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Michael Whittenberg (Senior Writer)

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Michael O. Whittenberg, 22, hails from the great state of South Carolina and currently resides in Charlotte North Carolina. Michael attends college in NC as well, where he recently changed his major from Computer Information Systems to English/Journalism because his love for writing especially about sports. Once he graduates he plans to attend Grad school in DC or Dallas and continue to study Journalism.

Despite being a native of the Carolinas, he hates the North Carolina Tarheels with a passion. However, he is a huge Duke fan and is starting to show a little love towards the Charlotte Bobcats.

Michael’s favorite athletes of all-time would have to be Jerry Rice, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Andrew Toney and Clyde Drexler.

Some of his favorite current athletes are Carmelo Anthony, Ray Allen, Diana Taurasi, Vladimir Guerrero, Manny Ramirez, Josh Hamilton Alphonso Soriano, Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow Jr., Carson Palmer, Candace Parker, Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, A-Rod, Gilbert Arenas and Steve Smith.

Whittenberg loves and follows all sports—but shows more adulation towards NBA Basketball and he considers himself a historian of the game.

He shows much respect and admiration for sports writers Stephen A.Smith, J.A. Adande, Jemelle Hill, Scoop Jackson, Chris Broussard, Jeffri Chadiha, John Clayton, Chris Sheridan, Marc Stein, Woody Paige, Jay Mariotti Bill Plaschke and newly added, James Walker.

Mike started writing at the age of 10… he used to write short story mysteries for fun and his brother illustrated the “books”. As a child, he admired the writing style of R.L. Stine because he was a huge fan of Goosebumps. He is still a mystery/horror fan and loves to read Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz. He also enjoys biographies, autobiographies and inspirational books…particularly Joel Osteen, Hill Harper and TD Jakes.

Away from sports writing and reading, his other hobbies include gun range shooting, playing basketball, and clothes shopping. Mike considers himself a great dresser and is addicted to Lacoste polos.

Michael can be contacted through email: mike_whittenberg@yahoo.com

Michael's Recent Articles

NBA 2008-09 Preview: Southwest Division

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NBA 2008-09 Preview: Chicago Bulls

Published about 1 month ago
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NBA Off-season: The NBA's greatest off season acquisitions

Published about 1 month ago
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2008 Men's Olympic Basketball: The Awards Show

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Favorite Athletes

Today: Carmelo Anthony, Ray Allen, Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow Jr., Carson Palmer, Reggie Wayne, Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Vladimir Guerrero, Michael Beasley and more.

Favorite Sports Teams

Duke Blue Devils basketball

All Time Sports Moment

1997 NBA Finals Game 5 Bulls vs. Jazz, Michael Jordan scores 38 points with the flu. 1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls vs. Phoenix game 3. Suns win in triple overtime

Most Memorable Game Attended

Charlotte Bobcats vs. Los Angeles Lakers: December 29, 2006: Kobe goes off for 58 points in a losing effort.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game record set in 1962.

Ruth or Mays?

The Sultan of Swat

Unitas or Montana?

Hard choice--but I have to go with Montana since he is closer to my time.

Jordan or Russell?

Jordan of course, The greatest of all-time

Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky

Federer or Sampras?

Federer

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger

Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt

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

ACC of course, the best conference in college B-ball.

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by Alex
3 days ago

Hey Michael,

What do you think of my new NBA Preseason Power Rankings?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/66589-nba-preseason-power-rankings

Let me know!

by Jameson
14 days ago

As the NBA community leader, you might be interested in this fantasy basketball elimination league:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/62518-calling-all-bleacher-creatures-fantasy-basketball-elimination-league

by L.J.
26 days ago

Caught your Bulls piece on FoxSports.com.

by Zander
29 days ago

Thanks Mike—couldn't have done it without you and the other B/R addicts.

Getting pumped for basketball season yet?

by Amina
about 1 month ago

hey stranger.
i have a new article up and i was wondering if you could go check it out.
i dont get alot of attention on here so...lol.

by Rodge
about 1 month ago

Hey! Check out my article! http://bleacherreport.com/articles/53942-patrick-ewing-jrs-basketball-skills-may-not-be-tested-but-his-penmanship-will

Take care!

by Zander
about 1 month ago

Quite a bug indeed Mike—things should be back in order sometime tomorrow.

Appreciate the heads up...hope you had a great weekend.

by Rodge
2 months ago

Check out my new article:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/46544-the-kobe-and-lebron-saga-continues-is-mj-more-powerful-than-money

Take care!

by Ryan
2 months ago

Thanks for the head's-up Mike. We're aware of and working on the comments problem--and should hopefully have it fixed by early next week. Sorry (as always) for the headache, and thanks again for bearing with us.

Hope all is well,

Ryan

by Rodge
2 months ago

Sup Mike...Thanks for the comments

Check out this one:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44810-aussie-patrick-mills-keep-a-very-close-eye

by Rodge
2 months ago

Hey Mike -

New article, check it out when u can:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44321-us-mens-olympic-basketball-team-nba-foreigners-talk-dream-team-chances

by BabyTate
2 months ago

You're a pro man, you're a pro.

by Rodge
2 months ago

Hey Mike...

Check out my article

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43215-us-mens-olympic-team-should-fear-european-juggernauts

Tell me what you think

by Zander
2 months ago

U see this yet Mike?

http://www.ibeatyou.com/competition/0775d8/best-movie-trailer-spoof

Lemme know thoughts, had me laughing...

by Hugh
2 months ago

Hey, will you be my fan?

by BabyTate
2 months ago

Heh heh heh heh , we're gonna get along just fine.

by Joe
2 months ago

Hey Michael, could you check out my latest article and give me some feedback? Also, if you could check out hoops4life.com, where the article is also published, that would be nice.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/38480-josh-smith-and-emeka-okafor-among-players-expected-to-change-teams

by Wesley
2 months ago

No problem, it was a good article, it is hard to find completely objective/educated lists on BR

Funny I didn't realize there was so much love for the Worm...

by Brad
2 months ago

no problem...i really like you're nba commentary...if only there was a way to make my knicks look good

by Harris
2 months ago

Great bio here. Can you edit my article, or publish it, or whatever?

by Sean
3 months ago

Thanks for the add. I appreciate it.

by Jay
3 months ago

Damn, I can't believe you picked Brand to Philly. I thought you were crazy for even writing that article...

by TJ
3 months ago

It was my article I was just seeing if it was ok with you because it had your name and list in it.

by TJ
3 months ago

It's four different angles : the top 10 guards to ever play in the nba

by Ryan
3 months ago

Mike,

I just noticed that I've got the same problem on all my articles--and a quick investigation shows that it's definitely a site-wide glitch. I've alerted our tech guys; let's keep our fingers crossed that it's a fixable problem.

Hope all is well, and thanks as always for bearing with us,

Ryan

by Rodge
3 months ago

Hey Mike -

Check out my new article

Take Care

by TJ
3 months ago

Oops I meant to put Mike there, not Joe, my bad.

by TJ
3 months ago

Hey Joe, I am writing on two other sites, (tosports.ca and hoops4life.com) I was just wondering if it was ok that I use the four different angles article about the guards, I just wanted to make sure it was ok because it has your name in it.

by John
3 months ago

Hey

just writing to tell you that I am no longer writing for Bleacher Report. I have embarked on several new ventures of my own and they are in direct conflict content-wise with BR.

Two of my blogs (mrflushing.com and blognyg.com) have been incorporated into the Yardbarker network and and a third one - ny giant nation - is being run by sportsblognet.com

I also bought into a sports video site that is in its infancy - smackcaster.com - which we are still developing....

Rgds

by chris
3 months ago

If you have a moment please check out www.bleedeaglesgreen.com

thanks!!

by Andrew
3 months ago

Hey Michael, what's going on?

What happened to the mock draft series?

by Matt
4 months ago

Hey,
I'm new to bleacher report and i just wrote an article on the Donaghy scandal. I'm mainly a baseball fan so moving into the NBA was a step in a different direction for me. If you could let me know what you think of the article it would be greatly appreciated.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/28965-An-Era-Of-Error-The-Tim-Donaghy-Confessions

Thanks,
Matt Tokajer

by Ben
4 months ago

Michael,
Lemme know what you think of this article please!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/28079-Cowboys-Tony-Romo-Holds-Own-at-Torrey-Pines-Still-Proves-Talent-of-Pros-070608

by TJ
4 months ago

Hey, the article is up, check it out.

-TJ

by TJ
4 months ago

Hey man, can i get that list of top 10 guards from you? Unless you dont wanna do it anymore

Lemme know

by Connor
4 months ago

Great stuff dude. I hope to be a great sports journalist like you will be once your done studying. Good luck and keep up the good work!

by Ben
4 months ago

err, i mean thanks for the props

by Ben
4 months ago

Whitt, that's for the props on the story, glad you liked it!

by Ben
4 months ago

See what you think!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/26844-Summerville-S-C-Basketball-The-Tragic-Story-With-a-Fairy-Tale-E

by TJ
4 months ago

The more i think about it I'm thinking top 10 guards to ever play the game, you interested?

by TJ
4 months ago

Hey Mike, I'm thinking of making a top 20 best NBA players ever or something of that sort, maybe a top 10 guards, or something like that that would get good publicity and some talk and arguement going, and it would be great to get some different point of views, let me know if your interested.

by Jeff
4 months ago

Mike,
I'm in a contest to co-host a Radio show on a L.A. radio station and I'm in need of votes. Every contestant was given the directive to drop a two minute demo, I've done that and have advanced to the 5th round of the 7 round contest. The site to check me out if www.am570radio.com the contest is called "Fame & Fortune II" there is a Fame & Fortune II Vote Now banner on the site and I am in the 'L' bracket. Go to the site and check me out.

Jeff

by Greg
4 months ago

Thanks for the Pick of the Day vote!

by Andrew
4 months ago

Congrats on reaching the 100 article milestone!

by Jeff
4 months ago

Michael thanks for becoming one of my fans I've been one of yours for quite sometime. Also congrats on reaching 100 articles.

by Ben
4 months ago

Michael,

Check out my article on High School Basketball when you get a chance!

-Ben

by Erick
4 months ago

Congrats on 100 articles!

by Michael
4 months ago

Thanks for the vote man, I like your series they're solid assessments of the teams. Hopefully the cats will make a strong move to become relevant. Its frusterating being in this city where people are so ok with being incredibly apathetic. If the Bobcats were a team in another NBA city fans would be going crazy instead of just turning their back.

by Sean
4 months ago

Absolutely, I'll be looking forward to reading it!

-S

by Rodge
4 months ago

Hey man! Pass by my page and check out my new article on the Knicks and Lebron.

Peace!

by Tom
4 months ago

Hey Michael, I'm a huge WNBA fan, so when I see someone writing an article on that, it excites me taht good basketball has hope! I coach little kids and I tell them to not watch the NBA as much if they wanto to watch fundamental basketball but watch the WNBA!

Tom

by Andrew
4 months ago

Thanks for the comment. Congrats on having your article chosen by Fox, that's great.

by Dave
5 months ago

Mike -

Just wanted to let you know that your "3 QBs to Watch" article was chosen for publication on FoxSports.com as part of a new partnership we have with them.

Check it out:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8136350/Three-QB-situations-worth-watching

We'll be announcing the full details of the partnership soon, so stay tuned for that.

Congrats on getting picked,

Dave

by Joe
5 months ago

Hey Michael, could you check out my "Make Your Case" article. I would love some feedback. Thanks.

by Bryan
5 months ago

Hey man, loved the quarterbacks article—very informative, and you're right they will be fun to watch.

I do have one question thought—how'd you get the enlarged text about halfway down your article? It looks sharp man, very sharp.

by Matt
5 months ago

No problem.

by Sean
5 months ago

Hey Michael,

Check out my in depth analysis on the possible trading of Allen Iverson.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/21899-When-Does-The-Allen-Iverson-Sweepstakes-Begin-

by Rodge
5 months ago

Sup bro! Check out the article I wrote, tell me what's up. Peace.

by Michael
5 months ago

Thanks for the add, I must say due to recent events I've had to remove Roger Clemmons from my favorite players of all-time list, you may want to think about doing the same with Karl Malone haha. I appreciate any help you can give and look forward to reading some of your critiques on the Association.

by Jeffrey
5 months ago

How do you put your quotes on the side of the article?

And I don't understand how my article, which I wrote comparing CP3 and Deron, something worthy of comparison won't get nearly the amount of reads then a LBJ-Carmelo comparison.

by Ben
5 months ago

Thanks for the feedback my dude

by Ben
5 months ago

Michael--

That article about Kobe winning the MVP is right on point. Great job.

Ben

by TJ
5 months ago

Hey Michael, I just finished an article called "Who is the NBA's best PG Tandem" I think it is pretty good, but would really like some tips to make it better, if you have time, I would really appreciate your help.

by Sean
5 months ago

Hey Micheal,

The Carmelo-Lebron article is done.

Check it out

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/20883-Who-s-Better-Carmelo-or-Lebron

Vote for it as Pick Of The Day. You won't be sorry, don't forget vote.

by Sean
5 months ago

You wouldn't by chance be releasing the Celtics peace sometime this week would you?

I was planning to post who's truly better Carmelo or Lebron. You know from stats, on the court accomplishments, and endorsements.

Just wanted to know so the articles aren't bumping heads or battling for the spotlight.

I'll give you the priority.

Sean

by Sean
5 months ago

Here's a better Larry Bird montage: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-OG3PhdFK-M

by Sean
5 months ago

I'm not sure anyone can top Larry Bird. Check out this you tube clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ULvo7__wwBU

He was unstoppable at the end of games.

That said, McHale was the best low post player I've ever seen. Charles Barkley insists McHale was the best player he ever played against.

Check this out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dlSZC4TAYVc

If McHale hadn't destroyed his ankles in 87, he might have been the best ever. He was amazing near the basket. It's pretty unbelievable that those two guys played on the same team at the same time.

Thanks,
Sean

by Tim
5 months ago

Thanks for the edit Michael! Appreciate the feedback.

by Sean
5 months ago

Hey, Michael

View my analysis on the New Madden 09 and what I think of Favre in the cover, its pretty hilarious.

Maybe even Pick of the Day worthy. Remember vote for it.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/19892-Brett-Favre-Breaks-The-Madden-Curse-Or-Does-He--260408

-Thanks

by Sean
5 months ago

Hey Michael,

Check out my article on Wisconsin's Micheal Flowers and where he should go to in the NBA Draft

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/19818-NBA-Draft-Why-The-Denver-Nuggets-Should-Draft-Michael-Flowers

Thanks-

by Claire
5 months ago

Hey Michael! Thanks for the pick!

by Rodge
5 months ago

Thanks for reading and commenting on the article!

I agree with you 100000%

peace

by Brandon
6 months ago

Hey bro, just in case you want something to read (because I know you picked Kobe for MVP), here you go:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/17696-Look-and-Listen-Kobe-Is-MVP-140408

by TJ
6 months ago

Wow, you are truly a fantastic writer, its really been a pleasure reading your articles. I love how you give many different peoples opinions, wonderful.

by Ryan
6 months ago

Thanks for the pick, Mike.

by Andrew
6 months ago

Mike-

Do you know who I should talk to about updating my latest article on the NBA page? It still lists my last article and I'm trying to get my new one on there.

No rush.

Drew

by wade
6 months ago

thanks man, i love Kareem the dream.

by Lisa
6 months ago

Hey Michael, my rank has changed to Contributor but I don't actually see that listed as a writer's level. What does that mean exactly?

by XXX
6 months ago

Great articles Michael the add is well earnt, look forward to reading more from yourself in the future...

Alby

by Sean
6 months ago

Thank you for the eduts and the feedback.

by Matt
6 months ago

Hey no problem Michael. I just joined the site. I've read a bunch of your articles and they are fantastic

by Joe
6 months ago

Thanks for the add, nice to have the NBA Community Leader on my side

by Alex
6 months ago

Thanks for the comment! It's not everyday that I get a comment from Mr. NBA Community Leader. :P haha

by Chad
6 months ago

Hey I'm gonna post the article today so no worries about the questions. Since I trimmed it down to 4 questions I already got 4 writers so I'll just post it. Thanks!

by Andrew
6 months ago

Michael,

I'm enjoying your posts, thanks for the edit on my Glen Taylor piece.

Andrew Palumbo

by Alex
6 months ago

I'm a huge fan of your work. Keep it up!

by Clublakers.com
6 months ago

Keep up the great work!

by Andrew
6 months ago

Thanks for the add, Michael!

by Erick
6 months ago

Looks like Chad Ridgeway is competing with you for top roundtable organizer!

by Steve
7 months ago

For sure, just keep the good articles coming

by Joe
7 months ago

no problem, i love the roundtable articles

by Andrew
7 months ago

Hey Michael, I got a quick question for you:

Would it be alright with you if I attepmted an NFL Roundtable? I would give credit to you for the idea, but I just think that, with free agency jsut hours away, it would be neat to have the top NFL writers share their opinions on the state of the game.

Sorry if you think I'm stealing your idea...but would it be alright with you?

by Jeremy
7 months ago

Sure thing Michael. I like your work. Big NBA fan. Like you I am a big Duke fan. Started watching them JJ Redick's senior year and am a big fan of Greg Paulus. Like I said I admire your work and would appreciate any feedback you could give me on mine. Thanks. Ttyl.

by Dave
7 months ago

Sorry I missed the round table. My email address is dfinocch (at) gmail (dot) com when you do the next one.

by Tim
7 months ago

Sounds good. I appreciate the help.

by Tim
7 months ago

Thanks for the help and the example. I think I'll just use that article as my guide. Did you have those guys email their stuff to you, and the you compiled it?

by Tim
7 months ago

Hey, Mike. I'm trying to get a round-table discussion going on the CBB page, and Robert said you were the guy to talk to for help. Any ideas, thoughts, etc. you have would be greatly appreciated. The more info the better...

Thanks--Tim

by Sean
7 months ago

Mind if I do a follow up piece in the Parker story?

by Patrick
7 months ago

Thanks for looking over the artcle Michael, good looking out.

by Jeffrey
7 months ago

sure, no problem

by Patrick
7 months ago

Hey Michael, was wondering if you could take a look at my last article, the one about the players down the stretch. If you do, can you slap some pics on it and maybe clean it up if it needs it? Thanks dude.

Pat Gallen

by Zander
7 months ago

Awesome Mike. Any chance you actually could hold of on publishing until late Sunday/early Monday? Just want to make sure your article is still timely when we announce the site to the public.

Hope you're having a great weekend,

PS: AWESOME work on the point guards article—great idea. I'm commenting now.

by Ryan
7 months ago

Was actually editing it as you wrote to me. Take a look when you can.

Hope all is well,

by Zander
7 months ago

Hey Michael,

I hope you've been enjoying the new and improved Bleacher Report—we're really happy with the feedback we've received so far.

Just thought I'd let you know that next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements, and thus it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.

Let me know if you need any help with ideas or have questions. Have a great weekend Michael!

Zander

by Zander
8 months ago

Hey Michael,

Went ahead and deleted the impostor account. My sincerest apologies for the inconvenience.

Some people will do anything for attention!

On another note: I really liked the comment you made on his Brett Favre article =)

by Robert H.
8 months ago

Looks good man...and I know you were just testing it out, but remember that the code can work for more than one picture in an article.

by Dave
8 months ago

Hey Michael -

Have you checked out OTRBasketball? It's an NBA message board site driven by a lot of community features. The guy who runs it (Brandon Neal) has written some pretty good stuff for Bleacher Report. Maybe a good candidate for future round tables.

Anyhow, he's going to bring some of his better writers over to Bleacher Report...might be a good new pool of guys to collaborate with. His name is Real Deal on OTRBasketball if you ever want to get in touch.

Have a good weekend,
Dave

by Frank
8 months ago

Thanks, man.

by Robert H.
8 months ago

Hey Mike, I had to work out the HTML coding for all of that. Simple stuff like that will be stuff that will be things that hopefully help make our BTB section stand out a little bit. If you want, I can send you the coding via email...just let me know.

-Robert

by Ryan
8 months ago

Mike, We're working to make our editing process run more smoothly, and to guarantee that top writers get top priority...but obviously we aren't quite there yet. Then again, remember that a piece goes live on syndication sites like Google News as soon as it's published, and overall traffic numbers generally don't correspond to editing/placement on Bleacher Report (i.e. all pieces--including unedited ones--get most of their traffic from search engines). Still, this shouldn't be happening on a regular basis...so please let me know if it continues to be a problem.

Best,

by David
8 months ago

Yeah man I was a pissed but Duke deserved to win that game. Even without Lawson UNC could've won if they made their shots/free throws so there's no excuses on my end. That's tight you got to go to the game though. Must be an amazing experience to go see the rivalry in person

by Tori
8 months ago

um JEALOUS that you're at the game right now!!! I absolutely have to see Duke play.. that's one goal on my sports to do list. My dad's seen plenty- he went there (the reason i'm such a big devil fan)-- I wrote an article about it actually- haha I just re read and saw you commented on it about a month ago

GO DUKE!

by Tori
8 months ago

glad you enjoyed the articles :) seriously one of the best days of my life!!! i am jealous of myself too for going. haha.

by Zander
8 months ago

Hey Michael,

Just wanted to say how awesome these round table articles have been. The quality of the analysis is flat out stunning—those guys at TNT and ESPN better watch their backs!

Way to embrace your role as an NBA community leader. Site collaboration is the key to building a flourishing community in the long run, so keep up the great work!

by Dave
8 months ago

Nice collection of writers you got together. Really enjoy doing this...thanks for putting it together.

by Matt
8 months ago

Boy hope everyone handles their business and we get that #2/#3 match-up next week. I'm goin to the game so expect to see an article, whether we win or not, but you know thats not in doubt haha! Good luck!