Devin was born to a sports fanatic of a father and it rubbed off on him at an extremely early age. He can recall sports moments from the late 70's and early 80's that many think he shouldn't even remember. In particular, he is a "die hard with a vengeance" Philly fan. He bleeds a mixture of Sixers, Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers colors, with a dash of the colors of every college team in that town. However through all of his allegiances, his #1 priority in debating sports is to remain objective AT ALL TIMES!...and if you know Devin, you know that he LOVES a good sports debate. He watches games analytically, not just for entertainment purposes, and in many cases feels that in a sports argument, he can make a better case for your point of view than you. This tends to rub people the wrong way, but his advice to those people who take sports debates personally is, "get your knowledge up and stop getting mad at me because you say silly stuff".
Devin excelled in sports as a young child, a teenager (varsity basketball letterman at Central High School in Philadelphia, PA…254!), and as a collegiate intramural athlete. He holds a bachelors degree in Marketing from Howard University in Washington, DC and an MBA from the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi/College Park, MD. Ever since graduating from college, he has been searching for a way to use his education and his love for sports to do something he loves. In 2002, he simultaneously planned to enter into a mentorship with a prominent sports agent and produce a public access sports talk television show. Both plans fell short but for Devin, the fight never ends. From 2003 to 2005, Devin coached varsity basketball and summer AAU ball at a charter high school in Washington, DC, until the school ultimately closed for financial reasons.
Devin's sports pet-peeves include:
- The current politically correct nature of sports talk. "SPEAK YOUR MIND!"
- People who take sports arguments and criticism/praise of their favorite/least favorite athletes personally. " HAVING PERSONAL FEELINGS FOR OR AGAINST ATHLETES YOU DON'T KNOW IS…SOFT!"
- Fans and sports analysts who think highlights and statistics tell them the whole story of sports. "A BOX SCORE AND A HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE DOES NOT MAKE AN ATHLETE GREAT, NOR DOES IT MAKE YOU KNOWLEDGABLE. WATCH A GAME IDIOT!...BETTER YET, TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING."
- "Homers" whose opinions are extremely biased towards their favorite teams/favorite players….especially those fans who constantly harp on the success their teams had two and three decades ago. "GET OVER IT. YOUR TEAM SUCKS NOW. I DON"T CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY DID IN THE 70's, 80's, and 90's!"
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