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Hometown:
Westminster, Colorado (Denver Metro)
College: University of Colorado, Boulder
Degree: B.S. in Journalism, Broadcast News
Minor: History
Born: November 25
Interests: Attending Sporting Events, Half-Marathons, Traveling, Reading, Live Sports TV, Hiking, Spring Training Baseball, Seinfeld, TED Talks, Wall Street Journal, 30-for-30s.
Favorite Color: 90's Bronco Orange
Coffee: Hazelnut or Pumpkin Spice
Most Admired PxP Voice: Larry Zimmer, Colorado Football
Favorite PxP Announcers, Game Day & Broadcast Teams: 
Gene Deckerhoff - Florida State Football Radio
Gary Cohen & Keith Hernandez - New York Mets - SNY TV
Mark Johnson - University of Colorado Radio - KOA
Laura Rutledge - SEC Network
Jerry Howarth - Toronto Blue Jays Radio (Ret. 2018)
Wayne Larrivee - Green Bay Packers Radio
Brandon Gaudin - Formerly Georgia Tech Radio / BTN
Jack Corrigan - Colorado Rockies Radio / TV
Jason Benetti - Chicago White Sox / ESPN College Baseball - TV
Brendan Burke -  NBCSN Hockey TV / New York Islanders
Suzyn Waldman - New York Yankees Radio
Verne Lundquist (Ret.) Brad Nessler & Gary Danielson - CBS SEC
Keith Jackson - ABC College Football (Ret. 2006)
​John Saunders - ABC / ESPN
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Broncos-Chiefs in Denver with my longtime high school color commentator and great friend Greg Brenner
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NHL Stadium Series - Avalanche vs. Red Wings at Coors Field in Denver with my wife Shaunda
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College World Series with my wife Shaunda
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Father's Day at the ballpark with dad cheering on the Rockies at Coors Field in Denver
Pro or College Sports?  College.  Unbelievable passion.
Favorite Stadiums/Arenas I've Seen a Game in or Set Foot on Site: Coors FIeld (Denver, CO), Folsom Field (Boulder, CO), Old Yankee Stadium (NYC), Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, KS), Tempe Diablo Stadium (LA Angels in AZ), Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, NE), Old Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO).
Great Games I've Attended: The "Tebow" Broncos Playoff win over the Steelers; Game Six of the 2011 NHL Eastern Conference Finals in Tampa Bay between the Lightning & Bruins; NLDS & ALDS Colorado Rockies Clinching Victories over Phillies & Diamondbacks in 2007, Colorado Buffaloes upset Texas in 2001 Big 12 Football Championship Game in Dallas; Manning and the Broncos beat Brady and the Patriots in the 2014 AFC Championship in Denver!

Athletes I Admire: Peyton Manning, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, Mike Daum, Walk-Ons & Minor Leaguers Who Grind Until They Make It 
Words to Live By: 
  • "Losers make excuses, winners make it happen."  -Bubba Sparxxx.
  • "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." Vin Scully, LA Dodgers PxP 
  • "Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." -William Shakespeare. 
  • "Not focusing on the results, but the process it takes to get the results."   -Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban. 
  • "I hope you will see, as I came to see, that we never need to be pushed by our problems but lead by our dreams."  -North Carolina Basketball Coach Roy Williams. 
  • "The worst that can happen isn't crashing and burning.  It's accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo." - Tim Ferriss
  • "Your failure to plan does not constitute an emergency on my part." -Eric Beach
Music: Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Coffee House, 90's Alternative, Hot Country & Stadium Hip Hop, EDM and Sinatra
News Philosophy: Find what's newsworthy, not what's sensationalized.  Keep it real and let the true story come to life.
Biggest Show Appearance: Glenn Beck 
Favorite Travel Spots: Phoenix Spring Training Baseball, Alaska, New York City, Orlando, Denver and the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Read These: How Champions Think by Bob Rotella, Tortilla Flat/Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, Lucky Bastard by Joe Buck, Playing Hurt by John Saunders, Friday Night Lights, Clemente by David Maraniss, News Junkie by Jason Leopold, Hard Work by Roy Williams, and yes, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

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