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#1 sports moment: (3-way Tie)'Boys win their 5th super bowl. / Vince Young and Longhorns beat USC in Nat'l Championship. / TCU upsets Oklahoma in 2005.
#1 reason why you love sports: It keeps us together. It divides us, but mostly brings us together, especially after hard times.
#1 NFL team: Dallas Cowboys (grew up with them)...my number #1 team overall.
#1 NBA team: Phoenix Suns (Not a big fan of the NBA since MJ and the guys left)
#1 MLB club: Chicago Cubs (grew up with them)
#1 NHL team: Phoenix Coyotes
#1 Soccer Club: Pass...not a big soccer fan. Maybe the USA during World Cup
#1 All-time Athlete: Michael Jordan and Randy White
#1 Athlete now: Tony Romo and D. Ware
#1 College Team: (Football) USC (10 years in So Cal) / (everything else) NMSU Aggies
#1 NASCAR Driver: Jeff Gordan (I like that he pisses everyone off)
#1 Favorite mascot: NMSU Pistol Pete (can you tell I went to school there)
#1 sports venue: (past) Wrigley Field / (present) University of Phoenix Stadium / (future) New Cowboys Stadium
#1 sports moment: Cowboys win their 5th super bowl. NMSU beats UNLV the year the Rebels won it all. Michigan losses to App State (gotta love that)
#1 reason why you love sports: Bring people together. Healthy (not the Raiders fans) for people to root for a common cause. Fun and takes your mind off things...
#1 College Team: Football-WSU Cougs Basketball-WSU or Duke Baseball-OSU!!
#1 NASCAR Driver: Dale Jr.
#1 Favorite mascot: the Mariner Moose
#1 sports venue: (past) Wrigley Field / (present) University of Phoenix Stadium / (future) New Cowboys Stadium (agreed, except i also like Quest Field)
#1 sports moment: Boise State last year Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
#1 reason why you love sports: fun to play, watch, and live.
#1 NFL team: Washington Redskins- Childhood hometown pride
#1 NBA team: HATE THE NBA, used to like the "Charlotte" Hornets-don't watch anymore
#1 MLB club: Boston Redsox
#1 NHL team: Washington Capitals
#1 Soccer Club: DC United
#1 All-time Athlete: Michael Jordan
#1 Athlete now: Peyton Manning
#1 College Team: University of North Carolina Tar Heels
#1 NASCAR Driver: Dale Earnhardt Jr.- But I'm not a big NASCAR fan
#1 Favorite mascot: the Spider from U of Richmond!!!
#1 sports venue: RCA Dome in Indianapolis/RFK Stadium in DC
#1 sports moment: (2-way tie) (1)The Indianapolis Colts win the AFC Championship by taking down the Evil Empire Patriots in January of 2007 after being down 21-3. WHAT A GREAT GAME!! (2) The UNC Tar Heels go 5-0 against the "little" Ten and complety destory them in the Final Four (Wisconsin, Michigan State and Illinois in the final) to win the National Championship in 2005
#1 reason why you love sports: Fun to play, enjoy watching and talking about it and most of all brings us together.
#1 sports moment: (3-way Tie)'Boys win their 5th super bowl. / Vince Young and Longhorns beat USC in Nat'l Championship. / TCU upsets Oklahoma in 2005.
#1 reason why you love sports: It keeps us together. It divides us, but mostly brings us together, especially after hard times.
I'm going to have some of the same answers as you, neighbor.
#1 NFL team:Dallas Cowboys #1 NBA team:Dallas Mavericks #1 MLB club:Texas Rangers #1 NHL team:Dallas Stars #1 Soccer Club:FC Dallas #1 All-time Athlete:Bobby Clark #1 Athlete now:Sergei Zubov #1 College Team:University of Denver Pioneers Men's Hockey #1 NASCAR Driver:Gascap Louie #1 Favorite mascot:The Phillie Phanatic #1 sports venue:(past) Reunion Arena / (present) Invesco Field / (future) Undecided #1 sports moment:10/05/93 - Neal Broten scores first-ever goal in Dallas Stars history (I know, not franchise history).
#1 NFL team: atlanta falcons #1 NBA team: san antonio spurs #1 MLB club: toronto blue jays #1 NHL team: dont like hockey #1 Soccer Club: real madrid cf #1 All-time Athlete: matt hughes #1 Athlete now: matt hughes #1 College Team: texas #1 NASCAR Driver: dont know anyone #1 Favorite mascot: dont know #1 sports venue: AT&T center #1 sports moment: not sure #1 reason why you love sports: its fun, good for your health, brings people together.
#1 NFL team: Chicago Bears - I grew up with a "Black and Blues Brothers" poster over my bed and Walter Payton was my first idol. My earliest sports memories were of the 1985 Bears, which set up the unrealistic expectations that I have for the team to this day.
#1 NBA team: Chicago Bulls - Special place in my heart here since basketball was my favorite sport to play and I felt like I grew up with MJ's Bulls more than any other team - MJ started just when I was old enough to start watching sports and, by the time of the second three-peat, I was in college. I doubt any of my teams will have an amazing run like that ever again in my lifetime.
#1 MLB club: Chicago White Sox - Native South Sider ('nuff said). As beautiful as Wrigley Field might be to watch a game, I'll never be a front-running Cubs fan. Being a Frank myself, Frank Thomas was my favorite baseball player growing up. The 2005 World Series run might have been the most surprising season one of my teams have ever had.
#1 NHL team: Chicago Blackhawks - I really enjoyed hockey back when the Hawks had guys like Chris Chelios and Jeremy Roenick, but then the franchise did everything to drive their fans away up until this season. Hockey is a fantastic sport to watch in person, yet the team has a long way to go to get me to watch them on a regular basis again.
#1 Soccer Club: I thoroughly enjoy the passion of the World Cup, but other than that, I don't watch much soccer.
#1 All-time Athlete: Michael Jordan - As I noted before, I was lucky enough to witness him as a hometown fan during my entire childhood - no one has provided more great sports memories for me.
#1 Athlete now: Devin Hester - I don't know if he'll be an all-time great, but I think we have to appreciate this special period of time where he's just unstoppable when he receives a kickoff or punt. He's an enigma along the lines of that period where Bo Jackson dominated the NFL or when Dwight Gooden came onto the scene in baseball - you know you're witnessing something amazing and you're not sure how long it will last.
#1 College Team: Illinois Fighting Illini - After going to school there, they are my number one team of all. I went to the Rose Bowl this year and it was an ugly game, but the fact that we were even there after going through such an awful period of football was wonderful enough. The 2005 Illini basketball team is right up there with the 1985 Bears and the 1996 Bulls on my list of favorite sports teams of all-time.
#1 NASCAR Driver: Even though I went to college in central Illinois, there's not a single ounce of country in me. I have no answer for this.
#1 Favorite mascot: Chief Illiniwek (RIP). Let's also have a moment of silence for the giant beer mug that Bernie Brewer used to jump into. For living mascots, I'm partial to the big Orange guy from Syracuse. I'll also give props to Bernie Brewer's colleagues in Milwaukee - the Italian Sausage, Polish Sausage, and Bratwurst that race every game.
#1 sports venue: Wrigley Field - Even as a diehard White Sox fan, it's still the mecca for any baseball fan.
#1 sports moment:
(1a) 2005 NCAA Chicago Regional Final - Trailing by 15 points with 4 minutes to go in the game, the Illini come back against Arizona to tie the game in regulation and then win it in overtime to move onto the Final Four. It's hard to imagine a more unbelievable and emotional game - that was the highest high that I've ever gotten from watching sports.
(1b) 1998 NBA Finals Game 6 - It wasn't just MJ's famous "final shot" (in my brain, he never played for the Wizards) over Byron Russell, but the entire last minute of that game, where he drove in for a layup on an inbounds pass and then subsequently stripped the ball from Karl Malone (one of the greatest power forwards ever) on the defensive end, which set up that last shot. It was a microcosm of MJ's career - score on an aggressive drive to the basket (which reflected his early years), steal the ball from a Hall of Famer (people need to remember that MJ was also the best man-on-man defender in the NBA when he was playing) and score on a jumpshot (which reflected his final years).
#1 reason why you love sports: As someone else stated before, not too many things in life bring people together the way sports can.
Last edited by Frank the Tank; 01-17-2008 at 10:44 PM..
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