OT - Who are your teams?

Cabin got me thinking...So I thought this might be fun who are your favorite teams? Favorite Memories? Baseball AZ Diamondbacks (2001 World Series - Game 7 Luis Gonzalez drives home the winning run off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the 9th with a bloop single over the head of a drawn-in Derek Jeter to defeat "the Evil Empire" and bring home Phoenix's first major sports championship NY Mets (Game 6 1986 - 'nuff said) Chicago Cubs (heck of a run a few years back - F.U. Steve Bartman) NFL  NY Jets (All the memories of their 1980's nose-tackle Joe Klecko with his face all bloodied every game.) AZ Cardinals (Hard to find one here, but they did make it to the playoffs and knock off the cowboys once around 97 or 98) College Football - Arizona State Sun Devils (96 Rose Bowl - Jake the Snake and the boys were 18 seconds away from a national championship - damn David Boston and Ohio State) College Basketball - North Carolina Tar Heels (Every time they have beaten Duke) NBA - Phoenix Suns (Game 3 against San Antonio this year "the comeback" before Amare had his brain-fart leaving the bench in Game 4 - may have cost them the title) NY Knicks (Finally getting past the Bulls in the 90's - how many times did Charles Smith get fouled under the basket in the closing seconds of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semis in '93) Hockey - Carolina Hurricanes (2006 Stanley Cup run) Golf - Lefty (Finally winning the Masters)

Growing up in Pittsburgh during the 1970's was a sports fan's dream. I think we won the World Series, the Superbowl and the Stanley Cup within 12 months of each other one year. 4 Superbowl victories, A world Series Championship and 2 Stanley Cups within a 5 year period. I saw Roberto Clemente get his 3000th hit. I was a valet parking attendant in high school for Allegheny Country Club and parked the cars for, and met, most of my sports heroes, as both the Steelers and Pirates held team events there. Lately, I was fortunate to be at the AFC Championship game two years ago in Denver, where my Steelers put a beating on the Broncos and went on to win the Superbowl. I will admit though, it might have been the worst Superbowl in history. But, A Steeler win is a Steeler win! Now that I have been in Austin for a long time, I have kind of switched from a Penn State fan to UT, but I will die a Steeler fan. You can have my Terrible Towel when you pry it from my cold dead fingers! JP

Fatman one of those Pittsburg rings were stolen from Oakland I'll have you know. I like both Oakland and San Francisco's baseball and football teams.  All now stink to high heaven.  The same with the Sacramento Kings.  The one team I really follow is The University of California...Cal Golden Bears.  With baseball, the one year of the strike when there was no World Series MLS broke my heart.  They never really got me back as a fan.  I will enjoy watching some of a game on TV, but if anything comes up the game becomes low priority.  It was like an old girlfriend leaving you.  So I now follow baseball from a distance.  Brian 

"Fatman one of those Pittsburg rings were stolen from Oakland I'll have you know." I'll give you that one. At least went on to beat the Vikings. Oakland had the second best team in the league a few of those years. I really felt sorry for Houston, though. They definitely had the second best team in the NFL for quite a few years, but unfortunately for them they were in the same division as Pittsburgh.

Baseball: "The E vil Empire." Favorite moments: Everytime I go to "The Stadium" & see those 26 pennants.  NY (NJ?) Giants NY Rangers NY Knicks See the pattern? Does anyone love HDTV for sports more than me? Jay

" Does anyone love HDTV for sports more than me?" You ain't kidding there. HDTV Rocks. I get so pissed when I send that check to DirecTV for NFL Sunday Ticket, because it is sooooo damn expensive, But come that first Sunday all is forgiven. JP

I was raised in the NY area.  My teams are: Mets Jets Rangers Knicks From that list you already know that there have been good times but an awful lot of the other kind.  Kind of gives you a tougher skin. Still viewing with the old fashioned kind of tvs  (at least it's color) Brian

Alright - ready to laugh.... Houston Texans - 10 and 4 this year! Houston Oilers - when here Houston Astros - saw Greg B. hit his grand slam last week and retire Houston Rockets - watching the NBA Championships Houston Comets - went to school with Sheryl Swoopes Houston Dynamo - trying to get behind the home team - even though I HATE soccer Texas Tech University - ALL SPORTS And to start the fire - I am ANTI COWBOYS!!!  True Texan!!! Have a great week. Sean

New York Mets... period
In my family, we bleed Blue & Orange
Except for my wacky brother (dirty Yankee fan)

Don't really care for any other team sports

-A.J.

I am kinda of in the sports biz so the memories are many the high highlights 1984 Olympics- worked most venues got to see alot Got the chance to be in dodger stadium at 6AM all alone. Stood out on the infield between 1st adn pitcher mound with the sun just peaking in over right field with a 65K stadium completely empty. easily on of the greatest most surreal moments in my life.  I am sure there were people there but I could see any.I was let in by 6 people they had to be somewhere. NBA-  lakers- Magic Kareem Cooper. got to go out pregame and shoot around with some of the players as a sponsorship perk, Thank you ATT Wireless Football-  Pro- rams 49ers game at Anaheim Monday night game, crowd was electric rams won. My last good football memory they left soon after College.  I am the linen supplier for the Rosebowl game, have been for 6 years now. I have gotten to see my Beloved Trojans win a National championship up close and have some great pics of me and in the stadium two day before the game with the stadium mostly empty. I also have hats from the losing team that says they are the national champs, the ones they are suppose to destroy SHHHHH.  Soccer there are many US National team Soccer 2000 Us mens team playing in the Gold Cup in So Cal I am the tourney local organizing commitee and friend with most of the players on the US team. We win Cobi Jones gives me his game jersey and signs it. It was the last time the SU team wore they design.  Worked for the Beckhams( Galaxy) for 7.5 seasons we won the US Open Cup in So Cal I ran that game for US Soccer and have the ball adn jersey from Ezra hendrickson. he scored the game winner for the Galaxy. Meeting alot of the guys watching them grow their families. the 2000 MLS Cup i was part of that. I am now with Chivas USA doing the same thing hoping to have the same results this year. We aare kicking ass. I ahve run 3 MLS Cup games 2 all star games. Got to meet and take pics with Pele. NHL My son is named after Dave taylor, LA KINGS now with Dallas Stars(not officially until later this week). Beating the wings in 2001 or 21 taking the Aves to 7 games, getting to watch Gretz in person  The cup run(93), though no Stanley Cup YET. The many times we have met the coached and players, easily the great guys in all of sports. Pics with the Cup and kids. I live adn die with my beloved Kings no matter how much they suck year after year.