Jim Flannery
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Jim Flannery

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About

Like many typical young men, Jim was raised around sports and became an enthusiastic follower of and participant in several. This eventually led to taking on the mens' basketball beat while a student at the University of Calgary, a role he held for three years. That role expanded to include sports editor duties and afforded him the opportunity to cover almost every sport played on campus at one time or another. In his final year, he was awarded a co-editor role, running the paper and moving his writing into more of an ed-op role.

Jim's love of sports has stayed with him and he continues to keep an eye on a number of different sports, from baseball to basketball to curling to hockey. More recently, he has discovered, and become mildly obssessed with, indoor lacrosse and has become an avid supporter of the Calgary Roughnecks of the NLL.

Jim has been coaching baseball locally for 25 years and honestly has no idea what he would do with his summers if he wasn't on a ball diamond terrorising high school age kids.

Writing at the Bleacher Report has also led to an ongoing gig at StadiumJourney.com as their Canadian Prairies Regional Correspondent, at H4-entertainment.com as their lacrosse analyst and at InLacrosseWeTrust.com as their Roughnecks writer.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Tony Gwynn, Bobby Orr, John Stockton, Geoff Snider, Ryne Sandberg, Ozzie Smith, Ichiro Suzuki, Nolan Ryan, Walter Payton, Gordie Howe, Brad McCrimmon, Rickey Henderson, Kaleb Toth, Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Roughnecks, Chicago Bears, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Calgary Flames, Utah Jazz

  • Favorite Coaches

    Gary Howard, former head coach of the U of Calgary Dinos men's basketball team.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2009 NLL championship game, watching the hometown Calgary Roughnecks win their second Champion's Cup over the New York Titans.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Most wins, career: Cy Young - 511. That's close to double what any HoF calibre modern pitcher can ever hope to achieve.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth is third all-time in home runs, first in WAR, first in OPS, first in SLG, second in RBIs, fourth in runs, AND ninth in batting average. Not bad for a guy who was also a HoF level pitcher who racked up 94 wins and a career 2.28 ERA. There is no rational debate against Ruth..

  • Unitas or Montana?

    I never saw Unitas play, so I'll have to go with Montana.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    I think instead I'll go with the best that ever was -- Wilt Chamberlain. Averaging 50.4 PPG AND 48.5 minutes per game in a season is inconceivable. Going on to be the only center ever to lead the league in assists is at least as impressive.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Bobby Orr wasn't just the best offensive defenseman ever; he was also one of the best defensive defensemen ever. He was a freaking +124 in '70-'71!

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele brought world-wide recognition to soccer and was the game's first true superstar. Gotta respect that.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus is the king until Tiger starts winning majors again.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    I'm a Ferrari guy, so Schu has a special place in my heart for being the top driver to bring respectability back to the Prancing Horse. But Senna was the best ever.

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  • Tiffany Brennan posted 11 days ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    You're welcome, Jim! Keep up the good work.

  • abc abc posted 13 days ago

    abc abc

    Please keep writing CFL articles. If you want an opinion from a CFL expert message me at any time. I used to write articles years ago but i forgot my password and my new account I can't write on or else I would still be doing it.

    I used to get 4,000 to 6,000 reads an article/slideshow and now the CFL section is dead. Please keep it alive!

  • Chris McMorrow posted 16 days ago

    Chris McMorrow

    Haha no problem. Punctuation is easy to forget in a title. I've missed it's vs its before, and I'm an editor on the site...

  • Bryan Day posted 17 days ago

    Bryan Day

    You are most welcome, Jim. And don't worry too much about the hyphen—it happens all the time on the site. Maybe it was just a dash of bad luck.

  • Anto.G 86 posted 18 days ago

    Anto.G 86

    Jim, will you be doing an article on this year's Canadian College Draft?

  • Bryan Day posted 33 days ago

    Bryan Day

    No problem at all, Jim. Lacrosse is a sport I'm not very familiar with, but your article was still easy to read.

  • Raquel Matta posted 34 days ago

    Raquel Matta

    Yes, even parts of the USA don't observe daylight saving time; much of Arizona and Hawaii. If you prefer to specify the times, EDT for daylight time works just fine. Cheers from California.

  • Jane Moon posted 60 days ago

    Jane Moon

    You're welcome, Jim. Anytime!

  • Nick Sellers posted 105 days ago

    Nick Sellers

    Yes, those tricky em dashes. Thanks for the comment, Jim, and I'll look forward to seeing more of your articles!

  • Stuart Rodriguez posted 131 days ago

    Stuart Rodriguez

    Not a problem, Jim. Happy to help!

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