Burkholder developed a love for sports while watching Mike Tyson, Magic Johnson and Joe Montana dominate their opponents in the '80s. His favorite sports franchise is the Oakland Raiders. If that's not offensive enough, he enjoys the sports with the highest potential for fights breaking out and dudes getting punched in the jaw.

Naturally, Burkholder covers mixed martial arts for CBSSports.com.

Burkholder graduated from Plattsburgh State University too many years ago with a degree in print journalism. Having experienced his share of New York snowstorms, he left the northeast in August of 2000 to join CBS SportsLine.com in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as a producer. Since then, Burkholder has worked on both CBSSports.com and NCAAsports.com, and has covered dozens of sports over the years. Often simultaneously. Sometimes accurately.

He resides in South Florida with his wife, Katie, and son, Zachary, who will someday choose his own favorite NFL team and mock his father's Raiders from that day forward. Atta boy!