Alan Hainkel
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Alan Hainkel

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About

When it came to whether or not I would be a sports fanatic, I really didn't have a choice in the matter. Not only was I born on Ewing Kauffman's (founder of the KC Royals) birthday, but it was also the day of the first game of Monday Night Football.

An avid soccer fan, I love Sporting KC and Liverpool FC. The first is easy. It's my local team. Having never been to England, one might wonder how I came to support Liverpool. One of my best friends is from Liverpool and he kind of rubbed off on me. All I knew was I wasn't going to support Manchester United (the NY Yankees of the Barclay's Premier League).

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Teal Bunbury, Jimmy Nielsen, Steven Gerrard, Pepe Reina

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Sporting KC, Liverpool FC, Kansas Jayhawks

  • Favorite Coaches

    Peter Vermes, Kenny Dalglish, Bill Self

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    1980 Miracle On Ice ("Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" still makes me cry)

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2012 US Open Cup final at Sporting Park. Was on the field for the trophy presentation.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken (nobody can seem to stay healthy that long)

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele (Maradona's "Hand of God" disqualifies him)

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Big 12

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  • Zak Kulin posted 20 days ago

    Zak Kulin

    No problem, Alan. Sorry for not getting back sooner.

  • Hannah Alberstadt posted 71 days ago

    Hannah Alberstadt

    Haha! Sometimes Firefox and B/R work against each other ;)

  • Paul Kasabian posted 122 days ago

    Paul Kasabian

    No problem, man.

  • Roberto Alvarez-Galloso posted 123 days ago

    Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    You´re welcome

  • Jonathan Brent posted 314 days ago

    Jonathan Brent

    You're quite welcome. Thanks for writing!

  • Alex Sims posted 327 days ago

    Alex Sims

    Just read your bit about the media game...very cool!

    Any chance you know a Sporting KC scout by the name of Matt Martin? He was scouting West Virginia defender Eric Schoenle (among others) while I was covering them for the WVU student paper, The Daily Athenaeum.

    If you don't know him, he's a great guy and was kind enough to give me his insight for a piece I did on Schoenle.

    Well, good luck in the media match. Awesome opportunity!

  • Levi Nile posted 329 days ago

    Levi Nile

    Very cool to see a man from KC on here! I used to live in KC, so I'll be rooting for you in your media game!

  • Allan Lim posted 355 days ago

    Allan Lim

    You're welcome.

  • Ben Rosenthal posted 393 days ago

    Ben Rosenthal

    No problem, Alan!

  • Will Leivenberg posted 398 days ago

    Will Leivenberg

    Thanks for the kind words, Alan! I appreciate it. Also, I really enjoyed your Kansas City piece today. Good stuff!

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