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About Me

I'm a sportswriter and live in suburban Detroit with my beautiful wife and her wonderful daughter.
I work for the Associated Press, covering just about everything in Detroit sports other than the Red Wings. Yes, I was at the Palace for the riot - my laptop got wrecked, as a matter of fact.
When I'm not writing, I usually have a camera in my hands. I love photography, because it makes look at things differently. You can see a lot of my photos on Flickr .
If you want a quick introduction to my photography, check out my Top 25 set .I've spent a lot of time lately exploring spirituality. I now attend a UU church, and I've found a lot of things in the philosophy of Buddhism that appeal to me.
My main blog is still at LiveJournal , but I post pictures here and the odd political rant.

My Interests

Photography, sports, reading, renaissance faires, history, classical music, colorful monogamy, buddhism, unitarian universalism

I'd like to meet:

People that can make me laugh AND make me think. People with brains and well-rounded personalities. People with imaginations. People who believe that helping someone is the greatest thing you can ever do.
(oh, and people who want to pose for pictures)

Music:

Sarah McLachlan, The Limeybirds, Bonnie Raitt, Beethoven, Mozart

Movies:

Casablanca, Good Night and Good Luck, March of the Penguins, Wizard of Oz

Television:

CSI, CSI: NY, Mythbusters, Law & Order: SVU, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report

Books:

Assassin's Gate, Discworld, Harry Potter, Baseball Prospectus

Heroes:

My parents. No one else. This is the easiest section.

My Blog

Fantasy Olympic Update

As some of you may remember, I picked a fantasy Olympic team before the games. The rule is 5 points for gold, 3 for bronze, 1 for silver and -5 for doping. I picked a team that was a mix of silly name...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:02:00 PST

Friends

I Love My Life Originally uploaded by Dave Hogg.There's nothing better than friends that love you ... especially when they look like this!...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:45:00 PST

Dark Knight

Wow.I don't know what else to say. I usually sit in a movie mentally composing these posts, but not this time. I was too far into the story.I think Heath Ledger is going to win Best Actor, and I think...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:20:00 PST

Olympics Day 7: Oh No Canada!

(reposted from my sports blog so that you all can see what you are missing)Final results: Men's Shot PutGold: Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.51 metersSilver: Christian Cantwell (USA) 21.09Bronze: Andrei Mik...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:47:00 PST

Daily Olympic Updates

By the way, I've been doing my daily Olympic reports on my sports blog, and you should all be reading them!
Posted by Dave on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:57:00 PST

Goodbye

This could be my last post. The media tent is creaking and swaying in the wind, and we were taking on water during the storm.If this is it, I'll miss you all.
Posted by Dave on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:02:00 PST

Under the big tent

I'm writing this from the biggest tent I've ever seen - the media center at the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club. This thing has to be 30 feet high, 100 yards long and 40 yards wide. Th...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:22:00 PST

Insane August

Explain to me why I'm trying to write a book during an insanely busy time at my real job? I've got a book deadline coming up and the PGA Championship and the Super Bowl champs' first preseason game an...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:45:00 PST

Konniption Fit

Konniption Fit Originally uploaded by Dave Hogg.It appears that I'm going to be branching out yet again, and start doing some photography work with local bands.Due to a scheduling issue on Sunday, I d...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:41:00 PST

WNBA Fight

I'm going to be very curious to see what kind of attention the fight in tonight's Shock-Sparks game gets in the next few days. Normally, no one would even notice a WNBA fight, but this one has several...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PST