About Michael
I graduated from the University of Miami last May with a business degree, but quickly realized that while I could earn a lot of money sitting in a cubicle all day, I was going to be happier doing something else. That something else is writing so I enrolled in the University of Miami's graduate print journalism program with the hopes of one day becoming a sports journalist. Already, I have covered the inauguration in D.C., the unveiling of Barack Obama Ave. in Opa-locka, and I have rubbed shoulders with MC Hammer, Jo Marie Payton from "Family Matters" and soon, the most elite tennis players in the world at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
I enjoy writing and this career decision feels right, even if there is little money waiting for me. But who knows? Maybe I can get a book deal sometime soon...
Ted Iliff commented on "Soccer popular in the US? The (lack of) numbers don’t lie" (3 months ago)
The piece is well written and flows nicely. I have two overall comments. First, you wrote more than 300 words before mentioning soccer. Your setup would have worked fine by making your points with less statistical clutter. You establish the role of statistics quite clearly later in the piece. Second, if you're just kidding with soccer, that's OK, but your tone sounds seriously analytical. If so, you might want to look at http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/overview.html. And that's just one of several statistics sites for the English Premier League alone. There are dozens of such sites for European leagues and many more worldwide. Some soccer coaches dress like Bill Belichik and some American coaches dress like Ralph Lauren. So from a journalism perspective, your commentary, as presented here, has factual and perception flaws that a soccer fan with American eyes could legitimately challenge as ill-informed stereotyping.