Roy Levine

Roy Levine

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Born 1951 - grew up near Yankee Stadium - so that team and sport are my first love. I am a Met fan too - I lost some passion for them during the Bobby V era, when they became very chippy. I'm more into them now. I enjoy both teams. All this Yankee/Met hate stuff is for bozos and is sports radio hype by people who get lost traveling out of their borough. We are lucky in NY to see every major league player at some point in the year.

I don't take Yankee winning for granted and don't need a World Series win to call a season a success. I went through the postseason droughts of 1965-1975 and then from 1982-1994. When a collapse comes again, I will enjoy the rebuilding as much as the victories. For that matter, the so called Yankees/Red Sox blood feud will die down when one of the teams reaches the end of its cycle and decides to break it down.

Always love the Knicks. More so the Willis Reed era than Patrick Ewing's . The earlier team was a finesse team, the latter, a muscle team. That being said, the Nets' Jason Kidd was my favorite NY basketball player. Absolutely stunning to see the court as he saw it and executed on it. Kidd defined point guard.

I followed the Giants since the Frank Gifford days and have followed the Jets back to before Joe Namath. It hard for me to find personality in the individual NFL teams. Some have great defensive ends, wide receivers, tight ends, quarterbacks, power runners or slashing runners. But I don't find much difference between one team and the other, except competence.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Mantle, Maris, Bauer, Yogi, Howard, Ford, Mattingly, Rickey Henderson, Sparky Lyle, Jeter, Damon, Rivera, Plaxico, Sam Huff, OJ Anderson, Clyde, DeBuscherre, Oakley, Ewing, Magic, Goose, Mickey Rivers, Guidrey, Nettles, Pinella, Emerson Boozer, Matt Snell, Jason Kidd, Willis Reed, George Brett, Muhammed Ali, John McEnroe, Messier, Trottier, Bossy, Giacomin, Richter, Scott Stevens, Brodeur, LT, Tiki, George Sauer, Bavaro, Simms, Bob Tucker, Fran Tarkenton, Seaver, Koosman, Wright, Reyes, Delgado, Santana, Keith Hernandez, Mookie, Hojo, Wayne Chrebet, Klecko, Bernard King, Jose Torres. Anyone named Alou, or from Samoa. David Cone, Paul O'Neill, Jimmy Conners, Bjorn Borg, Lee Trevino, Julius Erving, Bill Russell, Brett Favre, Whitey Ford, David Wells, Cazzie Russell, Bill Bradley, Bob Beamon, Tiger Wood, Arnie Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Al Oerter, Bernard King, Latrell Spreewell, Cazzie Russell,

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    All the NY Teams - Bradshaw's Steelers - Byrd's Celtics - 2003 Marlins -

  • Favorite Coaches

    Pinella, Gene Michaels, Davey Johnson, Hodges, Al Arbour, Holzman, Parcells, Coughlin (now that he chills), Lamorillo. Could always see the wheels turning with Martin, but he was too much of a psycho punk, Phil Jackson, LaRussa, Scioscia

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Willie McCovey lining out to Bobby Richardson. Best catch I saw live was a climb of Left field wall by Griffey Sr. near the foulpole.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Mantle going 5 for 5. I loved to see him bat from the left side at the old stadium.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    755 Home Runs - No really, Denny McClain's 30 - when will that come again?

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell - more into team concept - more rings

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky (not even close)

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer. But favorite was McEnroe

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    So far Nicklaus, but that will change. Consider the duration of his dominance.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty by a lap

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    I'll be nice and leave this box almost blank

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

    ACC

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  • Mike Kent posted 368 days ago

    Mike Kent

    Hi, the bleacher report fantasy baseball league is looking for players. If you want to play send me your email and I will send you a invite. First come first serve

  • Bronx Baseball Daily posted 394 days ago

    Bronx Baseball Daily

    Hey Roy. Thanks for the questions. Please feel free to stop by my site, Bronx Baseball Daily. I'd love to see you as a regular commenter there.

  • Oystein Dahl posted 769 days ago

    Oystein Dahl

    Hi, I have made an alternative to Jordan Schwartz' statistical ranking of MLB-players. Your views would be appreciated;

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321509-the-greatest-players-in-mlb-history-stats-version-no-2

    Oystein Dahl

  • L.J. Burgess posted 775 days ago

    L.J. Burgess

    Bernard King fan...

  • Patrick Read posted 787 days ago

    Patrick Read

    Classic picture. It must have been a little awkward for those two to hvae to play on the same all-star team, one pitching and the other catching.

  • Mike Kent posted 814 days ago

    Mike Kent

    Can the Giants beat the Broncos?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296380-can-the-giants-beat-the-broncos