About Me

CHIP'S SPORTS VIDEOS

SOMETHING ABOUT ME

My name is Chip Mundy (I'm the guy in the photo above on the right attending the 2006 World Series in St. Louis with a friend, Bob Katz, left).

I was born in 1955 (you figure out how old I am), and I have lived in Jackson, Michigan, all of my life.

I am a sports writer for the Jackson Citizen Patriot and have been in sports journalism for more than 25 years.

I've always been as interested in sports history as I have been of current sports, so it was a natural to collect games, documentaries, highlight films, etc. It has always seemed to me that this was the "hidden gem" in sports collecting. Why pay for a piece of cardboard with a photo of a baseball player on it when you can actually watch him perform on video?

Anyway, this web site is to inform those interested of what I have in my collection. I am willing to trade, but I also must warn those serious collectors that when I started doing this, I never intended to trade. (I never dreamt anyone else would do this). So, a large majority of what I have was recorded in SLP mode.

I began recording on DVDs in 2004.

For those just browsing, have fun.

Also, if you're interested to read some of my most recent sports columns in the Jackson Citizen Patriot, go to http://www.mlive.com/sports/jacitpat/chip_mundy/ or you can visit my blog on the Detroit Tigers at http://blog.mlive.com/curveballs/

I have lived in Jackson, Michigan, all of my live. I am a 1973 graduate of Parkside High School and have worked for the Jackson Citizen Patriot since 1981, except for a 3-year stretch in the mid 1980s when I worked for the Albion Recorder.

Taking a break from work

This is the mug shot that runs with my column in the newspaper

My job

I do a little of everything at the Jackson Citizen Patriot. I cover games, write features, write columns and design pages. And did I mention that I take numerous phone calls from high school coaches witih results of events?

Here's a list of some of my favorite athletes:

Among former players: Denny McLain, Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers, Johnny Unitas, Chris Spielman, Joe Dumars, Steve Yzerman, Ron Guidry, Kirk Gibson, Doug English, Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull.

Among current players: Placido Polanco, Todd Jones, Nicklas Lidstrom, Roy Williams (Detroit Lions), Peyton Manning, Warrick Dunn, Magglio Ordonez, Tayshaun Prince, James Shields, Chris Young (Arizona Diamondbacks), Prince Fielder and Henrik Zetterberg.

Here's a list of some of my favorite sports movies:

Brian's Song, Prefontaine, Bull Durham, Touch and Go, Tiger Town and Field of Dreams.

Here's a list of some of my favorite TV shows: Soap, 24, Cheers, Friends, Profiler, C.S.I., Sportscenter, Wings, Twlight Zone, Law & Order, Forensic Files, SportsCentury, Seinfeld, Baretta, My Boys and Gunsmoke.

Here's a list of some of my favorite music: Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.