John Wingspread Howell is originally from Buffalo, has lived in the Rockies, the Southwest and now the Midwest, in the Chicago suburbs. A novelist, poet, columnist, speaker, weblisher, theologian and business consultant.

John is Bleacher Report's Premier Underdog Correspondent, Chief Chicago Red Stars Correspondent, and among the top WPS correspondents. He also writes about Buffalo sports.

John has a spiritual attraction to underdogs in sports and life in general and sees sports as a great metaphor for the struggle of the little guy to beat the odds and win at life. Coming from Buffalo, this may not be surprising. Although he has now been a resident of Chicagoland longer than his native Western New York, John's first loyalty in any sport in any league in which Buffalo has a franchise, is to Buffalo. Chicago teams come next, except when a Cinderella team trumps the Chicago loyalty.

The underdog fascination may also explain why John is an avid soccer fan, since in the United States soccer is the stepsister of homegrown sports, and why he is especially enthusiastic about the Chicago Red Stars and the WPS, because they are the stepsisters of the stepsister. "Underdog issues aside, soccer is a beautiful game-- perhaps the most beautiful in the sheer choreography of play. But I do have some American red blood in me," Howell says. "There's nothing more beautiful than a Hail Mary or a shot from downtown to end a football or basketball game at the buzzer. Especially if the underdog is the one winning with such a play.

His creative company, Writers Block Productions is featured at the website: www.johnwingspreadhowell.com.

Howell publishes the following e-zines related to Buffalo or sports:
Buffalo ExPat www.BuffaloEx-pat.com
Underdog Sports www.underdog.sports.officelive.com