Mike Prescott joined September 2007

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Mike Prescott

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Hi, I'm Mike & (to the endless annoyance of girlfriend) I love sport.

Football/Soccer (depending which side of the pond you are from), Rugby Union, Cricket, Boxing, Formula 1, Golf, NFL (bit of a Bears fan), NHL, MLB & many more besides. I can happily sit in front of the TV & watch what ever happens to be on the sports channels at the time.

But the first sport I was introduced to was football when, as a very young kid, I was taken by my dad to Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC. I was so young all I remember was sitting in the front row of the Upper Gwladys Street stand, on a cold mid week evening, & looking up into that ink black sky. Then seeing the contrast between it & the brightly floodlit emerald green pitch below. Still send shivers down my spine. That, & the noise from 40,000 people all shouting, cheering, booing & singing. Don't think I'd ever seen so many people all at once in the same place. I can't even remember who the opposition was in that first game or the final score, but that didn't matter because I was hooked.

And from supporting Everton a love of all sports developed. I'd go to as many sporting events as I could. And even had 6 years playing Rugby Union at a decent armature level. But Everton would always take priority, & when injury forced me to quit rugby, it was back to spending my Saturday afternoon's at Goodison.

So why post on the Bleacher Report? Honestly, I don't know. What I'm going to try & do is give a supporters perspective on the games I attend. Maybe it's the budding journalist in me trying to express it's self or maybe I should get a real hobby! What ever it is I hope people who read my post's find them informative & honest but above all interesting. Any 'constructive' criticism/suggestions would be appreciated.

The Shortlist »

  • Favorite Athletes

    Neville Southall, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Shane Warne.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Everton, England (Rugby and Cricket), Chicago Bears.

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Barry Horne's goal against Wimbledon at Goodison Park, 7th May 1994.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    There's been a few. Everton v Wimbledon 7th May 1994 (for all the wrong reasons). 1995 FA Cup semi-final at Elland Road. 2007 Giants-Dolphins game at Wembley, London. Not much of a game, but the experience of seeing live NFL was amazing.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    William Ralph Dean's 60 league goals in one season, 1927-28. Nobody has come close.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

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

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Jeff Kneis said...

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Hey Mike—Jeff here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

I've been spending time on our Everton page and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at jeff@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

Thanks so much,

Jeff

355 days ago

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Zander Freund said...

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Hey Mike,

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 Mike!

Zander

652 days ago

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Elizabeth said...

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Hey! Thanks for the post. Glad you enjoyed The Blind Side. It is definitely one of my favorites. I'm happy to report that Oher will be with us again next year. We had a two day scare with him declaring for the draft, but he changed his mind. I'm ready to see what Houston Nutt will bring to the team It can't be any worse than when we had Coach O!

664 days ago

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