom -- you said you wanted to hear about the Grizz being loaded. Here is a piece you might like: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1276134-nba-predictions-memphis-grizzlies-favorite-to-win-western-conference-in-2013

    Any comments / critiques would be welcomed.

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