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[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Favorite football team-Dallas
Favorite basketball team-Boston
Favorite baseball team-NY Yankees
Favorite college basketball-Duke
Favorite college football-Miami
Favorite racetrack-Saratoga
Favorite horse ever-Java Gold
Favorite Cities-New York and Dallas

Yep, a clear West Coast thing.

How does someone like the Cowboys, Celtics, Yankees and Duke?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

How does someone like the Cowboys, Celtics, Yankees and Duke?

The term “frontrunner” comes to mind

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The term “frontrunner” comes to mind

So let's see. I grew up in Memphis then South Carolina. No pro teams. For most NFL fans that grew up in the 70's and early 80's, if your hometown didn't have a team, you latched onto the Cowboys, Steelers, or Raiders. Because I was closest to Dallas and would always go down there with my grandma, and because I was enthralled with the Ewing family from the most popular show in tv at that time, I went with Dallas. But hey, all those Super Bowls we've won in the past 25 years really help.

My mom moved back to LA in 1980 so I was out there every summer. I had already been going every summer to see my grandparents. Even moved there as an adult. There is a team there that has won 18 titles, 11 of them in the past 41 years. You may have heard of the Lakers. Meanwhile, my team has won four in that same time span and went 22 years without one. But yeah, I guess picking Boston makes me a frontrunner.

I was seven when I started watching baseball. As a kid, the most popular player in the game was Reggie Jackson. They were on tv all the time, he had my same name, and hell, I could even pretend that the candy bar that was named after him was actually named after me. But hey, you're right. I only picked them cause of all the titles they won in the 20's and 30's. Classic front runner.

Again, I mention that I had a connection to LA because of my family. There was a pretty good college football team there at USC and a good basketball team at UCLA. Two national powerhouses. But did I chose them? Nope. I chose Duke because we played with those guys and that was before they had won their first title. I chose the Miami Hurricanes......because they had style and yep, you got me, cause they were the best team when I got really interested in college football. I guess you made your point. As usual, you got me.

[moses]

I was born in 1985 so I don’t quite understand the fascination with the show Dallas, but I always assumed it was basically a glorified soap opera. Was it geared toward kids? I’m not following this line of argument as to why the TV show played into how a kid at the time would pick his favorite football team.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by moses

I was born in 1985 so I don’t quite understand the fascination with the show Dallas, but I always assumed it was basically a glorified soap opera. Was it geared toward kids? I’m not following this line of argument as to why the TV show played into how a kid at the time would pick his favorite football team.

LMAO...it was a soap opera basically.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

LMAO...it was a soap opera basically.

Cashed a nice bet on Kristan as who killed JR. Sunny Joe White told me the muses said it was her, and the muses are never wrong.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by moses

I was born in 1985 so I don’t quite understand the fascination with the show Dallas, but I always assumed it was basically a glorified soap opera. Was it geared toward kids? I’m not following this line of argument as to why the TV show played into how a kid at the time would pick his favorite football team.

It was a soap opera. But just as we sat around and watched Gunsmoke and Bonanza and In the Heat of the Night with my grandma, we also watched Dallas and Dynasty. Plus, they also had the cheerleaders, who were so glamorous that they had their own show. Combine that with we always flew in/out of Dallas and for a youngster like myself, Dallas was the center of the known universe. Dad took me there for my first pro basketball game. The yearly trip to the Cotton Bowl for the Texas State Fair was the highlight of my life. Maybe it’s meaningless to you but I’m just saying how I latched on to the Cowboys. If I had wanted to chose a front runner, I would have chosen the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[moses]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

It was a soap opera. But just as we sat around and watched Gunsmoke and Bonanza and In the Heat of the Night with my grandma, we also watched Dallas and Dynasty. Plus, they also had the cheerleaders, who were so glamorous that they had their own show. Combine that with we always flew in/out of Dallas and for a youngster like myself, Dallas was the center of the known universe. Dad took me there for my first pro basketball game. The yearly trip to the Cotton Bowl for the Texas State Fair was the highlight of my life. Maybe it’s meaningless to you but I’m just saying how I latched on to the Cowboys. If I had wanted to chose a front runner, I would have chosen the Pittsburgh Steelers.

To each their own. You don't need to convince me of anything.

I will say though, I live near Philadelphia in New Jersey and there are lots of Cowboys/Yankees/Lakers fans around here. They are generally horrible people to discuss sports with. For many of them, I could probably eliminate the last four words of that sentence.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by moses

To each their own. You don't need to convince me of anything.

I will say though, I live near Philadelphia in New Jersey and there are lots of Cowboys/Yankees/Lakers fans around here. They are generally horrible people to discuss sports with. For many of them, I could probably eliminate the last four words of that sentence.

Camden makes the Bronx look like Manhattan.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by moses

To each their own. You don't need to convince me of anything.

I will say though, I live near Philadelphia in New Jersey and there are lots of Cowboys/Yankees/Lakers fans around here. They are generally horrible people to discuss sports with. For many of them, I could probably eliminate the last four words of that sentence.

Overall, I agree with you. Especially Laker fans. But I have been changing over the years. When I grew up, players stayed with teams for the most part so if you were a fan one year, you could expect the same players to be on the team the next year. That's changing so much though. I'm more a fan of individual players now and only a fan of teams by tradition. I am a huge LeBron James fan. It baffles me how many Lakers/Kobe fans hated James so much (because he was a threat to their guy) but love him now. I can't like or not like a guy cause of the team he plays for.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

How does someone like the Cowboys, Celtics, Yankees and Duke?

Easy. First basketball game my dad ever took me to see was Boston and Dallas. Boston won, they had Larry Bird, and it was a no brainer.

Growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, everything about Dallas was full of glamour. The TV show, the Cowboys, their cheerleaders.

Since my name is Reggie and the Yankees were winning World Series titles at the time I started watching baseball, I was a Reggie Jackson fan.

Duke because I went to high school in South Carolina and our team was pretty damn good (#7 in the country my junior year). We'd go up to Durham on weekends and play and could always get in games cause our center was first team all-American and was highly recruited. While the UNC and NC St guys were usually assholes to us, the Duke guys never were. We spent a lot of time playing with those guys that went on to the championship game in 1986 and were the foundation of what Duke is today. Johnny Dawkins is still today one of my five favorite players.

[moses]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Easy. First basketball game my dad ever took me to see was Boston and Dallas. Boston won, they had Larry Bird, and it was a no brainer.

Growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, everything about Dallas was full of glamour. The TV show, the Cowboys, their cheerleaders.

Since my name is Reggie and the Yankees were winning World Series titles at the time I started watching baseball, I was a Reggie Jackson fan.

Duke because I went to high school in South Carolina and our team was pretty damn good (#7 in the country my junior year). We'd go up to Durham on weekends and play and could always get in games cause our center was first team all-American and was highly recruited. While the UNC and NC St guys were usually assholes to us, the Duke guys never were. We spent a lot of time playing with those guys that went on to the championship game in 1986 and were the foundation of what Duke is today. Johnny Dawkins is still today one of my five favorite players.

You’re not exactly refuting Andy here.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by moses

You’re not exactly refuting Andy here.

You really have to appreciate his honesty!

[knickslions2]

At least he’s not a Nets fan

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by knickslions2

At least he’s not a Nets fan

I’ve been a Nets fan since they had Bernard King in 1978. Am I allowed to still be a fan?

[knickslions2]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I’ve been a Nets fan since they had Bernard King in 1978. Am I allowed to still be a fan?

I’ve been a knicks fan longer so I can hate the nets right. Bernard was my favorite though

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I’ve been a Nets fan since they had Bernard King in 1978. Am I allowed to still be a fan?

Dr J and Larry Kenon weren’t cool enough for you?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Easy. First basketball game my dad ever took me to see was Boston and Dallas. Boston won, they had Larry Bird, and it was a no brainer.

Growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, everything about Dallas was full of glamour. The TV show, the Cowboys, their cheerleaders.

Since my name is Reggie and the Yankees were winning World Series titles at the time I started watching baseball, I was a Reggie Jackson fan.

Duke because I went to high school in South Carolina and our team was pretty damn good (#7 in the country my junior year). We'd go up to Durham on weekends and play and could always get in games cause our center was first team all-American and was highly recruited. While the UNC and NC St guys were usually assholes to us, the Duke guys never were. We spent a lot of time playing with those guys that went on to the championship game in 1986 and were the foundation of what Duke is today. Johnny Dawkins is still today one of my five favorite players.

If you say your favorite college football team is Notre Dame I quit

[moses]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

If you say your favorite college football team is Notre Dame I quit

Miami Hurricanes.