My name is Anthony Dion, I’m 23, and I am a University of Washington alum (as of June ‘07) and I”m now employed as a Sports Reporter at the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent in Colorado after working as the Sports Editor at a newspaper in California. I also do some blogging for the site www.fightticker.com on all things MMA and UFC related, so feel free to check that out. I love sports above anything else but I also have a passion for movies and reading and comedy.
My favorite sport is the NFL and being from Seattle I am a huge Seattle Seahawks fan. I also am a small fan of the Chargers, Bears, and Jaguars (I’ll root for these teams in games not involving my Hawks basically is what that means). I follow basically every sport there is and here’s the list: Football, Baseball, Basketball (college is my preference over the NBA), Golf (long time fan of Fred Couples, now I also cheer for Sergio Garcia, Geoff Ogilvy and Justin Leonard as well as a few others), Tennis, and MMA with the UFC being the only entity that I really follow — It’s definitely where its at right now.
My favorite movies include Gladiator and Heat (tied for first), Dumb and Dumber, The Departed, Forrest Gump, Man on Fire, Shawshank Redemption, Armageddon, The Godfather parts 1 and 2 , Good Will Hunting, The Silence of the Lambs, Blood Diamond and I could go on and on. My favorite Actors are Denzel Washington, Robert DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe and Jack Nicholson probably in that order. For comedy I would say Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey (in the 90s was the greatest) and Jack Black. Guys that are no longer with us: John Candy and Chris Farley were two of the greatest, may they both R.I.P. For action Bruce Willis and Matt Damon. Some other actors that I really like and don’t really get the leads are: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Don Cheadle and Val Kilmer. As far as actresses go I’d have to say that Cate Blanchett and Charlize Theron probably consistently do the best work. I also really like Natalie Portman, Kiera Knightley, Rachel McAdams, Emmy Rossum and of course Halle Berry.
Favorite books? I don’t care what anybody may think but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the best book I’ve ever read. The entire series is great and the best ever written in my opinion. I also love the Lord of the Rings series and The Count of Monte Cristo, A Separate Peace and The Once and Future King.
As far as comedy goes, I thing Dave Chappelle is the greatest of all time. You’ve also gotta love Richard Prior and have him as sort of the godfather of stand up comedy. Other comedians that I’m huge fans of are: Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld is the best show of all time), Jim Gaffigan, Eddie Murphy and Harland Williams.
If you ever have any questions feel free to ask. I love to talk sports and would be willing to argue or just chat with anyone about them. So feel free to leave comments and enjoy the blog.
