Full name: Paul Allen Roberts
Nickname(s): Snake, Prabbit,
P-Diddy, IT, White Chocolate
Birthdate: 7/5/1983
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Hometown: Stratham, NH
Favorite athlete(s): Ozzie Smith, Andre Agassi and Emmitt Smith
Favorite Tufts athlete: Stevie Cincotta. Close second: Adam Yates
Junior tennis stud Paul Roberts is a busy man. Between juggling the ladies in his life and Stevie, there's no wonder it has taken this long for Seven Questions to come to him. I caught up with Roberts while he was repairing his broken racket after pulling a McEnroe. Naturally, Seven Questions ensued ...
1) First off, I am only asking you questions on the condition that you give me my pool money. So where is it?
Well if you're talking about the bet we made about when Kevin Holland would get a personality, that bet is still yet to be determined (ed note: ooooohhhh). As far as the NCAA pool, that money was spent long ago in Los Angeles while on spring break with the tennis team on bets between some of my teammates that I am not at liberty to describe.
2) You live in Wakefield right now. Give me the pros and cons of living so far away from campus?
The positives are that I live with my older sister who pays for everything in a house with a hot tub, flat screen TV and two rottweilers. I am also miles away from those stalking freshman girls. The negative is after parties, when I can't drive home, I am left finding a place to stay, and the place usually ends up being with you and Steve.
3) So your older brother once led the state of Kansas in rushing yards in high school. And the legendary Barry Sanders came in second. So my question for you is this: tennis, huh?
Though I do have a 40 yard sprint time that would make the rest of the Tufts football team seem as if they were running in slow motion, I am not exactly Rich Aronson in stature. I don't think I would get up after my first hit. But flag football's a whole different story...
4) In the spirit of name-dropping, you also played prep school hoops against the likes of Rashad McCants, Charlie Villanueva, Luol Deng, Jarrett Jack and Craig Smith. Give me one good reason they would say "I was on the same court with Paul Roberts."
They might remember playing against me because they each probably had their career high games in points while I was covering them. They might also recall that I was on the same team as Casey D'Annolfo and we all know what kind of force he was on the court this year.
5) What player on the women's team would have the best shot at beating you?
This is a very difficult question as I have respect for each of their games. But I think Trina [Spear] would have the best shot ... let's just say that I don't think the ball would be my main focus.
6) You and my roommate, Steve "Mario" Cincotta, have known each other since way back. Tell me something about Cincky that even I don't already know.
You two have been roommates since sophomore year, so I am sure you must know how to translate his mumbling speech, as well as that he was the best running back in the league when he could find a hole. But one thing you both are unaware of is that in fourth grade, I kissed his older sister in the back of the bus on the way to Six Flags.
7) Who on your team is the best "playmaker," if you catch my drift?
Jon Ruby has those stunning blue eyes, Ben Alexander used to be a childhood star on a soap opera, and Sean McCooey has that baby face working for him. But when talking about "playmaker" there is no question that with his number one status, VIP access at every club and sexy Turkish accent ... the winner is Rifat Perahya. And Yates ... you weren't even under consideration.
- by Tim Whelan
