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Columnists/Contributors
Columnists
Ray Floriani: A graduate of St. Bonaventure University
and former team manager for the Brown & White, Ray
Floriani has been covering college basketball for 32 years,
including 25 years with Eastern Basketball Magazine. In
addition to his contributions with College
Chalktalk, Floriani is on the Basketball Times staff and
regularly contributes to sites such as College Insider, Rush the
Court, and Villanova by the Numbers. A basketball official
for two decades, Ray resides in Lyndhurst, NJ with his wife
Karen. Ray has also written books, such as "Harrison" (Arcadia 2003) which he
co-authored with his wife Karen, as well as "The National Invitation Tournament" (Arcadia
2006).
George "Roadie" Rodecker: George
"Roadie" Rodecker is a 20 year member of the United States
Basketball Writers Association (U.S.B.W.A.) and has closely
observed the amateur basketball scene world-wide for the past 21
seasons. He's covered the NCAA Final Four, the FIBA World
Championships, the Goodwill Games as well as the Portsmouth,
Phoenix, Chicago and Orlando NBA Pre-Draft camps and is a regular
attendee at private Pre-Draft workouts. Roadie's also a
regular at the NBA Draft Lottery as well as the NBA Draft
itself. He's reported on college basketball and
specifically the NBA Draft on behalf of CBS, hoopville.com,
collegeinsider.com, hoopshype.com, Sportsline, basketballtimes.com,
Basketball Times Magazine, and Eastern Basketball Magazine.
Additionally, Roadie has appeared on NBA-TV, as well as
making hundreds of appearances on sports talk radio stations around
the US as well as internationally. On average he attends
around 125 games each season and watches an additional 100+ games
on tape. He makes his home in New York State's historic
Hudson Valley where he recently completed a cooking/good
living book and enjoys cooking, fine cigars, Pink Floyd &
bird watching - often all at the same time!
Jerry Trickie: Jerry Trickie worked in athletic
media relations on the Division I level for 14 years before
becoming a freelance writer/editor and joining College
Chalktalk in the summer of 2010. He spent nearly 10 years at
the University of Nebraska, where he was the spokesperson for the
Husker men's basketball team and was the No. 2 media relations
contact for football for six years. During his career, Trickie
aided the publicity efforts for a number of players who
garnered All-America status. He also won numerous district and
national honors from the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA) for his publications, including the men's
basketball media guide and the Husker football game day program.
Previously he spent almost four years at East Carolina
University, working with the nationally ranked baseball team along
with volleyball, football and men's basketball, and was an intern
for one year at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. A
native of Illinois, Trickie earned a bachelor's degree from
Augustana College while majoring in mathematics and economics.
Christian Marge: A Rhode Island native now residing in
Mooresville, North Carolina, Christian began his journalism career
covering the New England Revolution of the MLS before transitioning
to a variety of other sports including college basketball. Since
2008, Marge has been a contributor to College Chalktalk, focusing
his efforts in the southeast region of the Atlantic 10 footprint
and on general national commentary. A graduate of Elon
University, Christian now resides in Mooresville, North Carolina,
and enjoys cheering on the Phoenix, as well as his beloved Boston
Red Sox.
David Bagga: David Bagga was born and raised
in Orange County, California and played college basketball at the
University of Arizona for Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson.
Bagga briefly pursued a professional career, was invited to
training camps with the NBA D-League and also considered playing in
Europe. Recently Bagga published “The Walk-On” which is a
story about the journey of a walk-on through four years of
Division One basketball.
Ken Cross: Ken Cross begins his first year with
College Chalktalk as the columnist for Pac-10
basketball. He began his sports media career as a
reporter for the now defunct Sportsfan Radio network in 1998
and parlayed that into reporter duties for ESPN Radio,
Sporting News Radio and Fox Sports Radio. He also is a
writer for Lindy's Sports Annuals and features a column on
www.lindyssports.com. His other beats include
SEC/ACC football and basketball, the Carolina
Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes and Charlotte Bobcats.
Doug Tifft: The only student columnist with College
Chalktalk, Doug Tifft attends Xavier University in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and covers the Xavier Musketeers men's
basketball team from his post as the sports editor of the Xavier
Newswire. In addition to contributing to College
Chalktalk, he has covered professional baseball, golf and auto
racing, for outlets including FoxSports Ohio.
He recently completed an internship with the Orange County
Register in California. Doug grew up a Boston Red Sox fan
in Elmira, New York, yet somehow lived to talk about it.
Additional Contributors
Brendan Hames, Brandon Rosenthal,
Mark McGiveron, Charles Costello, David Driver, Vinny
Pezzimenti and Derrick Dukes
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