Keith Hayes got his love for writing in the 6th grade where he began writing sci-fi stories for classmates and friends, while continuing to write over the years as a personal hobby.
In 1991 after purchasing WebTV, he caught the Internet bug and began writing on various message boards and newsgroups under the pseudonym Mista Sinista. His posts became popular as he covered movie reviews, the New England Patriots, WCW and WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling. Just do a Google search for Mista Sinista or Sinista1 under groups, and you'll discover enough material to read for months.
As his debating talents developed online, he became vocal in his local newspaper, the Enterprise. He began submitting Letters to the Editor, and most of his pieces were printed on a regular basis. He also had similar success with his letters to the early years of Patriots Football Weekly. After generating some buzz and catching the eyes of readers, Keith was contacted to write for wrestling web site Wrestlenutz.com. He was then later contacted to write for a New England Patriots fan website PatriotsFootball.com, which is now known as PatsFans.com.
When covering the Pats, Keith kept his Mista Sinista attitude and reviewed the games with his "tell it like it is" style. The Patriots experience soon took off, and allowed him to meet various players, travel to a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, a Super Bowl in New Orleans, several away games in the Meadowlands, and some great games in Foxboro, where he has been a season ticket holder since 1990.
Today, he covers the New England Patriots for eSports and as a 12th Man correspondent for PatsFans.com. You can read his political and local debates on his hometown site Brockton Forums. But for a real treat, you can also see the twisted side on his moniker web site Sinista1.com, where he has some great spoofs like "Barbie and Ken's True Hollywood Story," and "Celebrity Survivor."
Most recently, Keith has become a co-host on two hit radio shows at WXBR 1460 AM in Brockton (formerly WBET). On Fridays, Keith can be heard during the "On the Mark PI Show," with his host Private Investigator Mark Chauppetta, who has his own reality television show in negotiations, and a role in the upcoming horror film Frightworld where he plays an FBI Agent hunting a serial killer who has killed his wife.
Keith is now following in his host’s footsteps after scoring a part in Walt Disney's upcoming movie "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the movie, Keith plays a football player on QB Joe Kingman’s (Dwayne's character) Boston Rebels rival team the New York Dukes. Also joining Keith on the show is defense attorney Ken Diesenhof, and Brockton Police Officer Frank "Czman".
On Saturdays, Keith can be heard during "Krashing Into the Bigfield/The Lock Up" from noon to 4 p.m. talking sports with Enterprise writer Kevin Tocci, and aspiring actor Tom Mariano, cousin to "Boston Rob" of "Survivor/Amazing Race" fame. The show also features guests Matt Futrell, Peter Czymbor, Dennis Harris, and is produced by former Indie wrestler Mike Pavia. The South Shore Sports Show is growing, as the first two hours cover sports (professional and local), while the second two hours cover the best talk in professional and Indie wrestling.
Round 1 of the NFL playoffs for the New England Patriots are over, as they advance with an impressive 28-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"Red Rover, Red Rover send the Colts on over..."
As the final minutes ticked off the clock in Foxboro, my girlfriend Mari said this to me, and it spoke volumes because I think almost everyone in New England really wants to see this team take on the Colts in the next or final round.
Here I am sitting at home with my shoes off getting ready to drink a tall mug of hot chocolate and eat a warm slice of apple bread while bringing this article to you. You see, I just got home from the stadium and was very happy to see that all my talk about players stepping up came true tonight, and there were some other points that I made just last week that came face front tonight.
"The key for the Pats to overtake the Jags this weekend will be an aggressive defense with their QB situation. The word is that QB Byron Leftwich is going to get the start, but he's coming back from a broken left ankle, which he sustained in late November. If for some reason he doesn't go, then David Garrard will be at the helm, and the last tough defense he faced (Indy) sent him away with a loss. The Pats will have to blitz, and blitz often forcing mistakes..."
The Patriots got to Leftwich early, and my feeling has always been that if a line can get to an opposing QB early in the game then it's going to be a long game for that QB. The Pats defense muscled the Jaguars offensive line, and finished the game with six sacks, one forced fumble and one interception returned for a touchdown.
Outside linebacker Willie McGinest led the team with eight tackles and 4.5 sacks, which broke two NFL records. His sack tally surpassed Buffalo Bills sack master Bruce Smith for the post season record, and proved that some players just get better with age.
Also joining him in the sack department were Rosevelt Colvin (5 tackles), who had a sack after beating triple coverage, and Richard Seymour (2t), who had a half sack assist with Willie late in the game. Seymour also had a key fumble recovery.
Wide receivers's Troy Brown (4t) and Andre Davis (3t) saw some time chasing players down and got the job done when needed. Brown finished third below inside linebacker Mike Vrabel (9t).
Corner back Asante Samuel (4t) had been playing very inconsistent of late, but stepped it up and drove a nail into the Jaguars coffin with a 73 yard INT TD return putting the game pretty much out of reach.
As for other players stepping up when needed: LB's Monty Beisel (2t) and Chad Brown (3t) made key tackles that kept the Jaguars from converting. Overall, the defense sent a message to the disrespecting media and they did it without LB Tedy Bruschi, who was dressed for the game, but remained on the sidelines in preparation for next week.
On offense, QB Tom Brady (15 of 27, 201 yds, 3 TDs) started out sluggish, and was rushing the ball like he spent too much time watching the Rose Bowl last week, twice gaining 9 yards of the 118 they dropped...
"With the Jags ranked second in the league for sacks, and fourth in the league for interceptions, the Pats offensive attack should rely on the running attack, which is operating on a positive healthy note with RB's Corey Dillon, Kevin Faulk and FB's Patrick Pass and Heath Evans..."
Fullback Heath Evans didn't see anytime in the game, but the ground attack was spread out among four players. Running back Kevin Faulk led the attack with 51 yards on 6 carries, while Corey Dillon spent part of the first quarter benched for unknown reasons (possibly for his outburst in the locker room last week). He ended up carrying the ball 17 times over 40 yards. On second and 10, wide receiver Andre Davis rushed for 13 yards converting for the first, while Patrick Pass came in late in the fourth and converted a third and five for six yards and the first down to set up QB Matt Cassell's kneel down.
The Pats rushing attack kept the Jags LB's busy, but allowed the Pats to make passes downfield when needed. The receiving corps racked up 189 total yards, with tight end Benjamin Watson (5 rushes for 91yds) having a great night despite some dropped passes and a fumble, which rolled five yards ahead of him and was recovered by WR Tim Dwight. Watson's big moment was an explosive 63 yard TD, which sent the stadium into a frenzy when he refused to take the easy first down out of bounds after a missed sideline tackle and made a dash for the end zone.
RB's Kevin Faulk and Corey Dillon combined for 5 receptions and 57 yards, while WR Deion Branch led his corps with 2 receptions over 36 yards, while Brown, Andre Davis and David Givens combined for only 3 receptions over 17 yards. However, Brown and Givens both saw the end zone when it mattered.
So now we wait to see who's next…