Something I forgot to mention before. To anyone who didn't see the NFL network broadcast of the Chief-Broncos game. Bryant Gumbel is the worst play-by-play announcer in NFL history. He's much worse at play-by-play than Dennis Miller was at color commentary. It's not even close.

I am a huge Huskers fan too- yay!! Both of my grandma and grandpa are/were from Nebraska. The only football I will actually watch is college football.

toronto maple leafs

blaspemy! canadiens rule!

haha, i do like the canadiens as well, even though the leafs and habs are supposed rivals, but i love the city of montreal so I just can't bring myself to hate the habs, ottawa on the other hand... I cheer for montreal when theyre playing any team other than the leafs. and fortunately the leafs usually play well against them

Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel should have like a decathalon. Not a normal one. People could vote on events. Then they could have other celebrity siblings do it. Who wouldn't watch that show? Luke and Owen Wilson racing gokarts. The Olsen Twins having an eating contest. The Hilton sisters weightlifting. classic.

it's not my fav but im going to put it out there, what about this greek basketball team that kicked our US teams behind this last year. Can we actually be sucky? it's the greeks for crying out loud, and no im not spelling out team name, it's long and you cant pronouce it lol starts with a P though

God so true!

beep
beep
beeeep
beeeeeeeeeeep

the Philadelphia Eagles are dead.


Funeral's on tuesday.

In a sporty mood today (except for finding out that my flippin' passport expires two days before my flight ... guess who now has to make an emergency road trip to Chicago from Detroit this Friday? See ... "Karma Magnet" in effect again: should have taken care of this earlier, now my entire Friday is f***ed up).

Anyways, on to sports ... this turned out to be a long post, so get comfy, sports fans.



Basketball


My favorite sport. Play pick-up ball whenever I can. The sport gets more international by the year. Basketball ranks just under Futbol (Soccer) and alongside Rugby and Cricket as the Mount Rushmore of Global Team Sports. Ice Hockey and Baseball are international, true enough, but not played in every corner of the globe like those four sports.

So naturally, I'm a big fan of the Detroit Pistons and the Michigan State Spartans. Neither one will probably win their championships this season (both are in rebuilding years), but I always smile whenever they win and frown whenever they lose. Tayshaun Prince will be an NBA all-star this year, mark my words. And I'm really curious to see how Ohio State Buckeyes center Greg Oden will turn out this season in college basketball.

My all-time favorite basketball player: Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics. I'd rank him no lower than #2 in terms of greatest basketball player ever (right behind Michael Jordan, like 1 and 1a). Look at what he accomplished: 11 championships in 13 seasons. 5 League MVP awards. And if they had had Finals MVPs or kept track of career blocks back when Russell played, he's got at least 5 Finals MVPs coming his way and is the unofficial all-time leader in blocked shots. First non-white coach in any of the 4 major North American pro sports.

And I loved how he always got in Wilt Chamberlain's head just enough to throw the Dipper off his usually prolific game and make him choke in the clutch. Russell knew how to get his teammates involved and make them better than they actually were; whereas Chamberlain didn't have a clue how to do this. If Bill Russell were in his youthful prime today, he would still be an overhwhelming post player (either small or power forward) in the modern NBA game.



Grid-Iron (American Football)


I played nose tackle in high school ... while not knowing anything about the game I was playing. Since then, I've grown to really appreciate how chess-like this game really is, as opposed to the "gladiator" mentality people love to hoist upon it. Can't see Grid-Iron ("Soccer" is the rightful owner of the name "Football", IMHO) becoming a truly global sport anytime soon.

I'm a Detroit Lions fan, or will be once General Manager Matt Millen is fired. That man has destroyed this once-proud (1950s NFL championships count as "once") franchise so thoroughly it's hard to describe. Has any other GM (in any sport)'s stupidity resulted in a "Millen Man March" with fans taking to the streets demanding he be fired? And since I am a die-hard Spartan, I'm not too sad about the University of Michigan Wolverines getting sorta jobbed by the BCS. Cuz I know Wolverines would never root for Spartans if that scenario involved us. I do hope the Lions grab OSU's Troy Smith in the next NFL draft. We need a gritty franchise QB.

My favorite all-time football player: John Elway of the Denver Broncos. Everyone always yaps about RB Jim Brown (most dominant) or QB Joe Montana (most clutch) or even WR Jerry Rice (most stats) as being the greatest football player ever. I still say the greatest gridiron player of all time is Elway. He has the best combination of stats, rings, and clutch victories to back it up. And he went out on top (TWSS!) with back-to-back NFL championships.

And on an OFFICE note, Jim Halpert kinda reminds me of John Elway. Elway carried his team in constant pursuit of a Super Bowl victory, only to constantly lose it. Likewise, Jim has pursued Pam time and time again, only to blow it. So many failures and missed opportunites, and then finally (or hopefully in Jim's case) success and a happy ending.



Misc.


After those two sports, there's a big drop in interest (these are the only two sports I both play and actively watch) for me. I never played baseball or hockey, so my interest there is usually minimum ... granted, I live in the Hockeytown (10 Stanley Cups) of the Detroit Red Wings. And Detroit Tigers baseball did recently resurrect itself (2006 AL champs), so I do keep tabs on both of those hometown squads, if not their leagues. Don't really have an all-time favorite baseball player, though the immortal Home Run King Hank Aaron would come closest. And it's hard to compete with recently retired Steve Yzerman for my all-time favorite hockey player.

I wish futbol/soccer was more popular here in the states. Fantastic game to play ... not so much to watch. It's definitely the Beautiful Game in that no other sport invokes as much passion around the world. It even stops wars (a civil war in Africa apparently was put on hold when their citizens found out their national team qualified for the World Cup): that's power like no other sport on Earth can come close to.

I like Golf, but I'm only good for the driving ranges. Tiger Woods will go down as the Great Golfer in History when all is said and done. Even so, I like Vijay Singh more so, if only because he doesn't have all these expectations and can still give Tiger a run for his money from time to time.

I'm barely aware of Tennis (the men's game does nothing for me), but I do like Maria Sharapova, for the obvious non-sport reasons. I can't play worth a lick, either, so that doesn't help in the interest department.

Never played rugby (looks fun, tho) and tried my hand at cricket once (God, what a disaster that was), so I never bothered watching either of them. Am I missing out? Any other sports worth checking out (No Curling) in my free time?



Whew, that was a mouthful (TWSS!!), wasn't it? That's really all I have to say about sports for now. Unless somebody else has an interesting comment or question to make about sports. Or has a recommendation about where to eat a good lunch in downtown Chicago for cheap.

CLEAR!
CLEAR!


I GOT A PULSE!


NFL STANDINGS


THE EAGLES ARE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!
(but Jeff Garcia* is running things)

Jeff Garcia*
everyone says he's gay.
He is dating THIS WOMAN
cover-up? stupid chick? You be the judge.

Lets spice things up.

We should list your...

favorite athletes
least favorite teams/athletes

Happy to do so!

I already listed my most favorite athletes, but my least favorite athletes and teams?

Hmmm ... for teams I'd least like to see win any game, playoff or season, I'll go with

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers (they always get the best big men)
NFL: New England Patriots (Tom Brady is too much of a Golden Boy)
MLB: New York Yankees (that's wayy too easy),
NHL: Colorado Avalanche (they hate Detroit and we hate them)
NCAA BB: Duke/North Carolina (Tobacco Road bores me)
NCAA FB: Notre Dame (Brady Quinn is too much Golden Boy Jr.)

Hey Tim Halpert, no more karmamagnetism, eh?

I'm with you on the Yankees. They are easily my least favorite sports team. I respect the power their money buys, but I can't stand the Boss, or the attitude. The one thing that is unforgiveable in a New Yorker is to love the Red Sox, and I do. I nearly cried when Damon went to the Yanks.

Additionally, I hate Terrell Owens, but that feeling is mutually shared by so many, I'm sure.

Also, I hate Notre Dame. I'm Irish, but can't stand em.

I'm a first hand TO victim (eagles fan)

Players I like

NFL- LT, Joey Harrington(hetrosexual man-crush on him), Ocho Cinco
NBA- Dirk, Kirlinko, ADAM MORRISON
MLB- Chase Utley's my boy


TEAMS I hate
NFL: go to HEELLL TOM BRADY PATS, Cowboys
NBA: Spurs, Knicks, Pistons, Lakers , Heat anybody but my mavs
MLB: Yanks, Marlins, Mets
College BB- Duke, Duke, Duke and people who like Duke
College FB- Miami sorta

Players I hate
NFL: see above
NBA: 'Sheed, Kobe (even though I'm in the same league as his high school) JJ I-like-d1ck(Redick)
MLB: Clemens, A-rod, JETER!
CBB: ALL THE DUKIES
CFB: Troy Smith , just don't like him

by the way, Tiger woods is cool and Vigay sucks

As a 49er faithful, I can say that TO sucks and Garcia is gay. I've seen him at enough Sharks games to know by the way he acts when he thinks no one is looking at him.

Favorite Team: Without a doubt The Detroit Tigers! They sucked in the world series this past season, but since I really didn't expect them to get to the playoffs much less the world series, I'm just dandy with the past season.

Favorite Athletes: All the the detroit tigers now that Young is off the team. I also like a couple of the pistons. Rip Hamilton seems nice, Prince seems nice. I use to like Ben Wallace until he decided he was a "superstar" and needed more money

Least Favorite athletes: The Yankees and the Whitesox but the Whitesox are a new dislike for me. I think it is basically because they are divisional rivals with the Tigers and now that the Tigers can put up a fight, I don't like the other teams. Specifically, I can't stand AJ Perzinski (sp?) on the Whitesox.

Peer- sin- ski

P-I-E-R-Z-Y-N-S-K-I

pierzynski

OKay, thanks...yep still don't like him though. I do feel like he is one of those sorts of athletes that you like him when he is on your team but can't stand him when he isn't. Another example of this is Rasheed Wallace of the Pistons. So many people don't like him but I bet more would if he was on their team.

HUGE sports fan!


NBA-Lakers
MLB-Dodgers
NFL-Lions(Don't laugh)
NHL-Kings
Soccer*National team-Brazil(Fun to watch)
Soccer*Club Team-Barcelona(Ronaldhino)
Tennis-Agassi
Golf-Tiger
Boxing-Mayweather,Roy Jones Jr.
Bocci-My uncle
Poker-Phyllis
Track-Jim Thorpe
Curling-Some Canadian
Snowboarding-Shaun White
Surfing-Sunny Garcia
NCAA FB-Penn State
NCAA Basketball-UCLA

Wow, you really have no life Just kidding- could not resist that one.
Cowboys fan all the way since I was 6 now I am 34- you go figure
Cardinal baseball fan since 1980
And that's about it.
I like to play the sports instead of watching them....it fun that way.

okay earlier i mentioned about the greek basketball team, but did anyone see them against seribia? There was a huge riot and people were letting off bottle rockets and junk...telling you this whole FIBA thing is badlol and the greek team is going to topple itlol

Hey, thebeetfarm! Nope, no more karmamagnetism. I would have kept it but I really only care for THE OFFICE enough to post online. Plus, everyone else had really cool OFFICE-related nicknames and I really wanted one for myself. And Tim_Halpert seemed good enough.

And to an oven mitt!:

Got nothing against the city of Los Angeles itself (I want to visit there next summer), Duke is a great scolastic university (I just can't stand their bball squads), and Notre Dame's a Catholic university (and since I'm also Catholic, I'm down with that).

Two reasons I don't like Notre Dame:

#1: Brady Quinn. I hate "golden boys", in any sport, on general principle. And his sister didn't help. She was the one who wore a blended jersey of her brother and her then-boyfriend, A.J. Hawk, who happened to be an opposing linebacker that was going to violently sack her own brother in that game. And she knew that. Sorry, but "brother" trumps "boyfriend" in college football (unless the family is way screwed up).

#2: Charlie Weiss. Or rather, the double standard that Notre Dame gives Charlie Weiss that refused to give to former coach Ty Willingham. They had the same win-loss record through x # of games. End result of x # of games: Willingham was fired, Weis given a multi-million-dollar extension. Btw, Weiss is White, Willingham was Black (and the first Black head coach ND ever hired, at that).

Other than that, I like Notre Dame just fine.


As for the players I like the least:

NBA: Ron Artest (just quit already and go box professionally, psychopath).
NFL: Terrell Owens (can't wait till he destroys the Dallas Cowboys from within. Just wait ... it'll happen).
MLB: Barry Bonds (he cannot be allowed to break Hank Aaron's home run record ... he just can't)
NHL: Ummm ... (do they still play hockey outside of Canada and Detroit?)
NCAA BB or FB: eh, no one bothers me enough to mention.

ahah!!

no one aprrciates hockey anymore....

speaking of wich .. does ne one play ice hockey here??

i do

and i am super excited because for christmas i am getting a awesome new stick

No one gives hockey the respect it deserves. And yes they do play hockey outside of Canada and Detroit. As a matter of fact two of the top three teams in the entire league are from California: Anaheim Ducks ranked #1, Buffalo Sabres ranked #2, and the San Jose Sharks ranked #3. So yeah, suck on that! ...California is slowly taking over the world

Well, I wasn't going to go through all the pages of posts to find out if there were other fans of my teams. I guess you'd have to call me a bridesmaid fan... I'm a die-hard Seahawks fan and a Trailblazer fan. " (Of course! I'm from Portland!). And yes, sorry to say this... but although soccer takes a lot of stamina to play... it's boring. Soccer sucks.

Baseball and football, on the other hand, are absolutely riveting. It's so nice of them to give us a minute between each play so we can grab something from the fridge...or see if there's anything else on TV.

I know what you mean. I also love the thrill of

Punt
commercial
1st down
2nd down
3rd down failed conversion
commercial
punt
commercial
1st down
2nd down
3rd down failed conversion
commercial
punt
commercial
1st down
2nd down
OMG he made it!
1st down
2nd down
3rd down failed conversion
commercial
punt
commercial

it reminds me of lather rinse repeat and since I'm a girl, I totally dig it!

Shh. I'm just making my point. I loves me some Bears football, but to say soccer sucks is ridiculous. It's almost the same exact game as hockey. Non-stop, action packed, low scoring. Are ya feelin' me?

At least it's not baseball, bunch of pansies.

"Oh no!!!! I felt a drop of water! I'm melting! Everyone, call off the game!!!"

I like football too actually. The only major sport I cannot watch is basketball. Baseball is ok but only if it's the Giants (since its the only team with players who I actually know something about). I can watch any two football or hockey teams play and be completely entertained. Hockey is nice because a season or two ago they changed some of the rules and there are a lot less stoppages of plays which means fewer commercial breaks ... the games are even more fast and awesome now.

Heck yes soccer is a great sport (people don't know what they are talking about) You actually have to play the sport to realize how rough it is- its not pretty. I played varsity girls soccer for my school. I have a knee injury from this past season when the goalie on the other teem purposefully ran into me to keep me from getting the ball (yellow card she should have gotten )- thought I was going to have to have surgery-I don't thank goodness- but I did have to get an injection into my knee that was really painful. Believe me soccer is a really rough sport for girls- its great

There is nothing funnier than watching the 4-5 year olds stand around and get distracted by butterflies, bees, flowers, etc. A strangely shaped shadow on the field can bring an entire game to a halt as all the players stop to examine it.

When i was coaching U6(4.5-6yo's) we would call the ball 'the magnet' because they could not stay in their positions and everyone from both sides would be attracted to the ball, no one would give an inch and 12 kids would follow the ball up and down the field, those ages never get many goals but thats not the point.

I stopped coaching at U10 level because I would have landed in jail(read:lack of patience w/parents) because some of the parents expected me to have Pele's on the team and train them hard. I told them 'many' times if they didnt like it then they knew where to go.(we had a 10-2 season that year!)

How 'bout husband?

their married now.

that's a wierd thanksgiving

No kidding ...

I suppose "spouse" does trump "sibling" in the rooting department. Still, hypthetically, if my sister and my girlfriend were playing on opposing squads in basketball or volleyball or lacrosse or something and I knew that there's a good chance that my girlfriend is going to knock the crap out of my sister (or vice versa), I wouldn't be able to enjoy the game. I'd still go and watch but not really cheer. And I sure wouldn't call attention to my conflicted loyalties like she did. Ah, whatever, she looks like a horse anyway ... or was that too mean?

I am a die hard Cubs fan even though they always seem to let me down.
Also huge Bears Fan.
IU basketball fan, I have to stay true to my college. We suck at football! So I root for Notre Dame and Michigan when it comes to college football.

Are Indiana people happy for Bob Knight?

sorry if this is completely off topic but i have to vent. ok, the Chiefs had their chance, and they completely blew it. seriously. i'm sorry but trent green needs to be replaced. does anyone feel the same? i'm not even a big football fan but i feel very strongly about this. Highlight of the game: the preview for this weeks Office! looks hilarious!

But you know we always have the Royals. hehe

Final score
Colts 23
Chiefs 8

Thats it. I'm done. I wash my hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

That was an awesome interception at the end.

In Basketball (Pro): Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks.

In Basketball (College): BYU Cougars, Arizona Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes (Goes for Men's and Women's)

In Baseball: Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies.

College Football: BYU Cougars, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona Wildcats, and Ohio State Buckeyes(National Champs!!!)

and in Pro Football: St. Louis Rams and Baltimore Ravens

The Patriots all the way!

The Cowboys lost.

I feel bad for their non-loyal, bandwagon-jumping, good-for-nothing, "fans"
(this doesn't apply to people from Dallas. its the other idiots who became fans when they were amazing in the 90's and have returned)

Thank you, Tony Homo...I mean Romo

Eww. Get out. Pats fan?

E-A-G-L-E-S
eagles

Yes, Pats fan. Eagles - huh?

Just had to come back to gloat, yeah Pats!

[/b]This is gonna be my favorite thread......cause i have thought about joining a sports forum....but still
i LOVE SPORTS..... (in fact at a high school level i recently wrote a column about the Arizona Cardinals for the school newspaper and the kid of the editor of the Arizona Republic brought the paper home and his dad read it and offered me $75 if he could put it in, but i still have to decide...by doing this i would technically declare war on 5 of the city's richest big shots.) just a little bragging rights....I have learned not to hate all rivalrys (except the Lakers for me)
but any way here it goes....

Baseball:
1) All Time Favorite:Chicago Cubs-i spent the first three years of my life on the west side and a lot of my family is from there, even though their record must....dreadfull...but now Dusty Baker is gone and Lou Pinella is going to take over....YES!....i love Crazy Lou....The Tony Soprano of baseball....now even if the cubs do suck, we can have Lou Pinella throw a base at Blue or at least shower the ump's eyebrows with sunflower seeds...it is going to be AWESOME.

2)New York Mets: Now I love my Mets....Since my family is originally from Brooklyn....we lost our team in the late Forties (Dodgers) but we soon became Mets fans driven by the common hatred of the Yankees(which would soon change because NYers feel they still need to root for the Yankees).

3) Arizona Diamondbacks-Just because a few management burps in their recent history doesnt change the fact that they are currently my home team....fortunatly i moved before 2 major events....The 2001 World Series and the major diminishing of my hatred of the Yankees.

Basketball:
The Suns[\b]-They are truly a beautiful team....i immeaditatly fell in love with them....Isiah Thomas said "the suns are truly a beautiful team" i cant remember the rest of the quote but it was somewhere along the lines of he wishes his team could be like the suns....Isiah Thomas wishes....the Suns are on fire right now and have the chemistry that was once with the '92 Dream Team.

Football:
1)[b]Chicago Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears.
Giants[\b]-i love my Giants...even though they lost....i still love them..........

Hokey:
[b]NY Rangers i have loved the rangers since i was a little kid.....i still love them


all other sports i might post later but not know

I'm from MA, so my favorite teams are all Boston-related teams. My favorite sport used to be basketball (back in the 80s), so it used to be the Celtics, but as I've aged football has become my favorite sport. GO PATS! Also, baseball - as anyone from Massachusetts can tell you, we are conditioned to love the Red Sox beyond any reasonable doubt.

When I was a wee lass, I'd sit in my dad's lap and we'd watch sports together. When we watched the Patriots play (in the 80s, they weren't so good), my dad would often wear a paper bag over his head with eye holes cut out. Since I was a total daddy's little girl, I wanted to be just like him. So my dad made me my very own bag (I initially borrowed his, but the eye holes were too high for my small head), and we'd watch the Patriots play on our TV in the family room, paper bags over our heads. Oh, it was grand. And now we're winning! Huzzah!!

My dad has cried only a few times in his life - when his best friend died, when Larry Bird retired, and when the Red Sox won the World Series. True story.

nice.....

it looks like i screwed my bold font up...

congrats on the Pats beating the Chargers btw