Jim has been a sports writer for the better part of the last 3 decades, always based in the Greater Los Angeles area. He has excellent knowledge of the high school sports scenes in the Greater Los Angeles area and has also been involved with Italian Serie A soccer for the past two decades, including a stint as the ESPN Fan Correspondent for Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup. In addition, he organized an AC Milan Champions League trophy presentation event in Santa Clarita, California in 2007. Unfortunately, the date he was given to organize the event was the same day David Beckham came to Los Angeles.