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I'm a big soccer fan. Going to see the Sounders play live next week, in fact. Occasionally I'll catch an MMA match on PPV.
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Columbus Crew is a cunning name, although I must admit my first thought was of hip-hop.
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I know F1 isn't big in America (partly due to competition from stuff like NASCAR) but hopefully the excellent new track in Austin will help to change that.
Never seen an American football game, I must admit.
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Probably not missing anything on the American football it's probably more of a cultural thing. Young men are indoctrinated to watch it.
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I'm a certified scuba diver. Don't know if that qualifies as a sport, although I will say that you get one helluva workout lugging that gear around. And the final entry I'll mention is that I came thiiiiiiiiis close to getting my black belt in taekwando. Ended up moving a few months before I could finish.
I thought I'd give F1 another bash after several years away from it (especially since Suzi Perry is now fronting it for the BBC). But it's still the same mind-numbing procession that it was when I stopped watching.Can't stand ordinary football, but I got a taste for American Football when I worked in Dallas in the late 80s, so nominally I'm a Cowboys supporter, although it's rare that I stay up into the wee small hours to watch a game.
Cricket is just an excuse to read a book outdoors... ;)
MLB. I'm a HUGE San Francisco Giants fan. Those who came before me were/are NY Yankees fans, but since I grew up in the SF Bay Area I was never tainted. :-)My brother somehow wound up a LA Dodgers fan, so we have some fun with it.
Football, I go with the Niners, but only by default. I can take it or leave it when it comes to football.
NHL. Heck, you're Canadian, or you're not...
I have to revive this discussion because in this book world, don't get to talk much sports. NHL, my Blackhawks, went almost 50 years without a Stanley Cup and now two recently; can it be three? Also NFL (Cowboys), MLB (Cubs, also a little while without a championship) and recently the other football (soccer - PSG).
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Thaddeus wrote: "Fantastic race in Hungary over the weekend. Got to say Ricciardo's an immensely likeable chap, and Alonso drove fantastically well to secure second in a car that's not great."…but? Isn't the only real F1 race the Monaco Grand Prix? All the others are just pre or post Monaco practice sessions. Aren't they? ;)
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Monaco is ridiculously overrated. With the possible exception of Singapore it's the worst race of the year (Monaco and Singapore are miles worse than everywhere else).
Thaddeus wrote: "Scot, I proclaim you the 13th Duke of Wrongcaster, for no man could be more wrong.Monaco is ridiculously overrated. With the possible exception of Singapore it's the worst race of the year (Monac..."
And the lucky 13th one as well. Duke Scot, like Prince William and Duke Scot; it has a ring to it.
Within my Dukedom, henceforth, I duly enact that the Monaco Grand Prix is the top Grand Prix. If one could tear their eyes away from the incredible race itself, made so because of the unique circuit that is the streets of Monte Carlo, then one would see the most amazing backdrop for any race, dare I say any sporting event, beautiful Monte Carlo.
Now, does my new Royal capacity get me into the Royal Box for the next Monaco Grand Prix?
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Thaddeus wrote: "Yes, Duke Scot, but as a punishment for your very wrongness."If (a big I’m not buying in ‘if’ there) wrong, then as sung by Sir Roderick (another non-formalized title, this one for Rod Stewart, but that’s another story) to the Monaco Grand Prix I say, “If loving you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.”
I'm Chicagoan by birth so Blackhawks, Bulls, and Bears. I've moved down here to Raleigh and have adopted the Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) as well. I live 10 minutes from the stadium, parking is easy, tickets are still cheap and team won Stanley Cup in 2006. Life is good down here :D
Wesley wrote: "I'm Chicagoan by birth so Blackhawks, Bulls, and Bears. I've moved down here to Raleigh and have adopted the Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) as well. I live 10 minutes from the stadium, parking is easy, ..."Wesley, please, say it ain't so. I'm not and never have been a Chicagoan, but it is still Blackhawks for life. Don't let the Hurricanes entice you away with cheap tickets.
While living in Chicago, I was never a hockey fan. I didn't start watching hockey until I went to a Hurricanes game eleven years ago. So the Hurricanes are my first team. I follow the Blackhawks as my second team because they are Chicago, not because I was ever a true fan.Also, to be accurate I was born in Libertyville, a suburb of the Chicago metro area. I lived in the area for twenty-three years, including five years in the city itself.
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Sounds like one of them's hockey.
Blackhawks (hockey), Bulls (basketball), Bears (Football)
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Unless you actually mean a 'soccer' team :p
Yes the sport where players don't bite each other, fake injuries every other minute, and games don't end in 0-0 ties day after day.That football.
Soccer? Where did that term come from? To use some personal preferences, there is football, as in 5 time Super Bowl champions, Dallas Cowboys and there is football, as in Chelsea FC (for us North America types all the National and International championships is too confusing but Chelsea has a lot).
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Soccer's not used much in the UK (compared to football) but it does help to differentiate between football and football.
Personally I'm a big fan of MMA and I'll catch the occasional American football game when the season is going on. I also occasionally watch the Columbus Crew play live (soccer).