Personal Information
This page is designed to help us fantasy mangers get to know others involved in this league a little better considering we associate with them day in and day out. This page consists of information about each manager involved in this league including things such as full name, birthdate, area of residence, favorite sports teams, etc.
Miami Dolphins
Name: Michael Rapol
Birthdate: June 1, 1986
Area of Residence: Cambridge, Ohio
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Cincinnati Reds, Ken Griffey Jr.
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Cleveland Cavaliers, Lebron James
Favorite NCAA Team: Ohio State Buckeyes
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: January 3, 2002 When the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Miami Hurricanes for the National Championship in double overtime.
Hobbies: Playing any and all types of sports, mainly basketball. Watching all sports events, attending sports events, collecting sports cards and memoriablia. Finally hanging out with friends and having fun.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: How active and competitive all the managers are in all three sports. Doing the research and being able to run my team the way I want it, basically just the whole idea of being the manager.
Kansas City Chiefs
Name: Nick Kappel
Birthdate: October 4, 1985
Area of Residence: Waterloo, Iowa
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Chicago Cubs, Mark Prior
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Kansas City Chiefs, Priest Holmes
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Chicago Bulls, Amare Stoudemire
Favorite NCAA Team: Iowa State Cyclones
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Watching MJ dominate the NBA with six titles. Also watching Priest Holmes break the all-time rushing TD record.
Hobbies: Fantasy Sports, Football, Baseball, Basketball, and workin the Lube
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: I love that most everyone stays active, and the competition. Anything can happen!
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name: Brock Gorman
Birthdate: February 1, 1986
Area of Residence: Kansas City, Kansas
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Cleveland Indians, Victor Martinez
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Green Bay Packers, Brett Farve
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Indiana Pacers, Reggie Miller
Favorite NCAA Team: Indiana Hoosiers
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Going to the 2002 Final Four in Atlanta to watch the Hoosiers advance to the Championship game after beating Oklahoma and then almost knock off Maryland to win it all.
Hobbies: Playing any and all sports, going to Kaufmann Stadium with friends, playing video games, watching my favorite teams play and fantasy sports of course.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Having 14 active managers so you know that when you win, you earned it.
Indianapolis Colts
Name: Dan Talbot
Birthdate: April 17, 1987
Area of Residence: Chesterfield, Missouri
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Minnesota Twins, Michael Cuddyer
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Minnesota Vikings, Randy Moss
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Minnesota Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett
Favorite NCAA Team: Missouri Tigers
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Kind of a tie, Being at a Cardinals game when there was a huge fight on the field it was tight and singing the national anthem at a Cardinals game with a capella group Im in.
Hobbies: Playing basketball, working, singing, girlfriend, friends, car
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Everybody is active, people dont really question trades, the competition
New Orleans Saints
Name: Daniel (Danny) Priest
Birthdate: July 20, 1987
Area of Residence: Waterloo, Iowa
Favorite MLB Team/Player: I like all of baseball except the Astros, Vladimir Guerrero
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Washington Redskins, Darrell Green
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant
Favorite NCAA Team: Iowa Hawkeyes
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: January 2, 2002 My team Iowa taking back the opening kick-off in the Orange Bowl. Then they got thrashed by USC. :(
Hobbies: Anything to do with sports; playing, watching, and simulating on XBOX. HALO!!! Is another.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: The unpredictability of each week. Every team has the potential to win every week with the balance of strength.
New York Giants
Name: Brandon Franz
Birthdate: January 20, 1988
Area of Residence: New York City, New York
Favorite MLB Team/Player: New York Mets, Dontrelle Willis
Favorite NFL Team/Player: New York Jets, Chad Pennington
Favorite NBA Team/Player: New York Knicks, Lebron James
Favorite NCAA Team: N/A
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Attending David Wells' perfect game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on a Beanie Baby day.
Hobbies: Skiing, Playing Baseball, Watching lots of TV
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Talking to the other owners, especially making trades.
Seattle Seahawks
Name: Blake Walker
Birthdate: February 28, 1986
Area of Residence: Northside, Alabama
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Atlanta Braves, Rafael Furcal
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Seattle Seahawks, Shaun Alexander
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Dallas Mavericks, Steve Nash
Favorite NCAA Team: Alabama Crimson Tide
Most Memoriable Sports Meoment: Watching Alabama win the 1992 National Championship.
Hobbies: Playing golf, baseball, basketball, and football mostly.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Winning the championships!
St. Louis Rams
Name: Matt Canaday
Birthdate: July 29, 1972
Area of Residence: Bentonville, Arkansas
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Chicago Cubs, Albert Pujols
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Kansas City Chiefs, Priest Holmes
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Chicago Bulls, Kevin Garnett
Favorite NCAA Team: Arkansas Razorbacks
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Watching “The Fridge” also know as William Perry of the 1985 Chicago Bears score a touchdown.
Hobbies: Traveling around the place to setup at baseball card shows, coaching my sons baseball, football, soccer, and basketball teams as well.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Meeting new people, playing all year with them, and the ability to have your favorite player on your team.
San Francisco 49ers
Name: Eliade (E-la-dee)
Birthdate: September 24, 1985
Area of Residence: Chino, California
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Los Angeles Dodgers, Ken Griffey Jr.
Favorite NFL Team/Player: San Francisco 49ers, Michael Vick
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant
Favorite NCAA Team: UCLA Bruins
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Romania beating Argentina in the World Cup for Soccer in 1994, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. I am Romanian, and I was only 10 years old at the time, but I actually cried tears of joy when they won.
Hobbies: Paintball, Snowboard, Video Games, Playing all kinds of sports, and hanging out with my best friend that Ive known since I was born.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: All the managers in here find some way to crack me up..from the really crappy offers to the unbelievable trades..but all in all...there isnt a more active league than this one..and Im proud to be a part of it.
Atlanta Falcons
Name: Kevin
Birthdate: January 28, 1981
Area of Residence: Atlanta, Georgia
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Atlanta Braves, Barry Bonds
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Atlanta Hawks, Elton Brand
Favorite NCAA Team: South Carolina Gamecocks (alma mater)
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: 2000 South Carolina v. Georgia football game, upsetting the Top 10 ranked Georgia Bulldogs 24-10 and intercepting Heisman candidate Quincy Carter five times, thus ending that campaign bid.
Hobbies: Running, Playing various sports, Video Games, Going to bars
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Activeness among all the managers involved.
Philadelphia Eagles
Name: Chris Slade
Birthdate: May 9, 1987
Area of Residence: Sunnyvale, California
Favorite MLB Team/Player: San Francisco Giants, Barry Bonds
Favorite NFL Team/Player: San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Minnesota Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett
Favorite NCAA Team: Stanford Cardinal
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: The 49ers game, when the Niners were losing by four or five points, and Steve Young was the quarterback, the Niners had the ball with three seconds and Young snapped the ball, stumbled, but got back and threw the ball to Terrell Owens and he caught it between two defenders to win the game, and of course Barry Bonds homerun to break the record.
Hobbies: Fantasy Baseball, Playing all sports, Video Games, School, Hanging out with friends, and my girlfriend
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: How everyone is active, everyone is online to talk to them if you want to make a trade, and everyone has a good time, there are no quitters is a great thing too.
Denver Broncos
Name: Stan Effron
Birthdate: February 27, 1988
Area of Residence: Long Island, New York
Favorite MLB Team/Player: New York Yankees, Roger Clemens
Favorite NFL Team/Player: New York Giants, Jeremey Shockey
Favorite NBA Team/Player: New York Knicks, Dirk Nowitski
Favorite NCAA Team: Undecided
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: The entire 1998 New York Yankee season, but mainly the Scott Brosius homerun off of Trevor Hoffman in the World Series.
Hobbies: Fantasy Sports, Poker
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: The unique format that it offers.
San Diego Chargers
Name: Charlie Johnson
Birthdate: May 7, 1981
Area of Residence: Caseyville, Illinois
Favorite MLB Team/Player: St. Louis Cardinals, Matt Morris/Albert Pujols/Scott Rolen
Favorite NFL Team/Player: New York Giants, Kurt Warner
Favorite NBA Team/Player: HUH NBA sucks but Ill say Phoenix Suns, Charles Barkley
Favorite NCAA Team: Illinois Fighting Illini
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: My first perfect game in bowling then the next day pitching a perfect game in baseball against Alton IL, also the day Marino broke the touchdown and completion record in Indianapolis. (I was there)
Hobbies: Coaching Baseball, Playing Baseball, Watching Baseball, Aruging Baseball with my loser Cub fan brother, Playing MVP Baseball (PS2), Horse Racing, Beating my brother up, Drinking beer all night long till I cant walk.
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: How everyone is active and seem to know a little about fantasy baseball.
Green Bay Packers
Name: Samuel Williams
Birthdate: June 18, 1981
Area of Residence: Goldsboro, NC (Thats what I claim but Im active duty in military so Im all over the world at most times)
Favorite MLB Team/Player: Atlanta Braves
Favorite NFL Team/Player: Green Bay Packers/Carolina Panthers
Favorite NBA Team/Player: Charolette Hornets/Charolette Bobcats
Favorite NCAA Team: North Carolina Tarheels
Most Memoriable Sports Moment: Braves World Series win in the 90s, 1 of the 10 they attended
Hobbies: N/A
Favorite Thing About This Fantasy League: Activity!!! All managers are active at all times. LOVE IT!
