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Alright, time for Bleacher Report Bio 3.0.

My name, as you've gathered by this point, is Dean Holden. I have been a Featured Columnist for the Detroit Lions since June of 2009 (when Bleacher Report started the Featured Columnist program). I graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism in 2009, and from Michigan State University with a Master's in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing in 2013.

In my time as a sportswriter, I have had articles featured or linked on CBSSports.com, FoxSports.com, SI.com (Sports Illustrated), and MLive.com, and have been a radio guest on The Knee Jerks (thekneejerks.com) and 1430 ESPN Radio in Fresno, CA. In those experiences, I have discovered I have a simply awful radio voice.

I've been a Lions, Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons fan my entire life, and I will continue to pull for my Lions, especially now that they're getting things turned around. The 2011 season is the most fun I've ever had watching football. Not only did the Lions finally get back to the NFL playoffs, but I decided to give up paying any attention to the jumbled and corrupt college game. I'm much better for it.

And hey! Ever wondered what your faithful Detroit Lions Featured Columnist does when he's not writing/watching Lions?

No?

Oh. Uh... awkward. I was expecting more enthusiasm.

Know what? Follow me on Twitter and check out my website, anyway!

www.deanholden.com
http://twitter.com/#!/Dean_Holden

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Steve Yzerman, Chauncey Billups, Tom Brady, Ndamukong Suh, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Pavel Datsyuk, Matthew Stafford,

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Detroit Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings

  • Favorite Coaches

    Jim Schwartz, Rick Carlisle, Scotty Bowman

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Sept. 27, 2009: Detroit Lions Break 19-Game Losing Streak vs. Washington Redskins

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Middle Tennessee (my alma mater) Hail Mary TD downs Florida Atlantic 14-13 as time expires - Sept. 30, 2008, Murfreesboro, TN

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Rickey Henderson's 1,406 Career Steals. If a guy played for 20 years, averaging 70 steals a year, he'd still fall short. Think about that.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan until his petty HOF speech and his attempts to ruin the NBA as an owner. Now Russell.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gordie Howe

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Going to stop pretending I care.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    See above.

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

    Big 10, but I've sworn off college sports in general, especially football. Anybody who touts the "purity" of college sports these days is in denial.

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  • Daniel Fisher posted 15 days ago

    Daniel Fisher

    With the acquisition of this new lineman what do you think the lions starting o-line will look like at the begging of the year? Do you think that they will still add another vet?

  • Sam Tighe posted 38 days ago

    Sam Tighe

    Can you produce 1 article per day please? I don't get enough of my Lions fix and you are the best Lions writer around.

  • Adam Mateman posted 91 days ago

    Adam Mateman

    Hey Dean where did you grow up? Did you ever go to Farwell Schools?

  • Jas g posted 172 days ago

    Jas g

    1) do we have a compensatory pick for some reason this year or am I right in thinking that we will NOT have a 4th or 5th round pick? 2) I'm hoping to trade back in the first round for chance warmack and to receive an extra pick. When will your Mock drafts get under way?

  • Sam Tighe posted 184 days ago

    Sam Tighe

    OK. It surprises me to see Avril on 9.5 sacks. He's really underperformed for me.

    Who do you foresee leaving in the FA? How do we fix the linebacker situation?

  • Sam Tighe posted 184 days ago

    Sam Tighe

    so where the hell do we go from here?

  • Isaiah Crum posted 187 days ago

    Isaiah Crum

    Dean, if I recall correctly at the beginning of the season you said that if Stafford throws for 5000 yards again that the Lions will regress. Good call, he's on the verge of another 5000 yard season and the Lions are out of contention...

  • Isaiah Crum posted 193 days ago

    Isaiah Crum

    Hey Dean, how are you? I have a suggestion piece for you: Since the Lions are out of the playoff race, can you do a humorous piece, because we sure need one! I really enjoyed your how to watch a superbowl as a lions fan (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/338841-how-to-watch-super-bowl-xliv-according-to-detroit-lions-fans) and I was hoping that you could do one for the playoffs this year... I guess this is what it has come to, I'm requesting joke articles about the playoffs :(

  • Isaiah Crum posted 242 days ago

    Isaiah Crum

    The game is in Chicago, and we're facing a special teams demon in Devin Hester... can we win?

  • Isaiah Crum posted 244 days ago

    Isaiah Crum

    Be real with me, Dean... Are the Lions going to miss the playoffs this year?

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