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Covering sports has been a long time dream for me. While pursuing my dreams, I graduated from the Illinois Center for Broadcasting in 2010.

I have been active in broadcasting. My passion has been sports and my personal favs are the Bulls, Bears, White Sox, Fire, Pacers, etc. I am covering the Chicago Fire and you can read those articles here on Bleacher Report along with articles covering a myriad sports topics.

Hear me every Sunday morning on Our Town With Chicago's Progressive Talk's Mike Sanders, from 8-9 am on 820 am, 99.9 fm in Chicago and chicagosprogressivetalk.com.

Look for me to ocassionally post sports podcasts titled Curbside with Ernest James. For showtimes and post you can follow my Twitter feeds or go to... http://www.spreaker.com/page#!/show/curbside_with_ernest_james

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Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Walter Payton, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Frank Thomas, Ron Kittle, Ryne Sandberg, and Derrick Rose

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Lakers, and Depaul Blue Demons

  • Favorite Coaches

    Mike Tomlin, Phil Jackson, Robin Ventura and Ray Meyer

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    The Chicago Bulls winning 72 games and the NBA title

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Chicago Blackhawks versus the Detroit Red Wings about five years ago.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Brett Farve's all-time consecutive starting streak.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana and Steve Young.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    M.J. and Magic

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Can I choose McEnroe or Connors?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher.

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

    Big Ten.

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  • Brian Rzeppa posted 11 days ago

    Brian Rzeppa

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

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

    Also, what's your opinion on what D-Rose should do?

  • baybiiboo posted 25 days ago

    baybiiboo

    keep it up!!!!!!!!!! (:

  • Mitch Monty posted 135 days ago

    Mitch Monty

    thanks for the fan add

  • daniel cohen posted 136 days ago

    daniel cohen

    In your article you say that the bulls don't develop young talent. you fail to realize that several key guys are players that have developed intio stars on the bulls; drose, luol, joakim, and taj were all draft picks. How can you say that we collect too many free agents. also look at teague and butler both young players being developed on the bulls roster just like deng, and joakim.. come on bro i feel like u got this completely wrong

  • Noitidart posted 159 days ago

    Noitidart

    Please write article on the refs behavior against the bulls. The refs are just ridiculous. They need to be fined.

  • Haddon Anderson posted 165 days ago

    Haddon Anderson

    I enjoy your work, Ernest. Glad to write alongside you about the Bulls!

  • Steve Merritt posted 279 days ago

    Steve Merritt

    Hey, thanks for becoming a fan. I enjoy reading the B/R articles and picking them apart. Some, but not all, of the writers featured on the Chicago Bulls page aren't very good writers -- there are factual mistakes, misspelled names, poor grammar, excessive wordiness (I declined to read Kelly's 1,600 word article just today), etc. I guess they don't have 25 years of experience in journalism and haven't followed the bulls for 40+ years. I recently applied for, and was accepted, into the B/R program but haven't followed up because I understand there is no pay involved. What are your thoughts on writing for B/R? Has it been a rewarding experience for you even without pay?

  • Will Leivenberg posted 286 days ago

    Will Leivenberg

    Thanks for becoming a fan, Ernest! I see you've been writing for B/R for a while now — how do you like it? Also, do you primarily write about basketball? Or are there any other sports you like to cover? Looks like you're a big Chicago fan. I love the Bulls, was watching when Rose went down, made me cringe. Sort of felt like from there the 76ers got a free pass, but regardless, the Bulls remain a strong team and I hope Rose comes back strong. Thanks again!

  • Joyce Familara posted 385 days ago

    Joyce Familara

    Thanks for the fan add Ernest! Best of luck!

  • Anthony Kang posted 400 days ago

    Anthony Kang

    No problem sir! I was a bit hesitant, but glad it was of use.

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