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I am a diehard Cubs fan, from South Bend Indiana (near Notre Dame). I am a college student studying communications, with a passion for journalism. I love sports in general, and I'm a tennis player. I am a soon to be college sophomore at Saint Mary's College, and I write for Notre Dame's newspaper and get to cover a lot of their sports. It's been a great experience covering Notre Dame, but my real passions are baseball and football. I have more than a few quirks about stats I keep track of especially when it comes to the Cubs. I guess when you live and die every year with them, you become superstitious and an eternal optimist, or in my case pessimist who dreads the worst. Go Cubs!

Katelyn's Recent Articles

In Honor of Greg Maddux and Fergie Jenkins, Cubs Will Retire No. 31

Published 7 months ago
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Chicago Cubs: Corked Bat and Steroids? Yes, That's What This World Has Come To

Published 9 months ago
337 reads 6 comments

Bears Fall to Falcons in Thriller

Published about 1 year ago
220 reads 1 comments

Cubs to Face Dodgers in Round One after Loss to Brewers

Published about 1 year ago
760 reads 0 comments

See 47 more of Katelyn's articles »

Katelyn Writes About

Chicago (44),
MLB (43),
Indianapolis (41),
Chicago Cubs (41),
NL Central (29),
Game Recap (26),
Opinion (16),
Madison (8)

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Favorite Athletes

Greg Maddux, Carlos Zambrano, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Kosuke Fukudome
Favorite Sports Teams

Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears
All Time Sports Moment

Cubs winning the 2003 National League Central (I was there for the doubleheader!)
Most Memorable Game Attended

The doubleheader when the Cubs clinched the division in 2003
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

56 game hitting streak
Ruth or Mays?

Mays definitely, how can you argue with "The Catch"?
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas got to go old school
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big East, I go to school across the street from ND how can I help it?

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by Joe
8 months ago

It's no problem. I'm won't be able to add you as an author until I get my bearings with the new website. The owners of SportsBlogNet.com moved all of the blogs to Word Press and off Blogger so I have to get accustomed to the new way of going about things and then I will try to send you an invite to be an author if I can, until then I can continue to just copy the posts over. Also, if you notice, I haven't really been writing much so don't worry about it, the site has mostly been posts from Bob Warja and Pat De Marco.
by Bob
8 months ago

Kste,

Long time no talk, hope all is well. Imagine you're busy with school...

Well, 275 articles & I finally did a slideshow. It's something different, hope you enjoy it.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/137450-popular-ballpark-foods-the-players-they-resemble
by Ryan
8 months ago

I just wrote this in tribute to the late Walter Payton, ten years after his passing...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/128215-ten-years-later-the-world-will-never-forget-the-man-they-called-sweetness

I've managed to gather quite a bit of POTD votes so far, I hope I earn yours as well.

-Ryan Michael
by Hao
8 months ago

Hey Katelyn,

If you get the chance, I'd love for you to check out my recent analysis on Derrek Lee's batting woes. I take an interesting perspective on the issue and offer some possible solutions, and I'd appreciate your comments and feedback very much!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/127080-whats-wrong-with-derrek-lee-a-look-at-the-cubs-stars-batting-woes

Thanks!
Hao
by Joe
8 months ago

I sent you an invite to be one of the writers, I was also wondering if you could post maybe one original article per week plus whatever you post for B/R. If that is too much for you let me know, but it is just a little request.
by Joe
8 months ago

I will add you as an author later tonight.
by Joe
8 months ago

What is your e-mail? I can have it set up so that you only need a Google account to post all of your articles.
by Joe
8 months ago

Thanks! I'll start posting your articles again. Also, if you want, I can make you an editor so that you can directly post your articles.
by Joe
9 months ago

Hey Katelyn, I'm bringing back the Daily Cub (I just know you are as excited as I am) and I'm trying to get everybody that was writing before back, let me know if you are still interested and I will put some of your articles on the site.
by daniel
about 1 year ago

katelyn,

if you're interested, here's my quick take on the falcons' win:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/68529-11-seconds-of-heaven-falcons-take-back-victory-from-chicago

and no, i'm not trying to rub it in...

thanks!
by Molly
about 1 year ago

And another week of college football is in the books! Check out my top 25!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/65792-college-football-power-rankings-week-six
by Molly
about 1 year ago

Hope you're looking forward to game two of the NLDS! Here's my take on Chad Billingsley for the Dodgers:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/64482-dodgers-cubs-its-a-series-for-the-young-guns
by Bob
about 1 year ago

No problem, Katelyn, I certainly understand. School is obviously more important. I was thinking that maybe I had the wrong e-mail address, tho I used your "summer" address that you gave me. Anyway, I was just trying to get some roundtable things going but every time I tried I couldn't get one or two responses so nothing happened.

Let me know when (if) you ever have some time and I'll send out some questions.

Cheers!
by Joe
about 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip, I'll check him out and see if he would like to contribute.
by Joe
about 1 year ago

Thanks, I will start posting your stuff over there, your first article will be up in a few minutes.

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In Honor of Greg Maddux and Fergie Jenkins, Cubs Will Retire No. 31

Chicago Cubs: Corked Bat and Steroids? Yes, That's What This World Has Come To

Bears Fall to Falcons in Thriller

Cubs to Face Dodgers in Round One after Loss to Brewers

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