Christopher Whalen joined December 2008

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Christopher Whalen

About Christopher »

I'm a 28 year old aspiring sports writer. One day I will be a great sports columnist.

My background consists of watching many sporting events since 1990. I have a very analytical approach to whatever sport I am watching.

I try to keep things light when it comes to my love of sports. I'm very objective when it comes to talking about whatever topic in which I have some knowledge on. . My trash talking is me arguing logically, with humor sometimes.
You will see that my sports teams are scattered about the country. My allegiance to teams like Duke basketball, Michigan football, and the Chicago Bulls spurned from them being the teams that I first watched when I was a kid. Others like the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Penguins are second loves as I became very dissatisfied with the Oakland A's and Chicago Black hawks after they dumped their chances of winning by unloading their talent in the early nineties. My Team's current championship droughts are as follows:

Buffalo Bills-(1965) 43 years
Atlanta Braves-(1995) 14 years
Michigan Wolverines Football-(1997) 12 years
Chicago Bulls-(1998) 11 years
New York Yankees-(1999) 10 years
Duke Basketball- (2001) 8 years

I feel like I'm a Red sox fan, waiting for the Bills to finally win a title, only they never tasted an NFL championship.

I'm as happy as anyone that the Pittsburgh Penguins won the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs! Congratulations to all the players, management, and every Penguin fan. GO PENS!

I love being on this site as it's so stimulating and a good amount of the articles here are thought provoking.
If you feel the need to debate any topic with me in more detail, I'm at Cwhales233340@aol.com.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, Rickey Henderson,Bobby Hurley, Christian Lattener, Charles Woodson, Jake Long, Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Elton Brand, Derrick Rose, Tyrus Thomas, Carlos Boozer, Donovan Warren, Donovan McNabb, Derrick Rose, Trent Edwards, Grant Hill, J.J Reddick, Tom Brady, Braylon Edwards, Andy Roddick, Marshawn Lynch

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Michigan Wolverines Football, Duke Basketball, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Favorite Coaches

    Mike Krzyzewski, Bobby Knight, Marv Levy, Bill Cower, Phil Jackson, Bobby Cox, Joe Torre

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Michael Jordan's Game Winning shot in Utah during the 98 Finals and The Buffalo Bills wild card comeback against the Oilers.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Jordan Hitting the game winning shot in March of 98 in Toronto

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak. With so many injuries in games now b.c of the increased speed and strength, the margin for injury is that much greater. Also Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in a game mark and Cy Young's 511 all-time wins. Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak. Jordan's 842 straight in double figures.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays. Used to think Ruth but Mays was so much more versatile and harder to game plan against

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana. His efforts were always seemingly effortless, and his demeanor never changed.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. M.J owned the shooting guard position but engineered his teams as the point guard many times. He only stopped himself in his prime

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky. The guy scored goals at a gigantic rate. No one has glided like him

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele. The bicycle kick got me

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras for now. His serve and dominance among guys such as Agassi, Courier, Chang, and others was incredible.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger. He is so intelligent with is game and yet he has so much more potential to be greater.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty. Do not know much about Nascar but when you are "The King" it's an easy pick

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher is the only name I know there.

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

    Big 10. I love to see teams run the ball often, but I also love shot gun and spread formations mixed in.

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Henry Ball said...

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As President of the Les Miles Fan Club I took a big hit on Saturday Night but is Les really on the Hot Seat?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/295130-is-les-miles-on-the-hot-seat-does-one-second-define-tenure-at-lsu

I'd appreciate your feedback and I hope you like it, if you find me worthy!

Thanks in advance. - HB

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Wooooo said...

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Amen to that, brother.

The tears flowing out of Detroit the past two weeks will eventually form another Great Lake.

153 days ago

Andrew Nuschler said...

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Christopher,

As always, thanks for such a healthy perspective—I really appreciate such kind and sage words.

A considerable part of what makes B/R such an enjoyable place.

Andrew

167 days ago

Andrew Nuschler said...

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Hey Christopher,

Apologies for all the blast posts, which I'm sure got a little annoying. Hence, I'm putting an end to that practice and trying to keep future posts more reader-specific. To that end, you seem like an NBA guy so maybe you'll like this one:


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/190029-king-james-isnt-quite-ready-for-the-throne

174 days ago

robert allred said...

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Christopher:

The title explains itself: How the Dallas Cowboys Stole My Heart.

If you have the time, I'd love for you to check it out. If not, no worries. Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/173805-how-the-dallas-cowboys-stole-my-heart

193 days ago

Gilligan Henry Dorpfeld said...

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What are Alter Ego's and why are they here on Bleacher Report?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/173563-br-alter-egos-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-here

- GHD

aka "Skillet"

193 days ago

robert allred said...

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Christopher:

Just posted my latest. Breaking down my expectations for the Cowboys' 2009 season. If you have a second, I would love your feedback, but if you cannot get around to it, no worries! Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/171627-setting-the-bar-on-the-dallas-cowboys-2009-season

196 days ago

robert allred said...

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Christopher:

We have seen a ton of lists, rankings, etc. all over B/R. I finally tried one of my own, but I tried to tackle this particular list from a different angle than the norm. My list is of the 10 Most Valuable Offensive Players in the NFL.

These players aren't necessarily the best in the league, or even the best at their positions, but rather the 10 players that mean the most to their particular team's SB chances.

Would love your input if you have a chance. If not, no worries. Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/153230-its-unofficial-the-nfls-top-10-most-valuable-offensive-players

227 days ago

Garrett Derr said...

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Chris,

This is something new for me..I'm not writing about the NFL, NBA, or MLB in this one..Here's the top 10 fishing locations in PA. Let me know what you think!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/152411-top-10-fishin-locations-in-pennsylvania

229 days ago

Bryn Swartz said...

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With the Phillies' quest to defend their world championship starting tomorrow night, I was inspired to compose the ultimate top 20 list--my 20 greatest moments as a Philadelphia sports fan.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/151016-the-ultimate-list-my-20-greatest-moments-as-a-philadelphia-sports-fan

231 days ago

Nick Tyson said...

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Christopher

You haven't written an article on here for a while man what with that?? haha. I would love if you read and gave me some feedback on my newest article

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147547-learning-from-mistakes-10-players-who-must-make-adjustments-in-2009?just_published=1

The article talks about players that must make adjustments in 2009. I talked a bit about Jeter so that should interest you as well.

Thanks
Nick

237 days ago

T.A said...

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Was Bart Starr underrated or overrated? I love to hear what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147037-bart-starr-is-clearly-underrated

237 days ago

robert allred said...

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Christopher:

NFL runningback Ryan Moats was pulled over last week on the way to the hospital to say goodbye to his dieing mother-in-law. He was detained and harassed by the officer for almost 15 minutes, and in that time his mother-in-law passed away. He was not able to get to her in time to say goodbye.

I was heartbroken when I heard this story, but enraged when I actually saw a 17 minute video of the entire incident. I have never seen such an abuse of power in my life.

Because of the nature of this subject, this article was pretty important to me. I would love if you could check it out when you get a chance. If not, no problem. Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/145813-houston-texans-running-back-ryan-moats-robbed-of-opportunity-to-say-goodbye

240 days ago

Bryn Swartz said...

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Some of the best players in NFL history have been completely forgotten simply because they played football two or three generations ago. Unlike baseball, football is all about the present day. Fans are raised to believe that the greatest players are all from their time period, so it's puzzling to me when I hear Jerry Rice unanimously declared the greatest wide receiver in history...because....well, he wasn't.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/143974-why-jerry-rice-is-not-the-greatest-wide-receiver-in-nfl-history

243 days ago

robert allred said...

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Christopher:

I'm not so sure that there is enough sports content to truly classify this as a sports article, but here is my latest work. It was fun to write so I hope its fun to read.

I am doing some "Spring Cleaning" by airing a few gripes I have about my Dallas Cowboys.

If you have a chance and want to, check it out. If not, absolutely no worries. Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/143903-spring-cleaning-my-dallas-cowboys-grievances

243 days ago

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