Sports Fanatic
“I love sports,” were the first few words that came from Markus Franklin. An all American sports fan whose passion and desire solely revolve around anything you can watch on ESPN.
Franklin was born in New Jersey but quickly moved to North Carolina to grow up. That didn’t stop him from keeping the New York Mets his all time favorite baseball team. Among many other sports and teams he would drop anything to watch them play.
“I have only seen them (The Mets) play twice at their stadium, and both times they lost,” said Franklin. “I would never miss a game on T.V though, and they seem to do much better when I watch a game that way.”
A senior broadcasting and journalism major at UNCP who dreams of one day working with ESPN, or even the Mets themselves would be a dream come true for him. Markus is presently the assistant sports editor of the Pineneedle and is pumped about having eight full pages to work with this year.
Franklin use to play soccer, baseball and basketball and is still a strong supporter of each one, including many more in and out of the seasons. He looks forward to where his future falls and strives to seek more experience writing about sports.
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