The Sports Truth

Who are these insightful, informative and instigative staff members that deliver such a vast assortment of informative, head-scratching reading material? Here’s glimpse inside the warped minds of the individuals who bring you The Sports Truth… as only they can:

LEVI MATTHEWS — PRESIDENT & FOUNDERBritney Spears, stuttering, dance-offs
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: Wristbands, 35,000 strangers cheering for one cause, headfirst slides
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Two-time MVP finalist in the BGBL
2007 Softball Batting Average: .370

MICHAEL STEPHENS — GENERAL MANAGER

Age / Height / Weight: 27 / 5′11″ / 170
Hometown: Vestal, N.Y.
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Larry Bird, Phil Simms, Reggie Miller
Teams of Choice: Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Colgate University
Personal Quote: “Sometimes, you gotta tang it.”
Food Allergies: Olives, raisins
Other Interests: Wishing I lived on Cape Cod, pondering existentialism, bird watching, changing auto insurance carriers
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: The Stanford Tree, OBEP, the Division I-AA college football playoffs, darts and poker on TV, the first four days of the NCAA Tournament, fantasy drafts, despising Duke for no reason, hockey games announced by Mike Emrick, sneaking down to better seats at Fenway and getting booted, passing out and missing Michael Strahan break the single-season sack record in person
Crowning Athletic Achievement: In June 2003, orchestrated a perfect game of one-on-one flip cup
2007 Softball Batting Average: .420

LUCAS DWYER — SENIOR EDITOR

Age / Height / Weight: 26 / 5′6″ / 180
Hometown: Albany, N.Y.
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Nomar Garciaparra
Teams of Choice: Red Sox, Patriots, and yourrrrrrrrr Siena Saints!
Personal Quote: “Speed, never has a slump” — Greg Maddux
Food Allergies: Asian Dogs
Other Interests: Bridge is the greatest card game ever. No, I’m not a member of the AARP.
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: The unmatchable drama in between each pitch of the ninth inning of Game Five of the 2003 ALDS, with Boston up one run, Jermaine Dye at the plate, runners on second and third, two outs, and Derek Lowe on the mound. Awesome!
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Hitting a walk-off foul out in the 2003 season of the Quincy Men’s Softball League
2007 Softball Batting Average: .385

COLIN DWYER — SENIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL WRITER
Age / Height / Weight: 25 / 5′7″ / 145
Hometown: Albany, N.Y.
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Chris Sabo, Nomar Garciaparra, Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn
Teams of Choice: Red Sox, Siena basketball, New England Patriots, Taste It Softball
Personal Quote: “I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know where I’m going. We just killed Bambi. I’m out here getting my ass kicked, and everytime I drive down the road, I want to jerk the wheel into a goddamn bridge embankment!”
Food Allergies: Cats…I eat cats
Other Interests: Scrabble, online dating, Family Guy
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: Being that drunk guy in the nosebleed section
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Being the last cut of the 8th grade basketball travel team
2007 Softball Batting Average: .278

EVAN CHRISTOPHER

Age / Height / Weight: 22 / 6′3′ / 165
Hometown: Southbury, Conn.
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Cal Ripken Jr.
Teams of Choice: Orioles, Raiders, UConn Huskies
Personal Quote: “I’m a pimp by blood, not relation.”
Food Allergies: Amoxicillin
Other Interests: Fishing, pick-up basketball and/or street ball, local beer, Sean John
Favorite Thing About Sports: Competition, laughing at others when they fail, obscene taunting and celebrating
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Little League All-Star, ‘95-’99
2007 Softball Batting Average: .406

MICHAEL BRIAN

Age / Height / Weight: 26 / 5′9″/ 155
Hometown: Chappaqua, N.Y.
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Ron “Ain’t He A” Darling
Teams of Choice: San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Indiana Pacers, Connecticut Sun
Personal Quote: My personal quote is a chant in which I repeat my Social Security Number, ATM pin code, credit card number, and a revealing story about the mediocrity of my genitals, and is therefore too personal to share
Food Allergies: Anything that’s not smothered in butter…ooga!
Other Interests: Turtles, teenage, mutant, ninja or otherwise; and all the charity work I do, of course
Favorite Thing About Sports: The sports hernias!
Crowning Athletic Achievement: I once batted into a triple play… in slow-pitch softball. That has never happened before and will never happen again.
2007 Softball Batting Average: .581 (co-ed)

THE PUNDIT — SENIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL WRITER

Age / Height / Weight: 27 / 6′2″ / 270
Hometown: Parts Unknown
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Don Mattingly, Michael Johnson
Teams of Choice: Washington Redskins, Yankees-Red Sox (rivalry), James Madison University, Colgate rugby
Personal Quote: “Sports dont build character, they reveal it.” — Heywood Braun
Food Allergies: Cauliflower, asparagus, brussel sprouts, a.k.a. nasty shiznit
Other Interests: Fishing, lifting weights, being intimidating-looking, clipping coupons
Favorite Thing About Sports: The competition, the never-ending water cooler discussion, reading the sports page while taking a dump
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Scoring three tries in college rugby game, winning a wrestling team title in high school, going 10-2 my juinor year in football, pinning Jon Sakanai
2007 Softball Batting Average: DNP

JOEY BARGUY

Age / Height / Weight: 27 / 5′5″ / 245
Hometown: Sheboygan, WI
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Mickey Mantle
Teams of Choice: Sheboygan A’s, baby!
Personal Quote: “I’m Albert Potato”
Food Allergies: Potatoes
Other Interests: None
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: Cockfights
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Won a footrace against an angry rooster
2007 Softball Batting Average: .000

STEVEN VINCI

Age / Height / Weight: 28 /5′9″ / 180
Hometown: Wethersfield, CT
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Larry Bird, Lawrence Taylor and Hulk Hogan
Teams of Choice: Red Sox, Celtics, Giants, Notre Dame
Personal Quote: “You better watch it, Dr. Death. I’m pretty damn fast for a Caucasian.”
Food Allergies: None
Other Interests: Fantasy Sports and Poker
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: Seeing the New York Yankees spend the Gross Domestic Product of Grenada, yet still fall on their faces, causing George Steinbrenner to go crazy and screw the team up for the next season as well.
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Tie — went 5-for-5 with eight RBIs in a baseball game my senior year of high school, and made a one-handed catch while falling out of bounds in the last seconds of a football game my senior year to help avoid a loss.
2007 Softball Batting Average: No softball, but I’m currently averaging 7.5 ppg through four games at Basketball City.

CHRIS STEADLEY

Age / Height / Weight: 25 / 5′10″ / 175
Hometown: Westlake, OH
Childhood Sports Heroes: Mark Price, My Dad
Teams of Choice: Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland
Cavaliers, Ohio State Buckeyes
Personal Quote: “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the
size of the fight in the dog.”
Food Allergies: None. 99 percent sure I am the pickiest eater on earth.
Other Interests: Playing any sport, fantasy football, horse racing
Crowning Athletic Achievement: High school record holder for 9 hole
singles match (33)(-2). 2003 New England Square Fantasy Football League
(NESFFL) Champion.
2007 Softball Average: .418

SHAWN McKNOWAN

Age / Height / Weight: 27 / 5′10″ / 160
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Steve Smith, Magic Johnson, Sweet Lou Whitaker
Teams of Choice: Michigan State, Tigers, Cubs, Bears
Personal Quote: “This is ridiculous and I am leaving.”
Food Allergies: Wolverine
Other Interests: forgetting to empty the cat litter box, having only 3 wearable pairs of pants
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: How greatly my mood is affected by the goings-on of 18-22 year olds I’ve never met.
Crowning Athletic Achievement: 7th grade basketball. The B team. Game-winning lay-up against Otsego.
2007 Softball Batting Average: .000000000000

KEVIN BAUER

Age / Height / Weight: 25 / 6′1″ / 190
Hometown: Canton, OH
Childhood Sports Hero(es): Barry Sanders, Steve Yzerman, Vinnie “The Microwave” Johnson
Teams of Choice: Michigan Wolverines, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Indians
Personal Quote: “You can sum up sports in two words: You never know.”
Food Allergies: Trans-fatty acids
Other Interests: I love poetry, and a glass of scotch, and, of course, my friend Baxter here. Plus music and fantasy football.
Favorite Thing(s) About Sports: The emotional roller coaster of any given game.
Crowning Athletic Achievement: Running the Toledo marathon and once striking out in softball.
2007 Softball Batting Average: DNP….We were shut down by the man. Currently the tied for most receiving yards and TDs in Westbrook Apts. football team history.