Dan Opp

School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Class of: 2005

Hometown: Hudson, MA

At a Glance:

Dan’s outside interests include playing poker for spending money, playing sports for nostalgia, and conditioning his liver so he can survive the melting of the polar Natty Ice caps. His long-term goal is to collaborate with the world’s top neurosurgeons and have MLB Season Ticket fed directly to his brain.

Bio:

Dan Opp graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2005 with a degree in electrical engineering. Prior to landing this gig with PIC, his post-high school writing credentials consisted entirely of editing lab reports in which only figures and graphs actually mattered. He now lives and works in southern Connecticut, where, each morning, everyone within a 50-mile radius commutes within a 2-mile radius.

Column:

Balls to the Wall
A critical, humorous take on the sports world from a self-diagnosed sports addict looking for the ultimate fix.

Don't Call It a Comeback (Basketball Edition) 6 , 4.0
Intimate Interviews: Athletes Come Clean 3 ,
Sport Court: Is It a Sport or Not? 29 , 3.7
Balls to the Wall 0 ,
Case-A-Thon LIVE! 9 , 4.0
The Intramural Kingdom 7 , 3.0
A Super Return 3 , 3.0
What the Olympics Mean to Me 4 , 2.8
America's Vicarious Pastime 6 , 2.5
Super Bowl Ads: The Cream and the Crap 7 , 4.0
Revel in the Madness 6 , 3.0
Not Another Baseball Article 8 , 4.0
Keeping the Dream Alive 4 ,
It's Navratil-OVA! 10 , 4.0
Let the Games Begin 16 , 4.0
Beer Pong Enlightenment 19 , 4.2
Runnin' on Empty 5 , 3.0

Blog:

Garbage Time
Smart comedy, news tidbits, and sideline sports commentary.

End Segregation Once and For All 7 ,
My Greatest "That's What She Said" Moment 13 , 3.1
Getting Wasted 5 , 4.0
Light Bulb Jokes You've Never Heard 7 , 3.7
Make Your Own Insult 8 , 5.0
Invading MySpace VI 3 ,
That Doesn't Make Me Gay 6 , 2.3
Garbage Time 2 ,
Time to Man Up (Again) 5 ,
PIC Fantasy Baseball League Mid-Season Update 6 ,
Dan Opp Foils Terrorist Plot 1 ,
Charging Garbage 7 ,
Cheesy Pick-up Lines Remixed 3 , 4.2
I'm Not Dead Yet 2 ,
StumbleUpon: The Renaissance of Procrastination 4 ,
Invading MySpace V 1 ,
Whoops! Wrong IM 3 , 2.0
Eating Garbage 3 , 4.0
A Year Ago Today 2 , 5.0
A Call to Arms 10 ,
Invading MySpace IV 6 , 4.0
King Midol 1 , 3.7
Erotic Ne'er-Do-Wells Love Emerald Nuts 7 ,
Invading MySpace III 2 ,
Trash My Bracket (Sweet 16) 1 ,
Spring Cleaning 2 ,
Trash My Bracket (Day 4) 3 ,
Trash My Bracket (Day 3) 1 ,
Trash My Bracket (Day 2) 14 ,
Trash My Bracket (Day 1) 3 ,
"Next" Is the Greatest Show on Television 0 ,
Invading MySpace II 6 ,
Bringing Back Natural Selection 3 , 5.0
Invading MySpace 9 ,
Taking Out the Trash 5 ,

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