I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal....

         Okay, well maybe I'm not that big of a deal, but I do love the movie Anchorman. Anyways, welcome to my blog, whether you arrived here by accident, are a family member, classmate, or Dr. Gallagher you are here now, so no going back! I've attempted to keep a blog once before during my travels abroad and failed, but the motivation to keep this communication theory blog going is much stronger considering it makes up half of my grade for my Comm 321 course. I assume that you might want to know a little bit about me now, so let's do that. My name is Zachary Johnson, but everyone calls me either Zach or ZJ. I am 22 years old and a senior at Oregon State University where I am majoring in Political Science and minoring in Communication. I come from a very typical middle class American family with my mom and dad (still married) and two younger sisters. I was born and raised in Newberg, Oregon and until recently my entire family had lived there as well.

So why am I studying communications, well I am studying communication for many reasons, but primarily because I believe that being an effective and efficient communicator is vital to having successful relationships, a successful career, and generally success in anything really. For the duration of this blog I will be attempting to relate the communication theories and prompts with my biggest personal interest of sports, thus the name of my blog, "Sporting" a communication theory blog. I am a sports fanatic, I grew up playing basketball, soccer, football, and baseball. My favorite teams are the New England Patriots, Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Red Sox.

Outside of sports I enjoy long walks on the beach, curling up with a blanket next to a fireplace on a cold winters evening, traveling (I spent the last year abroad in England) and spending time with family and friends. I consider myself to be a very outgoing and approachable person and enjoy working in groups. My dream job would be being a General Manager for an NBA team, but I would settle for working in the public relations department for a professional sports franchise. This career goal directly relates to my interest in communication as being a skilled communicator is vital in a career in public relations. Now that I have bored you to death with information about me, I hope you will come back to read some interesting ideas and theories about how sports and communication theory tie together! I have added a few other links to my other social media accounts and a few of the sports sites I get a lot of my articles and information from if you are interested. I have also added a little video to show you exactly why I love sports so much, so enjoy. Until next time, stay cool my friends. 

- Zach

https://twitter.com/ZJ_THE_ROCK
http://espn.go.com/
http://www.sbnation.com/
http://blog.travelpod.com/members/zjohnson2332