Forbes.com reporter Davide Dukcevich interviewed Buddy by e-mail in 2003 as background for an article on “The Best Sports Blogs”. Buddy talked about why he started the original FSports web site, plans to become filthy rich, the wackiest stories and more. Interview follows in extended entry… 

Q: When did you start the [original] FSports ?

January 2003, 12:03pm, it was a rainy day, 64 degrees with wind coming out of the west at 5-10 MPH…

Q: Why did you start the blog?

It’s a great way for Buddy to scam chicks at the bar… “Hey baby wanna see Buddy’s blog?” No seriously, every day Buddy reads about athletes and coaches with multi-million dollar salaries doing stupid things. Pre-blog, Buddy was e-mailing stories to his friends saying “This is really f’d!”. Buddy’s friends told him to get off his lazy ass and start a blog, so he did. It’s really for the fun of it.

Q: Where’s your hometown?

Seattle, Washington - AKA Latteland, Drizzleville, The place that Bill (Gates) built.

Q: Were you heart-broken by your philandering sports hero as a child?

Buddy was too involved being disappointed with his “overachieving” father and “distant” mother to be broken hearted by some sports hero.

Q: Are you a sports purist?

Are you kidding Buddy?? MJ is a sports purist. Gretzky is a sports purist. Buddy is nothing more than a dumb guy with a computer who is too lazy to get off the couch and play a sport!

Q: Do you make money from your site?

So far Buddy has made $8.05. It is amazing, it is like a license to print money. Why all you other idiots with a computer haven’t jumped at this opportunity is beyond us!

Q: Do you have plans to make $ from it?

Hell yes! Buddy’s plan is to sell advertising to the CEOs who read your magazine, Forbes.com. We’re sure CEO’s will enjoy reading our blog, since athletes are even more fucked than they are. [Hey Dennis Kozlowski, read any good stories recently? SNICKER.]

Q: Has traffic on the site risen/fallen with time? By how much?

Site traffic has generally increased since we launched. Traffic spikes with news stories like Tyson’s face tattoo, Mike Price, and Kobe Bryant. Once people find us, they tell their friends… we get a lot of new people from word of mouth. In July we had 137,000+ people visit the site thanks to Kobe Bryant (melted our servers one day… our ISP was none too happy about that. Hey if you know Kobe, please ask him if he would send us a check so we can pay for the bandwidth, Buddy would appreciate it!).

Q: Who are your readers? Young, old, students, retirees, men, women?

A variety of ages and genders appear to be represented. We are VERY popular in Belgium and Holland for some reason.

Q: Who’s your least favorite/most favorite athlete?

  • Most favorite: Charles Barkley (Sir Charles tells it like it is and makes Buddy laugh)
  • Least favorite: Tracy McGrady (He’s a punk), Tonya Harding (She’s a… nevermind).

Q: What was the wackiest sports story you’ve ever blogged/commented on?

From the home office on Seattle, WA, our Top-10 list of wackiest sports stories:

10. UW Coach Rick Neuheisel Fired - As a head coach of a college program I can’t bet on NCAA sports?? Who knew!

9. Former NY Islander draft pick found frozen after 14 years - Rumored to be thawed out and playing for Montreal next year.

8. Seattle Storm standout Sue Bird to be spanked if she loses bet - Secretly hoping she loses bet?

7. Man Wanted on Parole Violation Busted by Baseball ‘Kiss Cam’ - Forgot that fake mustache at home. DAMN…

6. Ted Williams Frozen Head - BRRRRR…

5. Minor league pitcher might face animal cruelty charges for injuring a protected bird with a thrown baseball - Gimme a break, why bean a stupid bird?

4. MLB Player Whacks the Sausage (Player swings bat at mascot) - Like we all don’t secretly want to beat the crap out of a mascot.

3. Alabama Coach Mike Price Fired - Crazy stuff, the ULTIMATE “Coog It” (Pacific Northwest inside joke)

2. Alleged High School Football Hazing: Pentration with a Mop Handle - EWWWWW…
And the # 1 most wacky story is…

1. Kobe scandal - This is the Perfect Storm story, coming soon to a siniplex (pun intended) near you staring Marky Mark as Kobe and George Clooney as Phil Jackson.