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With his aspirations of realizing a professional ping-pong career nothing more than a distant memory, Dave Finocchio lives a life of regret and anguish. Some day, he hopes to reopen "Beach, Blanket, Bablyon" at the family business in San Francisco.

Until then, he'll settle for staking his claim in the sports world through Bleacher Report, one article at a time.

Dave's Recent Articles

Emmanuel Burriss Is the New Fan Favorite in San Francisco

Published 2 months ago
11 comments

Life After Baron Davis: What's in Store For 2008-2009 Warriors?

Published 2 months ago
6 comments

Warriors Predictions: The Good Side Of Life After Baron Davis

Published 2 months ago
7 comments

Warriors Predictions: How Baron Davis's Departure Will Hurt Team

Published 2 months ago
4 comments

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Dave Writes About

Tony Franklin Out, Questions Still to be Answered was edited by Dave Finocchio
Dave Finocchio has picked Creature Vs. Creature: A Tiger on Florida-LSU as a favorite article
Dave Finocchio has picked Notre Dame's Strength Of Schedule: Stronger Than Expected as a favorite article
Notre Dame's Strength Of Schedule: Stronger Than Expected was edited by Dave Finocchio
Dave Finocchio has picked Tony Franklin Out, Questions Still to be Answered as a favorite article
Craig Garrison Sr left a note on Dave Finocchio's profile
Stars-Blue Jackets: Game Preview and Final Cuts Analysis was edited by Dave Finocchio
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Favorite Athletes

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, Devin Hester, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Pete Sampras, Arturs Irbe, Baron Davis, Will Clark, Robby Thompson, Brett Butler, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Nolan Ryan, Rickey Henderson, Corey Pavin, Michael Johnson, Jeff Samardzija, Grant Hill, Chris Collins, Bobby Hurley, Sam Cassel, Chris Paul

Favorite Sports Teams

Notre Dame, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Duke Basketball

All Time Sports Moment

Steve Young throws for 6 touchdowns in Super Bowl XXIX

Most Memorable Game Attended

USC at Notre Dame (2005)

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Orel Hershiser's 59 straight scoreless innings

Ruth or Mays?

Mays

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Pele or Maradona?

Maradona

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big East

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by Craig
2 days ago

Thanks for the ADD Dave, I may be seeing more of you as well soon, once the Wiz get cranked up, I'll start making time for them too.

by Anthony
3 days ago

Dave,

I had one of my blog posts where I included embeded Excel data from Google Docs not work in my post here. Do you have any advice on how to make this work in the future?

Thanks

by Kevin
4 days ago

Dave - C'mon man, you gotta fight for that ping-pong career. Fight man, fight! Yeah so anyway... that profile picture is amusing. See ya...

by J. Michael
8 days ago

Dave,
I wrote an MLB article you might enjoy
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/64571-one-last-chance-for-chicago-cubs

by Buddy
9 days ago

Hey Dave,

Thanks for becoming a FAN!

Buddy

by Michelle
10 days ago

Hey !
I've decided to come clean. Here's my confession

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/63565-confessions-of-a-football-addict

tell me what you think!

cheers

by Gray Ghost
12 days ago

I humbly submit my latest:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/62923-southern-style-humble-pie-yours-is-in-the-oven

by Michelle
15 days ago

hey Dave,

thanks for the fan add

cheers

by Andrew
15 days ago

This guy needs more fans/attention:

http://bleacherreport.com/users/51795-Eddie-Rybarski

by Christian
15 days ago

Thanks for the pick!

by Lisa
16 days ago

Dave, thanks for the pick. How's the site doing? Picking up more hits every month?

by daniel
16 days ago

dave, i don't see any edits. were there?

by Fred
17 days ago

Thank you for the pick Dave! I dig the Warriors articles.

by Brad
18 days ago

Dave,

Something fun about the weekend I thought you might like: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/60358-the-high-and-the-low-the-weekends-best-and-worst-in-the-premiership

Cheers, Brad

by Gray Ghost
19 days ago

If you have the time, my latest:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/60132-college-football-community-four-ways-to-earn-your-props

by miamimitchdotcom
19 days ago

Fair enough but it actually started when I just pointed out to the writer that quality over quantity has it's merits and he obviously didn't agree as he continues to write about games he didn't see based on articles he read here or on other sites. Not sure what that adds to the community.
Then he went so far as to tell me that my purpose was to "bring people down", I think you can see from my comments and contributions nothing could be further from the truth.
I would hope he is warned in that respect as well.

by Joe
20 days ago

I love this site.

by Ben
21 days ago

Thanks for the vote, Dave!!!

by Brad
about 1 month ago

Dave,

My new installment of Great Managers is out. Check it out and let me know what you think: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/55716-fabio-capello-what-makes-englands-boss-great

Brad

by Gray Ghost
about 1 month ago

Dave, thanks for looking the article over!

by chad
about 1 month ago

Hi was just wondering what edits you made to my article about May-Treanor Walsh winning the medals. You didn't leave feedback and when I clicked show changes nothing came up highlighted. So I was curious

by L.J.
2 months ago

check this...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44743-the-loss-of-ethics-morals-and-history-in-the-sports-world

by Salaar
2 months ago

Hey..

I just wrote on 300th article for B/R..Another edition of my Rules of Journalism series, would mean alot if you had a look.

Cheers,
SS

by Michael
2 months ago

Thanks for the Pick of the Day Vote!

by Salaar
2 months ago

Hey Dave,
Be sure to check out, Rules of Journalism, Part II...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44192-rules-of-journalism-part-ii-learn-from-your-mistakes

Thanks
SS

by L.J.
2 months ago

This is why we're here, you must read this...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43995-hoop-dreams-and-the-indy-500

by Salaar
2 months ago

Hey Dave,

I just wrote a piece that is very, very special to me, have a look and a leave a comment.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43888-rules-of-journalism-part-i-every-dog-has-its-day

Thanks,
SS

by Todd
2 months ago

my first fan. May you be rewarded with perfectly cooked cheetos, good antidepressants and fast internet speeds for the next year

by Ethan
2 months ago

you know i'm dissapointed and havent been on the site in a while simply because im still a little upset that inever received my bleacher t-shirt i was supposed to be rewarded for winning the march madness cinderella story contest with my article. i was looking forward to getting one?

by Ian
2 months ago

Hey Dave,

I have been keeping up with attracting new people to come post at Bleacher Report for Arizona sports. I have just been MIA much of the summer, its been a very hectic summer for me, I have been in North Carolina a lot of the time visiting my girlfriend and I had summer school to get enough credits to where I can graduate early nd now I am in Greece visiting my dad. Although I haven't been able to write articles on Bleacher Report for a while I have been keeping up with the internship and going to different message boards. This is the first time I have been able to access internet while in Greece, its too slow. Once I find a computer that has Microsoft Excel I will be sure to send you an email with the document on it. I will keep active with the messsage board searches and trying to attract new people to this website. Just send me a note back or an email if you want to. I look forward to hearing back from you and look out for the Excel Document in the next few days. Have a good one Dave.

-Ian-

by Frank
2 months ago

Dave,

Great Notre Dame article. I thought it was very well written. I cover Notre Dame Football, IU Basketball, and IU Football. Please feel free to read my articles and suggest ideas for stories which you think are appealing. Also, please visit and spread the word about my blog at

franktherber.blogspot.com

All the Best,

Frank

by F1RT
2 months ago

Thanks Dave, appreciate that ... Glad you liked the article ! ... There is more where that came from !

Ben

by Patrick S J
2 months ago

thanks dave. gooooo irish! charlie's recurits take it all over this year, and have had two # 1 draft seasons! cant wait.

by Ben
3 months ago

Dave,

I was just wondering if there was a chance to perhaps get credentials for a Cardinals game before the year is over. I spoke with Andrew Kneeland and he told me you were the man to talk to!

Thanks,
Ben

by Tyler
3 months ago

As soon as I saw you got back to me there was an e-mail from him to all of us about tomorrow. haha.

Thanks anyway though, that was a big help.

by Tyler
3 months ago

Dave,

is there any way I can get a hold of him? It's 4 p.m. EST here and I'm sure hes busy. I just want to make sure everything is still good cause I'm in the process of getting ready for this.

Just give me an update if you can.

Peace.

by Salaar
3 months ago

Thanks for those kind words,Dave..

by Tyler
3 months ago

Sounds great.

Thanks for presenting me with the opportunity and being quick with the reply.

by Tyler
3 months ago

Dave,

Count me in. This is a real open week for me, the team I'm covering for my internship this summer is away so I've got plenty of time.

Just give me some details when you can and if you could let me know some of the talking points so I can be well-versed and researched for this thing. Obviously he's serious about it, so I want to do him, myself and the team some justice.

Thanks,

Tyler

by Uncle Rico
3 months ago

Dave

Here is an ND link you might get a kick out of:

http://apps.facebook.com/notredamefootball/convert.php?pl=1&in=4510557&ty=4&si=2&wccc=sva-6&ln=1&da=20080701

Some of the trivia is very good. It would also be a good place to plug BR.

by Todd
3 months ago

You are an avid NBA draft contributor . . . are you in a funk . . . Let's see some more articles

by Tim
3 months ago

Thanks for the add, Dave!

by L.J.
3 months ago

we have a semi-pro ping-pong league here on the shore that you could hook up with.

attendance is down because of the economy and the pay-outs include a lot of food coupons and Natty-Bo beer.

i'm working with the burrito guy on the NFL page to add a bonus package.

lemme know.

by Michael
4 months ago

hey thanks for changing the picture, it looks much better now

by Ian
5 months ago

Hey Dave,

I'm going to send you an updated spreadsheet by Thursday morning. I just finished up my finals and all my classes for the semester so I am finally done until August. Now that I don't have to worry about classes at all right now I can focus 100% on the internship. I will definitely be marketing Bleacher Report to different Arizona Message Boards more then I have been able to do recently. I guarantee I will get a good amount of people in Arizona to join the site and write articles for Arizona teams. Let me know if you have any advice or anything else to add. Thanks again Dave.

-Ian-

by Bob
5 months ago

thanks for the add Dave.

by Jeff
5 months ago

Thanks for the edits, truly appreciated.

by James
5 months ago

thanks for the add

by Andrew
5 months ago

No problem Dave. I just re-sent it now.

by Andrew
5 months ago

Hey Dave! Sorry to be a pest, but any word on that T-Shirt I won? It's been over three weeks now and I'm getting worried...

Thanks again!

by David
6 months ago

Thanks Dave! I'm looking forward to see how BTB develops. Thanks for all your help.

David

by Dallin
6 months ago

Hey, thanks for the add. I really appreciate it Dave.

by Ethan
6 months ago

hey, dave went do you think we should be recieving our blecher report shirts , from the bracket breaker challenge?

by Joe
6 months ago

Thanks for the POTD vote.

by Alex
6 months ago

Thanks a lot for the nice words. I'm sure the NBA section is going to be amazing once the playoffs start. I can't wait. :)

by Alex
6 months ago

Thanks for the add! You're doing an excellent job with the site. :)

by Sean
6 months ago

Thanks for touching base Dave, work has had me on the GRIND the past few weeks...my personal blog (http://sportscandor.blogspot.com) is feeling neglected too :)

I'll definitely put something together soon. I REALLY wanted to take part in doing one of the NCAA Cinderella stories, but alas...

Catch up with you soon, hope as is well on your end as well.

:::::Sean

by Cameron
6 months ago

thank you, I will give you the info shortly.

by Scott
6 months ago

Thanks for the add!

by Cameron
6 months ago

sorry man, everytime I type in the web address you gave me I always get syntax error.

What's your e-mail address so I can just e-mail you the needed information?
Thanks.

by Zander
7 months ago

How on earth does Bill Russell get put underneath the Big O?

by Stew
7 months ago

Thanks for the note, and listening to the show. I had hoped to get in a few more plugs for the site, but it just went by so fast.

by Chris
7 months ago

Ya the lakers are going to be very tought too. They found their right piece. I had a guy argueing with me about the Rockets. He said my article was terrible and that the Rockets would blow up in the play-offs

by Chris
7 months ago

i definetly agree. they just dont have that guy that can step up. It's hard to replace 7 foot 6. ya and the jazz are going to be a very tough team

by Sean
7 months ago

Thank you for the honor

by KP
7 months ago

Thanks Dave, for the edit on my hockey article, and I would also like to say thank you for creating BR with your buddies Dave, Zander, and Bryan.

Cheers!

KP Wee

by Sean
7 months ago

Dave, thanks so much for dropping me a note. I appreciate it. I added my first article this evening, feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.

by Andrew
7 months ago

Thanks for the add Dave!

by Michael
7 months ago

Hey Dave, do you have a email address I can reach you at. I'm doing another roundtable, only this time it consists of more than one question. I want to send it through an attachment to everyone at the same time.

by Brandon
7 months ago

I'd have you call me, but I won't have a phone until next, next Tuesday (it's a Razr that is giving me problems, so I sent it in, might be two weeks).

But I don't really think it would be that big of a deal to set up. I already put up the forum as an example, if you want to take a look.

http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38465

There's Erick's article, and he's in a member group for Bleacher Report writers. The article is placed into a forum just for Bleacher Report writers to make new topics in (notice that Erick's article already has 29 replies in it).

That main Bleacher Report forum will be on the main index, in my Site Features Category.

There's a subforum in there that can only be viewed by those in Bleacher Report...so you guys can discuss future articles or whatever you'd like in it, and only you guys (and the administrators of OTR) can see it.

I think this might actually help Bleacher Report more than OTR, but it does give us some more articles to discuss as well...so maybe our activity (our posting activity) can go up from this, while all of my members can become familiar with your elite writers.

Let me know what you think, and if it's a go...you'll have to tell me which guys can have access to this once they sign up (like Michael, Zander, yourself, Erick) so I can place them into the group.

by Brandon
7 months ago

Hey Dave...let me know if you'd be interested in Bleacher Report having their own forum on my board. I can give you guys a forum for your articles, as well as a private forum for discussing future articles (and even discussing anything BR-related).

Any BR members registering on OTR can PM me to gain access to the two forums, if this is what you'd be interested in. I think it would be a great way to communicate for you guys. :)

by Zander
7 months ago

Hey Dave,

I hope you've been enjoying the new and improved Bleacher Report—we're really happy with the feedback we've received so far.

Just thought I'd let you know that next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements, and thus it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.

Let me know if you need any help with ideas or have questions. Have a great weekend Dave!

Zander

by Robert H.
7 months ago

You were at the USC-ND "The Push" game? I bet it was even better in person...not fair.

Also, I noticed that the top article listed in your "David's Recent Articles" is from a year ago. Just a heads up on a possible glitch.

by Brandon
8 months ago

Sure. I have a couple of guys who write for my site, and I'm sure they would love to show their work off here, too. I'm not sure how we could get in touch with each other. I have AIM and MSN Messenger (rather use MSN). Just add otrbasketball@live.com (MSN), or if that's not an option, OTR Real Deal is my AIM SN.

I'm rarely on AIM, though.

Another alternative...you can just register on OTR and use our messaging system on there to get ahold of me. I'll usually get it within the hour.

by Brandon
8 months ago

Sounds good, Dave. I may write a bit more before jumping into all that. I'm looking for some time on my hands first, and I'm not quite sure how much I'll have right now.

Hope you enjoy the articles. :)

by Michael
8 months ago

Thanks, plan on doing more in the future.

by Michael
8 months ago

Great stuff man, look out for it either Tuesday or Wednesday after all the Super Bowl madness is done.

by Andrew
8 months ago

Thanks, Dave. Your stuff is great too. Just wish there was more of it.

by Michael
8 months ago

Dave, what's going on?I'm doing another roundtable, and I'm hoping you chose to take part in it. The question is, who do you think is the MVP of the first half of the season in the NBA and why. If you can get it done by next Friday that would be cool.

by Bryan
8 months ago

Dave, thanks a lot for that photo. I originally had it as just the Pats logo, and someone changed it to Brady, so thanks for finding a pic of Cassel. Do you have to be an editor to add photos to the archives?

by Chris
8 months ago

I would if I knew anything about college lacrosse. Leave a note on http://www.lacrosseforums.com, and norcallaxforum.com to try to get a lax community going.

by Ben
9 months ago

thanks for being a fan Dave!

by Cameron
9 months ago

thank you for the good feedback on my article. I especially liked your Ten Worst Moments of Post-Bob Davie Notre Dame Football. I had some good laughs from that. well written

by Sheikh
9 months ago

thanks for the add Dave, much appreciated.

by Michael
9 months ago

What's going on? I finally did the article on the NBA big man debate. Check it out and tell me what ya think.

by Robert H.
9 months ago

Hey Dave...just wanted to let you know I'm working on a list for you. I'm still trying to figure out my schedule due to my coaching responsibilities. That would be bad to miss some big game or tournament to go to some game/event. As soon as I get it all straightened out I'll be sure to let you know. Just wanted to let ya know that I wasn't blowing yall off. Later man, and hope your holidays have been good.

-R.H.

by Michael
9 months ago

Yeah they are up for discussion. Big man can be either a PF or center

by Michael
9 months ago

Cool!

by Michael
9 months ago

What's up Dave? I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I'm doing something like a roundtable discussion on who's the best big man in the NBA. I was wondering if you could give me your pick and why.I'm going to try and get a couple of more guys from the site to do it as well, and then make it into roundtable article on here. If ya choose to email it to me mike_whittenberg@yahoo.com.

by Robert H.
9 months ago

Thanks man...I just sent Zander an email response and I'll come up with a list for you. Keep up the good work, have a happy holidays.

-R.H.

by Robert H.
10 months ago

Just got an email from the Papajohns.com Bowl and saw that they sent it to you as well. Just wanted to say thanks for attempting, and it'll come—they'll all come around. Thanks Dave, I appreciate it.

-R.H.

by Robert H.
10 months ago

Robert doesn't know how he missed reading about Jimmy until just now. It made Robert laugh.

by Jay
10 months ago

Finocchio, if you've got the edit on that Lebron piece, I'm clocking out. Selah.

by Erick
10 months ago

That doesn't surprise me. Besides hitting 20-foot jumpers, blocking shots, failing in the clutch, and being a jackass, Ewing's best skill was infuriating people.

by Zander
10 months ago

Thoughts on the Pats game? Crazy ending there some are crying foul play...

by Erick
10 months ago

You're right, and it would help if they had a point guard who was a more consistent shooter than Rafer Alston. But even with another shooter, their offensive creativity is limited because T-Mac isn't the kind of player who lends himself to complex offensive schemes. Everything becomes a McGrady/Yao screen, or a Yao post. And McGrady isn't a versatile player at all.

I'm really impressed by how Turkoglu and Nelson have played this year. Lewis' presence has completely changed the dynamic of Orlando's offense, and there is so much better spacing now. All that spacing leads to wide open jumpers, and room for Dwight Howard to dunk off screens. Did you see the highlights against Phoenix? Orlando ran one play the entire game: Howard sets a screen then runs to the basket and dunks in a lob. And he still has NO offensive moves at all. Once he gets some, the Magic are going to be scary.

by Erick
10 months ago

There's still a lot of season left to play. I'm just wasn't in love with T-Mac and how limited the Rocket offense looked. They were able to get away with dragging games along, and having McGrady or Yao's individual efforts win them games. With the Rockets playing a little bit more uptempo, their flaws are getting exposed a bit more, and Rick Adelman is still figuring out how the Rocket roster plays into what he likes to do from the high post.

As for the Hornets, I haven't watched them play all year, but I saw good things for them. Paul is a star, West is a nice compliment, Chandler's matured, Stojakovich has stayed healthy, and Mo Pete was a really nice addition. Plus Byron Scott is a better coach than people want to believe.

There's still a lot of time for the season to play out and teams will continue to evolve. I'm just glad my Western Conference Predictions are looking better than my Eastern Conference ones. Charlotte winning the Southeast Division, what was I thinking!

by Mark
10 months ago

hey Dave,
thanks for the comment and support!
Josh Beckett, I think, certainly earned his spot as MLB's best pitcher after his sick season/post-season.
2. Santana
2A. Peavey
3. C.C.
thanks again.
cheers

by Jay
10 months ago

dave, i'm seeing your name pop up on the history page of articles i've edited, with a time stamp indicating you made changes while i was editing. what's up?

by Dyson
10 months ago

Thanks, I'll try.

by Tyler
10 months ago

Yeah, the picture looks good. I found a few typos as well, I wrote it very late last night so by the end I was making quite a few mistakes. What did you fix, just for reference of what I missed?

by Wade
10 months ago

Got a new article up man! The Virginia-Virginia Tech breakdown... it is really,really long so just make sure you have some time before you dive into it.

Take care and have a good thanksgiving!

by Robert H.
10 months ago

Dave, I saw that you jumped in to help me out on one of my recent articles...thanks. I think we both caught the "mistake" about Clemson's "tradition" at the same time. Ju