Tim Gilbert
Penn State University
I'm Tim Gilbert, a freshman journalism major at Penn State. I write for our student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, and currently cover our women's basketball team and men's golf team. I realized that writing about sports was probably my best career path when I discovered that I wasn't even almost good enough to play any of them. Sports writing is a great passion of mine, but baseball is my one true love. I don't know many other kids from Philadelphia who can name the entire Oakland Athletics starting lineup besides myself. One day, I hope to cover professional baseball or work for a Major League Baseball team.
Bryce Harper Demands Our Respect
June 9, 2012
It's important to keep things in perspective when evaluating athletes, both professional and collegiate ones alike. And, hey, maybe Harper really is a huge jerk behind the scenes. But he still deserves our respect.
The iPhone’s Influence
January 17, 2012
I remember when the Motorola Razr was the hot phone when I was in seventh grade. Boy, have things changed. The iPhone is changing the world. No matter how cracked its screen might be, my iPhone is my boy.
The American Obsession with Call of Duty
November 25, 2011
Since its release, 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' has set an insane amount of records, and the eighth installment in the series did not fail to soundly impress. But it surprises me that almost every other gamer out there loves it just as much as I do. Why is that?
Inside the Penn State Pandemonium
November 10, 2011
Shock. Awe. Pain. Confusion. Fear. All of those emotions hung over State College, Pennsylvania Wednesday night as thousands of students took to the streets after the removal of coach Joe Paterno. NGJ's Tim Gilbert reports on what he saw among the protests.
R.I.P. The World Series, 1903-2000
October 31, 2011
Believe it or not, there was a time not so long ago in this country when the words ‘World’ and ‘Series’ right next to each other meant something. And no matter how riveting, jaw-dropping, and heart-stopping the 2011 World Series between the Cardinals and Texas Rangers might have been, America didn’t care.
Big Ten: The Future Destination of Notre Dame?
October 19, 2011
Despite the best efforts of the Big Ten, I’m simply not going to accept that they will remain this way much longer. Before this game of super-conference musical chairs has finished, Notre Dame will have joined the Big Ten.
