I am an aspiring broadcast journalism major who finally has the time, motivation and drive to fuel my obsession to talk and spread love about the things I enjoy. In order to talk about the several interests I’m going to blog about, I thought it’d be a good idea for my first blog to be about myself; Maxwell Nelson aka Wheel Easy.

Let’s start with the name, right? Wheel Easy is a name I chose for myself in high school when everyone was trying to be a sound cloud rapper. No, I’m not joking. Maybe when I get a major journalism / broadcasting job I’ll drop the lyrics I wrote and even the beat my friends and I made at lunch! Wheel comes from my disability. I suffer from Osteogenesis Imperfecta or brittle bones disease. To dumb that down, imagine you’re riding a bike and fall down on the pavement. You might get bruised up, feel sore, at the most twist your ankle or something, right? Well for me, if I fall off a bike onto concrete, I might break 5 bones (just like I did last summer!) Easy comes from my high school* love for G-Eazy and a nod to Eazy-E because I saw ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and thought it was awesome, even though I’ve come to realize that adaptation of NWA is quite unfaithful amongst other things.

New York Yankees: Alright, let’s get the one I’m gonna get booed on for out of the way. I became a Yankees fan when I was born. When your mother was a Bronx regular, you have no choice, even when I was raised on the west coast my entire life. The Yankees were my first love and I still love Judge and Cole as much as I adored Jeter, A-Rod, Ichiro and C.C.

LA Clippers: Now here come the “Wow, you could’ve picked the Lakers dude” people. Look man, back in 2012 I was watching Blake Griffin dunk on people and make basketball look like the most exciting thing since the toaster! And yes, it was a bad decision in hindsight, especially seeing how this 2024 roster is shaping up as of early July, but you can read my thoughts on them in a future blog.

Las Vegas Raiders: Yes, the AFC Cowboys are my National Football League team, yes it hurts every single year. I became a Raiders fan because as a huge fan of defense across all sports, seeing Khalil Mack was my football equivalent to seeing Blake Griffin dunk. I was in love and then Jon Gruden took him away from me and I’ve been sad ever since. Thank God for Maxx Crosby.

Seattle Kraken: “Ah yes, pick the expansion team Max, it’ll be so fun Max, I promise you won’t be jealous of the Knights!” But seriously, I adore my mythical beast team that finds a way to always make me come back; whether it’s the goalie hugs, the Davey Jones hat or the ability to have the best commentary group in the sport (in my opinion), the Kraken always keep me treading in their waters.

LA Galaxy: This one I have to thank my girlfriend for. I grew up watching FC Barcelona during the prime of their rivalry with Real Madrid but I heavily fell off of the team when Neymar Jr. left for Paris Saint-Germain as he was the reason I became a Barcelona fan. I had never been to a live professional soccer game until my girlfriend showed me $30 seats and even during the worst season in club history, a lively crowd of fans who want to see the Blue White and Gold regain their place at the top of Major League Soccer.

I also have a plethora of other interests in sports: Golf, F1, College Sports, scouting quarterbacks in College Football (and the PAC-12 before its undeserved demise), but those will be blogs that won’t be as frequent because as I’ve stated a few times in this opening blog, I am obsessive and my teams will come first.