Who are you, and what are you doing here?
"This is my first blog entry."
Scary words, huh? Talk about a drop in an overflowing bucket. Here's a few that might be worse ...
"From the creators of 'Survivor' comes a groundbreaking new reality show..."
"Universal Pictures presents Adam Sandler in ..."
"Our lead story tonight: Paris Hilton..."
In short, I don't believe The World needs another sports blog. But I hear MTV was ready to call it quits after "The Real World 3", too.
Shows how far conventional wisdom will get you these days.
Anyway, here I am, ready to cloud the blogosphere with opinions, facts and forays into the pseudo-gonzo journalism that is ... well ... the blogosphere. So expect the occasional bias here; I'm not supposed to inject any into my reporting in the San Bernardino County Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (and, on occasion, the Los Angeles Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze).
This is my first year as a full-time motorsports writer. Even though I'm paid to write about the topic, I'd prefer to listen to others talk about it. So if I refer to "Motocross" as "Supercross", or to Bobby Labonte as Terry Labonte, please call me on it in an expletive-laced comment.
Some other trivia:
• I was born in Wisconsin.
• I used to play the keyboards in this band.
• I captained an IM basketball team at UCLA. But I couldn't play worth crap.
I'm also more excited about the U.S. Open than the start of college football season.
Discuss.
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About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
At least you play ball better than Berk-enstock.