It's interesting to Google myself
on the Internet. But it's also sad to find out that with so many different
Su-Lius in the world, articles mentioned the real me are scarce. At least,
until now, no one cares about the life of a journalist-to-be, or more
specifically NBA-female-journalist-to-be.
Luckily, I have a role model, whom I
consider as the male and future version of Su Liu.
Marc Stein, the NBA correspondent for ESPN.com.
Beginning
his writing career for ESPN in 2000, Marc joined NBA writer's team in 2002 as a
full-time writer. His articles are everywhere on SportsCenter, NBA Shootaround,
NBA Fastbreak, NBA Coast to Cast, ESPNEWS, ESPN2's First Take and ESPN Radio.
The only thing that made me curse ESPN is that I couldn't get
access to online ESPN the Magazine without paying to be a member (http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/18564).
I'd love to be a member one day, because I can even get a chance to chat with
Marc every Tuesday 11 a.m. on ESPN.com. Though he'll just drop by to talk about
all the latest news on the hardwood, I'll still be interested in his humorous
talks. But a warning, folks, it's not always free online.
Thank Google, at
least I still have some free sources for my Marc-researching mission. On the
first page of Google, Marc Stein on ESPN and Wikipedia are
listed at the top two results. According to Wikipedia, there are four Marc Steins two of whom are
footballers. The reporter Marc Stein has only five lines with a warning
above says, "This biographical article needs
additional citations for verification."
No need to verify, something are always true. Like Marc Stein is also a Cal fella graduated from Cal State Fullerton, he covered NBA for more than five years before aboard on ESPN. As a native Dallas cowboy, he served for The Dallas Morning News as Dallas Mavericks beat writer for three seasons. And he worked as an NBA columnist for two years. Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers are also his coverage range when he worked for the Los Angeles Daily News. His former employers also include The Washington Post, the Orange County Register and San Bernardino Sun.
Since the articles on his blog are all official stuff, I prefer to discover a more
"un-official" Marc Stein from somewhere else. Another thing I found interesting about
Marc is that as a professional basketball correspondent, he's a football-mania,
a die-hard supporter of Manchester City in
the English Premier League.
Maybe the name "Marc Stein" has something to do with football. Remember the two
footballers with the same name?
In a "Chat with Marc Stein"
section on ESPN.com, fans asked Marc who are his favorite
NBA stars and soccer stars. Marc said he had no particularly favorite NBA
players. But he loves those who assist the most, "Nash and Kidd are my favorite
assisters." Assist rules? Nice taste, Marc, you got my high-five. I'm still
wondering why he wouldn't say Chris Webber and Chris Paul, the greatest passers, the former of whom is a power forward, and the latter is the shortest point
guard. This will be my first question throwing to him when we meet someday. I'll
carve it on the stone.
Marc also mentioned he prefers left-hand shooters, "Nowitzki
and Redd, my favorite shooters two of all time." Spotted, Marc Stein is a
"left-hand" and "-foot" lover. As for his favorite English football stars, "Robbie
Fowler from Liverpool, he is the best left-foot player". This makes me wonder
if Marc himself is a lefty. And thanks to Twitter, I just got his direct message confirming my assumption.
STEIN_LINE_HQ, is Marc Stein's
Twitter ID, a kind of weird name. There's no explanation of where the ID came
from in his tweets. But from the 140 tweeters he's following and his 646 tweets,
we sure can tell something.
In all the 600+ tweets,
eleven tweets were about football/soccer, nine of which he talked about his
favorite MCFC (Manchester City Football Club), either with @MCFC or with the
tag "football/Manchester/soccer/England". New moves in NBA cover the most part
of his tweets.
On September 16, 2009, at
11:02 a.m., he tweeted from UberTwitter "Last thing I do before every NBA
season is head to England for weeklong footy trip."
"And
only 13-14 hours away, of course, looms my first-ever Manchester Derby in
person. Just keep staring at my @mcfc
ticket." 3:16 PM Sep 19th
"And wrapping up, of course, with my maiden Manchester Derby on Sunday: City at U----d! ... Will tweet a few updates as I go if you want 'em."
And
coming up is "Take a look at the people Marc's following.", brought you by...nobody.
Apart
from his ESPN colleagues, the NBA players, friends from hometown Dallas, sports magazines like SLAM and Sports Illustrated,
basketball websites and NBATV staff on Twitter, he also follows UFdotcom and of course mcfc. And one more
new finding, Marc is also interested in Tennis. He follows andyroddick (verified account) and jonstennistweet. Wondering why he
isn't following any left-handed tennis players such as Raphael Nadal. Maybe this is not a
verified account, or maybe Nadal is a Spanish, a non-American.
Another regret is that Marc doesn't have a Facebook account,
maybe ESPN.com is his Facebook.
A
left-hand lover, an English football die-harder, an NBA reporter I admire, Marc
is a mark!
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