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One on One with Mark

June 18, 2010 By 9 Comments

“Leave the indoor games to the finesse conferences down south.” Finesse, that’s pretty funny. Oh wait, you were serious?- Mark

Not everyone is a comedian. You have to have balance in the comments section. Otherwise there is no real discussion, just a series one-liners. Frequent commenter Mark Skog brings solid opinions to the table. Now it’s his turn at the plate in our commenter interview line up. I am impressed that he decided to rock the Browns helmet at Target, ala MattyFos. Perhaps this can become a trademark of WFNY commenters? I want to see more pics of you guys in department stores rocking the Orange dome!

1. Favorite sport to watch in person.

I am going to throw you all for a loop a bit – University of Tennessee football. Go Vols! When I went to college all those many years ago, one of the first guys I met was Ed White, a huge Volunteer fan. He grew up going to all of their games. Given that our small school didn’t have a team, UT quickly became the team of choice amongst friends. Ed and his family have been kind enough to pass tickets my way and we’ve been going to games each year for almost 20 years now. The seats are on the 50, about 15 rows up. Big time college football is an amazing experience and they do it up right down south. [Read more...]

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One on One with REEPJP

June 17, 2010 By 28 Comments

….or they could sign him since he’s probably the only other person that could walk through the special “Nate Robinson Only” door they installed in their locker room without ducking. They can’t just let it go to waste… -REEPJP

You remember Delonte West’s correspondent piece on Jim Rome? You remember Rome saying that the bar for those pieces was just raised? Yep. Joe may be the new standard bearer for commenter interviews. Not really because of his answers, or pictures or even his offer of free beverages. Mostly it’s because he had the stones to link the wedding video rap. How player is that?

1. Favorite sport to watch in person.

Hmm….I guess I’m going to have to go with the crowd on this one and say baseball, although hockey is a close 2nd. Sometimes I feel like I must be every local team’s marketing dream…I am a sucker for “free” giveaways (is it really free if you paid for your ticket?) and promotional nights…..”you mean it’s buck-a-bone night AND they’re giving out free rally towels! Honey, cancel all of our plans tonight, we HAVE to go to this game!” Quite honestly, when I’m going to the game anymore it takes a night like this to convince me lady to come with me. Anyways, baseball is meant to be watched in person….grab a hotdog, a few brewskis, a bag of peanuts and I’m good to go. [Read more...]

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One on One with Dgriff13

June 16, 2010 By 20 Comments

Dawn is an artist. No really. She makes web comics and is a graphic artist. You can check out her work here. And here. And, she’s a girl. Who reads WFNY. I know, crazy huh?

1. Favorite sport to watch in person

I have only seen 1 Browns game, but football is by far the most exciting! I saw them play the Eagles the season the Eagles went to the Super Bowl.. the Browns were awful as usual.. but fans were still there, cheering, barking, yelling, stomping.. I felt the stadium move. I prayed for a less than 20 point loss just have some dignity, and the game actually went into OT… only to lose in the end by a field goal. Typical. [Read more...]

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One on One with Stin4u

June 15, 2010 By 38 Comments

“Don’t forget Miss Cleo predicted Lebron would go to the Wizards….IT’S A LOCK”- stin4u

The commenter interviews continue today. Up next is Justin, but you might know him better as stin4u…

1. Favorite sport to watch in person.

Always has and always will be baseball. To me there is nothing better than a day spent in the bleachers at a tribe game sipping a cool adult beverage and trying desperately to get the left fielder on either team to acknowledge your presence. My dad is most to blame for this, it’s completely cliche but the first time he took me to a game at Municipal Stadium and we walked out of the tunnel and I saw the grass and all the seats I was hooked for life. Not to mention I’d never gotten to pee in a trough before and that was ultra cool! [Read more...]

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One on One with MattyFos

June 14, 2010 By 31 Comments

Who doesn’t prefer vacation over work? That could be the Cavs selling point. You get an extra month of vacation and you get a week off before the season ends because we will have locked down the number one seed for the playoffs. -MattyFos

Every once in a while we get to know our commenters a little better. Today we hand the reigns over to MattyFos.

1. Favorite sport to watch in person

It’s kind of a tossup. I love the casual environment at the ball park. Going to watch any baseball game in person with my dad and older brother has always been enjoyable. It’s a slower pace game so there’s a lot of downtime to talk about the players and just spend time with family and friends.

I also enjoy Browns football in person. You tailgate a couple of hours prior to the game, which is always fun. Then you get into the game and you can just feel the passion for Browns football. The women, children and obviously the men live and die on what’s going to take place over the next three hours. It’s a great atmosphere. [Read more...]

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One on One with jimkanicki

May 31, 2010 By 5 Comments

So we used to do these ‘commenter interviews’ back in the day. We stopped doing them for whatever reason, but a couple weeks ago someone sent a message through the tips email that they really liked the feature and asked us to consider doing them again. What can I say? I’m such a pushover…

Mike Burgermeister (commenter handle jimkanicki) is an open thread warrior. Someone should pay this man to do in game analysis. We trapped him at the time line and got him to talk about his experiences as a Cleveland fan.

First some background-

Like many commenters on WFNY, I’m a typical ex-pat Clevelander.

Born in Columbus (Grandview) 1961. Both parents are OSU alums. Sports nerd from early on (ie, played lots of Strat-o-Matic). Moved to Lorain County (Grafton*) in 74. Was a Browns/Reds fan in Columbus, but adopted the Indians in 74 because .. well it was too easy to be a Reds fan. If you could get behind Charley Spikes and Tom Buskey… well NOW your hardcore fan chops are in place. [Read more...]

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One on One with Jack Gonzo…

May 5, 2008 By 5 Comments

15_grad_kickball.jpg“He was merely practicing covering Chris Henry guys”- Jack Gonzo on Kenny Wright’s arrest

WFNY spends a moment with drive by commenter Jack Gonzo, the Greg Maddux of kickball, who happens to have his own site, LSWTF?!

1. Favorite sport to watch in person
College Football. People care about college football, they are devout in their teams, not all NFL teams can say the same thing. The only downside is when you go to a dry stadium, but that’s why the gods created tailgating.

2. Favorite sport to watch on tv
The NFL, of course the Browns, at least this last year. In the past it was somewhat of a car crash, like a Maury or Springer episode, but they really become a great team to watch this last year.

3. Sports or hobbies you play
I grew up the son of a coach, so I played football from the age of seven till I was 18. Nowadays I keep myself satisfied by being the Greg Maddux of kickball. I am called the Greg Maddux of kickball due to the junk I throw, as opposed to those other pitchers in kickball who all want to be Roger Clemens. Course the undefeated season we had last year proves the power of the junk ball pitcher. [Read more...]

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One on One with Draftnik

April 18, 2008 By 1 Comment

 

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“So why am I not happy about this? DA signing yesterday would have been fine. Why am I less than thrilled about it today? Buyer’s remorse? I think it’s the curse of the Cleveland fan to never be happy about anything.” -Draftnik on the signing of Derek Anderson

1. Favorite sport to watch in person – Soccer.  My now 13-year old has played for eight years, and I’ve been going to Columbus Crew games about as long.  It’s a good time. 

2. Favorite sport to watch on tv – 100% no-brainer is Browns football.  If you were at the Niners game last year, it’s probably not nice to tell you how warm I was on my couch in front of the big TV.  I have a picture of my son and me in front of the TV when Brady came in, just to commemorate the occasion.  Now that I read it, that’s kind of lame, but I was still warm. [Read more...]

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One on one with Jeremy Coyle…

March 27, 2008 By 7 Comments

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You may remember him for his insights into the Browns, or his cavalier attitude towards basketball (ok, that was really bad). Some of you will get to know him much better in the WFNY Fantasy Baseball League. (Hint- still room for a few players.) I’ve known him for a long time. We’ve built a roof for a family in Mexico together, toilet papered a youth minister’s house, and played together on maybe the worst softball team in America. He’s the original Jeremy…

1. Favorite sport to watch in person. Absolutely baseball.  Nothing is better than going to a game on a hot summer night with a cold beer, a luke warm hotdog, and a bag of peanuts.  But this is all without having seen soccer in person.

2. Favorite sport to watch on tv. Football is a lot of fun to watch on TV, lots of action, constant movement, plus all of the violence. [Read more...]

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One on one with…Carolyn

March 24, 2008 By 6 Comments

One thing I’ve learned from reading sports blogs over the past few years is this- when a writer isn’t able to write for a while, nobody wants to know why, they just want you to start again. So hopefully I’m back this week. Here’s another commenter interview, this one from Carolyn, who loves her some Austin Carr calls of LeBron dunks.

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1. Favorite sport to watch in person

Basketball, followed by basketball and more basketball.  Can’t get enough of these trash-talking, high-flying men who spin sideways and fall away and still make a basket.  I stand on the couch at home screaming for the dogs to join me; it’s way more fun at the Q when actual people participate.  Plus, there’s always the chance of distracting a security guard long enough to touch LeBron.    [Read more...]

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One on one with Spencer096

March 14, 2008 By 6 Comments

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“bolster our line and hurt the steelers? sounds like a great signing to me.”- Spencer096

My dad used to say he had two favorite pro football teams, the Browns and whoever played the Steelers. Ditto with Ohio State and the team up north. I think dad would have liked Spencer…

1. Favorite sport to watch in person

NBA, not college basketball, just the NBA. Football is a close 2nd. [Read more...]

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One on one with Patrick…

March 11, 2008 By 11 Comments

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 Welcome all of you friends of the feather to another edition of teepee talk….

We’re gonna try something new here at WFNY. Approximately whenever I feel like it, we’re going to introduce you to regular reader/commenter here at the site. (Makes you wish you didn’t use that bogus email when you signed up huh?)

You know today’s participant by the commenter name patrick eaton. My personal favorite comment of his was in response to Andy Varejao-

notice to andy..it’s ok to dunk the ball..doubt u’ll hurt the rim. i mean seriously, if i wanted lazy attempts at second chance points, i could play forward for a couple games..i could use the money

Without any more delay, here’s Patrick’s responses to our questionnaire- [Read more...]

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