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Meet Our Authors - Jim Beviglia
As a full-time broadcaster and public relations professional, there’s always
been some element of writing included in my work. But I didn’t start freelance
writing until around 2004, when, on a lark, I started contributing, for free, to
a music blog. They liked my work enough to start paying me, and so began a
journey that has been more rewarding than anything I ever could have imagined.My two passions have always been music and sports, so it’s been cool that
I’ve been able to write about those two subjects throughout my career. On the
music side, I’ve been a featured contributor for American Songwriter
magazine for nearing a decade now. Also, I’ve written five books on music. My
latest, Playing Back The 80s: A Decade Of Unstoppable Hits, featured
interviews with over 60 of the era’s top artists telling the stories of their
most famous songs. I love doing interviews with artists since I consider myself
a fan first and foremost and enjoy the chance to pick the brains of these people
with such immense musical talent.I’ve also been a rabid sports fan since I was a kid, where if I wasn’t
playing a sport, I was watching one or simulating playing one (through video
games and Strat-O-Matic.) When I started freelance writing, I carved out gigs
writing about Fantasy Sports, the NFL, MLB, college hoops, and, thanks to this
excellent gig at GamblingSites.org, just about everything else. My full-time job
is as a broadcaster for horse racing, so I’ve enjoyed writing previews on major horse racing events, while also contributing articles about:I’ve had about a million other writing gigs and might have about a million
more before all is said and done. I even do some part-time work ghostwriting
dating profiles, which might sound bizarre but is quite entertaining work. And
that’s usually how I try to choose which writing I do these days, based on the
quality of the experience, which is why I’m so lucky to have hooked up with
GamblingSites.org.I’ve also been thrilled to be part of some fun videos with Drew Goldfarb and
Taylor Smith, as we give our picks for MLB and College Football. Also, I do a
lot of content writing for GamblingSites.org, learning cool stuff about the gambling
world and translating that into articles for anyone wanting to learn as well.I was born and raised in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, and, save a four-year-stint
at Syracuse University, have lived here my whole life. I’m blessed by getting to
share my experience with my wonderful wife Marie and amazing daughter Daniele.More About Jim Beviglia
Fun Facts- I’ve interviewed music artists ranging from Huey Lewis to David Crosby
- My full-time job is as a track announcer at a harness racing track.
- Only one of my favorite teams from the Big 3 sports has won a
championship while I was alive and old enough to enjoy it (The 1990
Cincinnati Reds.) - I’m a distant, distant relative of one of the Popes (I can never
remember which one.) - I can sing the lyrics to just about any 80s song that comes down the
pike. - My hometown is unofficially known as the Pizza Capital of the World,
serving only Sicilian style.
Q&AFavorite Movie?
I go back and forth on this, but Rushmore probably wins the day.
Favorite Thing to Bet On?
Ironically enough, even though I write about it, I don’t have the constitution for heavy gambling. I don’t even put $1 in an NCAA hoops pool anymore because I go through agony watching the games if my teams are losing.
How Many Hot Dogs Could You Eat in a Contest?
Back in college at Syracuse, I was partial to Dome Dogs. They put some sort of lubricant on them so they’d slide down your gullet smoothly, so I think I can hang with Joey Chestnut if I got a hold of those.
How Fast Can You Throw a Baseball?
There’s a reason they always put me at first base in slo-pitch softball. Rag-arm.
How Do You Feel About Putting Pineapple on Pizza?
In my hometown, people who put anything on the pizza risk being banished, so that’s a big no.
Favorite BlogI liked my article previewing the 2019 Kentucky Derby, because I picked
Maximum Security to win and had Country House as a live long shot. Even though
the stewards ruined it all on me, I looked like I knew what I was talking about
on that one. I also enjoyed my article on betting the Grammys. For a music guy,
my picks were all wrong, but still, a blast to write.1972Year Born
1988 – 1989Part of back-to-back Pennsylvania State quarterfinal basketball teams as a way undersized power forward.
1994Graduated Syracuse University
1995Finally thawed out from four years spent at Syracuse.
1997Briefly hosted a sports talk show. Considering the state of current sports talk radio, very glad it was only briefly.
2002Daughter Daniele is born. Light of my life.
2004Met my future wife Marie. Somehow convinced her of a second date, and here we are 15 years later.
2008First year as a harness-racing track announcer.
2008Wrote long-winded articles for a now-defunct music, including a series where I counted every Beatles song from worst to best. Eventually, that would lead to my Counting Down series of books.
2012Began writing for American Songwriter magazine, first time that my stuff was in print.
2015Began a part-time gig writing dating profiles. Anyone who knows my dating history before I met my wife has a good laugh at this fact.
2018My fifth book, Playing Back The 80s, comes out, featuring interviews with 65 of the top artists in that era. As a kid who grew up idolizing that music, what a thrill to speak to those folks and find out that they are great human beings as well as great musicians.
2018 –Started writing at GamblingSites.org. My best gig yet!
Check Out Jim's Most Recent Articles
2021 Kentucky Derby Top Contenders: Early Possibilities for Futures Betting Jim Beviglia, January 21, 2021The 2021 Kentucky Derby is setting up to be a particularly wild affair as it is tentatively sched...
The Top Horse Racing Events Taking Place In 2021 Jim Beviglia, December 31, 2020The 2021 thoroughbred horse racing is about to begin with the dawn of the new year. And that mean...
2020-21 NBA Coach of the Year Betting Jim Beviglia, December 16, 2020The 2020-21 season is coming up fast and bettors are already heavily involved making futures bets...
Player Futures Bets for Every 2020-2021 NBA Team Jim Beviglia, December 15, 2020The 2020-21 NBA season is coming up quicker than you might expect. After all, the offseason has b...
Best 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year Futures Bets Jim Beviglia, December 3, 2020The 2020-21 is fast approaching opening tipoff after a shortened offseason. When the action gets ...
2020-21 NBA MVP Futures Bets Jim Beviglia, December 2, 2020The 2020-21 NBA season has just about arrived on our doorstep, hot on the heels of the completion...
Checking the Post-Free Agency NBA Futures Market Jim Beviglia, November 24, 2020The NBA has entered the busiest period in its shortened offseason as it prepares for the 2020-21 ...
The Highest Paying Video Poker Games Jim Beviglia, November 19, 2020Video poker attracts players from all over the world in part because of the fast-paced, easy game...
NBA Futures Betting Outlook Jim Beviglia, November 12, 2020The NBA 2020-21 league calendar starts to rev up in the next few weeks with the NBA Draft taking ...
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