Tuesday, January 25, 2011

An Introduction

My name is Sam Smith, and I've been a sports fan as long as I can remember. Growing up Jewish in Colorado Springs (the evangelical capitol of the world), most of my friends spent their spare time at YoungLife meetings and in church congregations. I found a suitable substitute for religion in an altogether unhealthy obsession with sports. If i wasn't playing them, I was catching up on the day's headlines by watching several episodes of SportsCenter in succession. On most days, I had seen the same broadcast so many times, I found myself reciting Stuart Scott's lines as he read them from his teleprompter.

Both of my parents are journalists (quite talented journalists, actually), and I was baptised early into the world of writing and reporting. For years, it was a dream of mine to sit at a desk in front of a camera on ESPN and read the day's headlines. When "Dream Job" was created in 2004, I was heartbroken that at 17, I couldn't apply. In college, I quickly abandoned my journalistic goals in lieu of a seemingly more lucrative career choice. Not that anyone with half a brain would take advice from a 24-year old middle-class American, but I've since realized that you have to make the important choices with your heart, not with your head.

Instead of pursuing a career that catered to my passions, I graduated with a degree in finance. As a recently fired financial advisor, I can say with a surprising level of comfort that I made a big mistake in abandoning my early goals. This blog serves as an outlet for incessant need to rant about sports issues, and in my own mind, it should mitigate some of the guilt I feel for selling out and extricating myself from the world I dreamed of as a kid. I don't claim to be an expert. I'm just a normal guy who loves sports. I won't make any secrets about my loyalties. After living in Miami for three years in my childhood, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Miami Dolphins, and I love the Denver Broncos more than any pet I ever owned. I'm a huge fan of Denver sports, and I hate any and all sports franchises from the Greater-Boston area. That being said, if you're reading this, enjoy the rants and feel free to chime in with your thoughts.

-Sam

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