Blake Hurtik's Sportswriter Profile

Blake Hurtik joined September 2007

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Blake is a sophomore journalism major at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently covers women's basketball for school's paper, the Daily Texan, and has covered volleyball and men's tennis. He also has done stringer work for the San Antonio Express-News, covering everything from tennis to volleyball to wrestling.

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Favorite Athletes

Ivan Rodriguez, Michael Young, George Brett, C.J. Wilson, Jason Witten, Vince Young, Dirk Nowitzki
Favorite Sports Teams

Texas Rangers, Texas Longhorns, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians
All Time Sports Moment

Personally- 3 homers as a 10-year-old in machine pitch in one game. Actually- Rangers 30, Orioles 3.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Nolan Ryan's final no-hitter at Arlington Stadium.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Nolan Ryan stikeouts and Pete Rose hits.
Ruth or Mays?

Willie Mays Hayes.
Unitas or Montana?

Montana.
Pele or Maradona?

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

Big 12

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Hamilton Brings Rangers Into National Spotlight

07/14/2008

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Texas Rangers Silver Lining: Is That Quality Pitching I Spy?

04/07/2008

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Texas Rangers: The Silver Lining

04/01/2008

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Texas Longhorns Football: Orange-White Scrimmage Recap

03/30/2008

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Matthew Irby said...

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My speciality was the UT baseball team, but I also worked all football, women's volleyball, and women's soccer games. Every once in a while I got to do both of the basketball teams. And that was also the year that we hosted the Outdoor Track and Field National Championship and Swimming and Diving National Championship, those were two fun events (each lasting 2 days and about 16 hours of work each day)

Great as well to meet another Longhorn, how is everything in the 40 acres?

509 days ago

Matthew Irby said...

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Good article Blake.

Read that you are a fellow Longhorn and write for the Daily Texan, awesome.

Few years ago I was about the same, except I worked in the sports information department, less writing, more stats.

Look forward to reading more of your Longhorn insider material.

509 days ago

Zander Freund said...

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Hey Blake,

I just wanted to let you know that Bleacher Report has launched out of beta with an updated look and feel and some great new features. Check out the "Game On" link in the header to find out more.

Next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements—and 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 Blake!

Zander

660 days ago

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Texas Longhorns Football: Orange-White …

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Team Mentality Carries Texas into Tourney

Received 1,000 Reads • March 20, 2008

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