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Jon Girten joined January 2009

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About Jon »

My name is Jon Girten, I am a 22-year old college student currently residing in San Diego, California where I've spent most of my life. Sports are my biggest passion, from playing high school sports, to playing college volleyball, to coaching a volleyball team. The main sports I follow are Basketball, Football, and Baseball. I love all teams local including the Padres, Chargers, Lakers, USC... but despise UCLA (obviously), and the Dodgers. I tend to be fairly lazy when it comes to things like this but hopefully I can get it going!

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Favorite Athletes

Kobe Bryant
Favorite Sports Teams

Chargers, Jets, Lakers, Padres, Red Sox, USC Football, Duke Basketball
Favorite Coaches

Coach K, Bobby Knight, Phil Jackson, Pete Carroll
All Time Sports Moment

Tough one, probably Christian Laettner's turnaround jumper in '92
Most Memorable Game Attended

Red Sox playoff game against the Angels this past season, my first Sox game
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Gotta be the Iron Man, Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak
Ruth or Mays?

Mays, only since Ruth cursed the Sox for so many years
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas was a Charger for a little while, gotta go with him
Jordan or Russell?

His airness
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Not a fan of Federer
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt, but I don't follow racing one bit
Schumacher or Senna?

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

Pac 10 for Football, ACC for Basketball

Latest Articles »

Dukeing It Out: Can the Blue Devils Make a Postseason Run?

01/16/2009

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Are the Days of Loyalty in Sports Behind Us?

01/15/2009

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Kevin O'Connell said...

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Nice response to stupid Justin. What a tool...

322 days ago

Bryn Swartz said...

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dude this was seriously an awesome first article....it was on the front page and got a couple of POTD votes and a lot of comments....nice work...

325 days ago

Kevin O'Connell said...

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Haha I thought you weren't going to a write anything!? Sweet first article man. It was on the front page earlier.

325 days ago

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