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About Me

I currently contribute features for a Chicago entertainment magazine; and New England Patriots commentary for an NFL webzine. My work has been featured in numerous media outlets including FOX, CBS, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, 670 The Score, Midwest Book Review, and ESPN.COMI've also appeared as a guest commentator on Comcast Sports Net, ESPN Radio and the Sporting News Radio.I was in a group of twenty Young American Journalists convened in Berlin to participate in a new Fulbright program. The journalists were introduced to relevant institutions in Berlin from the media, political, economic and cultural areas and learned firsthand how the capital city functions, how the different networks communicate, and how the press and media play a role in shaping public opinion. and I've launched my own webzinethesportsbank.netwhateverlife.com
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My Interests

you can infer those from reading my tastes in music, movies etc. and by reading my novel "Resume" and my webzinethesportsbank.net

I'd like to meet:

Noam Chomsky, Ozzie Guillen (again), MARISA COUGHLAN, Natalie Portman, Laetitia Casta, Rex Grossman (again), Ron Turner (again), the ghost of 2pac Shakur, Kanye West, Fergie when she was white, oh wait I already did; it was when she was called Stacy Ferguson and sang in a Nickelodeon girl group called 'Wild Orchid!'50 Cent, Ma$e, the beautiful Melissa Joan Hart and her talking Halloween cat, Jennifer Connelly, Dennis Kucinich, Howard Dean, a mute version of Jenny McCarthy, the Pussy Cat Dolls, Ernest Hemingway while he was drunk/halucinating on absinthe, Ozzie Guillen again, the "Boom Goes the Dynamite" kid, Avril, Alanis, Fiona, and Tom -everyone's first myspace friend

Music:

Blur (best band of all time! Viva La BritPop), RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins, ma$e, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Tcahivosky, Wagner, Mozart, Kaiser Chiefs, Arcade Fire, Common, 2pac, Rage Against the Machine, Snoop, Kylie Minogue (I must be her only straight male fan), Weezer, Nelly, Everclear, Green Day, Basement Jaxx

Movies:

Braveheart- mostly because Robert the Bruce's father reminds me of my Dad. an old rich hermit who talks about the complications of wealth transfer all the time. Our conversations are remarkably similar to the dialogues they had too. Mostly he lectures about the nature of people in the struggle for money and power and he instructs me on how to deal with their treacherous nature. He loves this comparison by the way!Team America: World Police, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Blues Brothers, The Corporation, Eight Men Out, Super Bowl Shuffle, An Inconvenient Truth, Outfoxed, The Last Boy Scout, The Program, Wall Street, The Patriot, Borat, Octopussy and other James Bond films, Star Wars (insert nerd joke here)Bowling for Columbine

Television:

Lost, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Daily Show, Colbert Report, NFL Network, Frasier, South Park, the Bruce Weber show, The Office, Scrubs

Books:

Of course, I have to promote my novel entitled "Resume" first. go to Amazon and type in Paul Max Banks. you can buy "Resume" there.This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, 1984, Animal Farm, Chuck Klosterman, Female Chauvinist Pigs, American Terminator, The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, The Jungle, The Scarlet Letter

Heroes:

George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sports Guy Bill Simmons, Al Gore, Sir Winston Churchill, Karl Marx, Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna, Young idealistic Che, not so much the murderous older guy who went drunk off his own power in Cuba.Johannes Gutenberg, Martin Luther, J.M.W. Turner. and of course, Jeremy Zuleger

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My Blog

Ron Santo’s candid thoughts...

http://nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/ron-santo-get s-candid/ As we are in the midst of another All-Chi City, All-First Place series weekend, emotions are running high on both sides of town. P...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:08:00 PST

Ron Santo’s candid thoughts...

http://nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/ron-santo-get s-candid/ As we are in the midst of another All-Chi City, All-First Place series weekend, emotions are running high on both sides of town. P...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:10:00 PST

Windy City Series Exchange 2

Now its our hood! welcome to round two. Everything you need to know about second Cubs-Sox series. This time Sarah Spain takes the place of David K. as my Cub fan sparring partner. http://www.thesports...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:11:00 PST

Rose or Beasley...last chance to voice your choice

When the Bulls won the draft lottery in May I wrote a post on NBC making the case for drafting Derrick Rose 1 overall...but what about the other choice that many people think should go first over...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:12:00 PST

NBA Draft lottery editions of Week in Review

http://www.thesportsbank.net/2008/06/24/the-week-in-review-j un-24th-17th/ -Last week Trenni was swinging the big stick in the TSB lineup; this week the hot bat belongs to the site's Executive Vice Pre...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:29:00 PST

Crosstown series excitement

Declaring my allegiance (for those that don't already know) and a predicted winner. And why that projected winner isn't getting the attention they deserve! http://nbc5streetteam.wordpress.com/2008/06/...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:07:00 PST

NBA Finals, Celtics, KG, Kobe vs. MJ

Check out the two latest bits on the conclusion of the NBA Finals. Sarah tells us how Kobe's latest efforts show us just how much better M Jeff is than Kobe http://www.thesportsbank.net/2008/06/18/kob...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:31:00 PST

Juiciest Week in Review ever

It wasnt until the past week that I realized how all the people I've surrounded myself with in getting this website off the ground have so much "juice." My contributors did a lot of juicy things this ...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:05:00 PST

Blackhawks renaissance/my exclusive with the Asst. GM

I'm thinking that the "Q Rating" of the Blackhawks is on its way up in this town. My interview subject, a man with a lot of "juice" in the organization, said a lot of things to me, that makes me ...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST

Yet another Cubs posting

..TR style="BORDER-RIGHT: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"> This one's about the real life Field of Dre...
Posted by The Sports Bank.net on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:08:00 PST