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Gary is a Journalism major at The University of Alabama, hoping to one day be a professional sports writer. He writes for MVN.com/ncaa-alabama, TheLoveOfSports.com and CrimsonConfidential.com in addition to Bleacher Report.

His favorite athlete of all-time is Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves. He admires all sports, especially college basketball. His favorite sports writers are Gary Parrish (CBS Sportsline College Basketball Senior Writer), Woody Paige (Denver Post) and Bill Plaschke (LA Times).

He's wanted to be a sports writer since about age 14 when he started interacting with others on message boards.

Gary welcomes all feedback: galloyd@bama.ua.edu or gary.lloyd87@gmail.com.

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The Short List facts and information about Gary Lloyd

Favorite Athletes

Chipper Jones, Kevin Garnett, DeMeco Ryans.

Favorite Sports Teams

Atlanta Braves, Alabama Crimson Tide.

All Time Sports Moment

Alabama basketball making its run to the 2003-04 Elite Eight as a No. 8 seed

Most Memorable Game Attended

Alabama's 31-3 dismantling of Florida in 2005 and the 6-3 win over Tennessee that same season.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played.

Ruth or Mays?

Mays.

Unitas or Montana?

Montanta.

Jordan or Russell?

Jordan

Gretzky or Orr?

Orr

Pele or Maradona?

Not much of a soccer guy.

Federer or Sampras?

Sampras

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger

Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt

Schumacher or Senna?

I'll toss a coin

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

SEC.

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  1. by Nic
    2 months ago

    Congrats on the "promotion" for lack of a better term. Should really help out in the attempt to reach the major dream.

  2. by Zander
    2 months ago

    Will do my best Gary—they ultimately make the final decision of what to publish and what not too, but I'll definitely bring their attention to your piece.

    Thanks as always for the submission.

    Zander

  3. by Erick
    2 months ago

    Good for you man! Parrish comes off as a good person in his articles, blog, and mailbag, and that's a great thing for a person to do. I'm so jealous that you have a renowned professional contact to add to your resume when you job hunt and graduate!

    You write well already, but Parrish is a great model to patent your writing skills after. Best of luck man, hopefully you find the pay site you're after.

  4. by Erick
    2 months ago

    I actually have no idea how my articles got on there. I google searched my name once and I found it out, but no I don't get paid.

    I like how you list Gary Parrish as your favorite writer. He's easily the best writer Sportsline has, and is a very knowledgeable college basketball guy who can be self-deprecating yet arrogant all in the same article.

  5. by Sean
    2 months ago

    No, I'm not paid, are you launching a sports and are willing to pay? Or do you know of any sites that will?

  6. by Sean
    2 months ago

    No, I'm not paid, are you launching a sports and are willing to pay? Or do you know of any sites that will?

  7. by Ben
    3 months ago

    wow thanks dude this is great!

  8. by Chris
    3 months ago

    Hey thanks for the pick man.

  9. by Zander
    3 months ago

    Sent it along to them Gary—they ultimately choose what they want but I did my best.

    Keep up the great work!

    Zander

  10. by BabyTate
    3 months ago

    Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even know it. Roll Tide!

  11. by Lisa
    3 months ago

    Gary....here's my email addy: LisaHorneonFox@yahoo.com

    I would be glad to help out a fellow journalist get a shot with a contract. I'm big on that! Talk to you later!

    -Lise

  12. by BabyTate
    3 months ago

    Have to check in with a man that goes for Willie Mays.

  13. by Lisa
    3 months ago

    Gary-

    If you were serious in your question......

    It started out by blogging. I wrote a blog about a woman who was dying of cancer and how she wanted to meet her favorite NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. FOXSports.com ended up flying us out to Talladega in April 2007 and paying for the whole shindig, including hanging out with Tony. They chronicled it on their website. After that, it just snowballed. A lot of work. But blogging was how it got started. A few of their bloggers have gotten FOXSports.com contracts, as well as one with SI.com.

    If you were dissing me with your question......:p

  14. by Nic
    3 months ago

    Hey Gary,

    Just wanted to give you a heads up about something I am trying to start in the Bama community. Every Monday, I am going to post a little blurb about a topic that I think would be interesting to get feedback from everyone in the Bama community on, either through a comment post or an article. Anyways, here is a link to it below and just be on the lookout for this every Monday.

    Thanks,

    Nic

    http://www.bleacherreport.com/articles/26609-Alabama-Football-Monday-Message-Board-6-2-010608

  15. by Ben
    3 months ago

    good stuff on the projections from a month ago. i figured i am so ready for the cbb season to start, i might as well put an article out!

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