Brendan Loy is an American blog

Blog

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ger. Loy's blog, then entitled The Irish Trojan's Blog, gained moderate attention on the Internet and in some media outlets for his posting on Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

. He currently runs two blogs. His primary blog "The Living Room Times" covers politics, sports, news, weather, and other topics. His secondary blog "The Pioneer Pulse" is devoted to covering the University of Denver Pioneers men's basketball team.

Loy worked for the Daily Trojan

Daily Trojan

The Daily Trojan, or "DT," is the student newspaper of the University of Southern California. The newspaper is a forum for student expression and is written, edited, and managed by university students. The paper is intended to inform USC students, faculty, and staff on the latest news and provide...

 during his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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.

Loy is a native of Newington

Newington, Connecticut

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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. He graduated from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 in 2003 and Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame Law School

The Notre Dame Law School, or NDLS, is the professional graduate law program of its parent institution, the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869, NDLS is the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the United States. NDLS is ranked 22nd among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools" by U.S. News &...

 in 2007. He and his wife Becky have two daughters. He is currently a practicing attorney in Colorado.

Hurricane Katrina coverage

Loy's site became the "most frequently cited hurricane-related blog" for Katrina-related coverage, according to Intelliseek's Blogpulse.

Due to his hurricane coverage, Loy was the subject of articles in The New York Times

The New York Times

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, The Washington Post

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, and was covered by Slate

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s Mickey Kaus

Mickey Kaus

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. Loy also appeared briefly in Spike Lee

Spike Lee

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's HBO documentary film

Documentary film

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 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, premiered in August 2006.

Other media attention

Loy also authored a piece for Sports Illustrated on Campus entitled "The Perfect Bracket: How to come out on top in your NCAA tournament pool."

External links

• The Living Room Times, formerly titled The Irish Trojan's Blog
• The Pioneer Pulse
• "ND 'weather nerd' on mark ; He used computer models to track storm, warn of impending doom on blog", South Bend Tribune
  South Bend Tribune
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  , September 7, 2005