New Yorker Joe McDonald (seen here with Gary Carter) is the Owner and Publisher of Chicago Sports Day and the Editor-in-Chief of NY Sports Day. Joe is responsible for overseeing the growth and expansion of the site and running the Sports Day network. Joe, 34, lives in Massapequa, NY.

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Jason Kilander (seen here with Chris Zorich and his wife Kelly) is the Managing Editor of Chicago Sports Day. He is a lifelong Bears fan and football enthusiast who also roots for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Jason, 28, is originally from Indiana, but his heart is in Chicago and follows the Cubs as well. Besides Chicago Sports Day, you can read Jason on ProFootballCentral.com.

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John J. Buro is the Managing Editor of NY Sports Day and also publishes Profiles in Sport. In 2004, he completed his first screenplay, "Best Seats in the House." His 2002 book, "Bite of the Shark -A Baseball Novel" was a critical success and his latest release, "Deliver Us From Evil," will be published this fall. John, a past recipient of the George Goldstone Medal of Journalism, resides in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Mark Healey (seen here with his family) has covered both the major and minor leagues on both a local and national level since 1998, and his articles have appeared in such publications as the Brooklyn Skyline newspaper and Mets Inside Pitch. His background also includes stints as a producer/reporter and anchor on WSTC-AM (Stamford, CT) and News Director at WRKL-AM (Pomona, NY). Mark is now the Exectutive Editor of the new magazine Gotham Baseball and his "Going Nine" column appears every week on NY Sports Day.

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Ryan Ballengee is a native of the Washington, DC area. He has been there his entire life, and it is there he fostered his love for the game of golf. He is the host of The 19th Hole Golf Show, an Internet based golf talk radio show that airs on thegolfnewsnet.com (formerly the19thholeshow.net) and broadcastmonsters.com. The weekly commentary written by Ryan, known as The 19th Hole, appears on several Websites on the Internet, including Sports Day's family of websites.

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Erik Nelson is a 22 year old college student. He is graduating in May 2005 with a BA in Anthropology and two minors: History and Philosophy. A diehard Cubs fan, he lived in Chicago for 10 years, but currently resides 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh, PA.

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Ed is a respected Chicago attorney with a secret life as an Arena Football fanatic. He has been following the Chicago Rush since their inaugural 2001 season.

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Tim Murtaugh is a life long sports fan, who attended events like Walter Payton's 275 yard rushing game vs. Minnesota in 1977 and the New York Jets playoff upset of the L.A. Raiders in 1983. Tim also collects sports memoribilia and has over 1,000 baseball cards from the 1965 and 1966 seasons and has a handwritten letter from Green Bay Packers Carroll Dale in his collection. He is single and lives in Chicago.

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Patricia (Seen here with Tommy Albelin), an avid New Jersey Devils fan, is an administrator for the Devils' fan forum NJDevs.com. She also is the News Editor for their front page, contributing recaps and previews of games along with reporting news stories and other various pieces of information regarding the Devils and its entire organization. She's currently in school studying journalism and hopes to make writing her career in the future.

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Greg Wyshynski's weekly sports and culture column 'The Jester's Quart' has been published on the web since 1997. A native of the Garden State (Exit 120), he is the features editor for SportsFan Magazine and sports editor of The Connection Newspapers of Northern Virginia. He firmly believes that the only difference between Gary Bettman and a donkey is that you can't --as of now-- ride Bettman to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

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Ryan, 17, is currently a junior in high school who plans to major in journalism and sports management in college. Residing in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, he is a die-hard White Sox fan. Ryan cover the South Side for Chicago Sports Day

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Paul Koranda is a 22 year old history major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He graduates in May '05 and will be moving back to the Chicago area. Paul is a life-long Bears and Bulls fan, whose family originates 8 blocks away from Comisky park. Despite that, he still hope the Cubs do well, just not against his beloved White Sox. Paul covers the Bulls for Chicago Sports Day

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