Confronting Love of Sports

I play the  lottery at the same place everyday and the young man who works there always picks the opposite team that I picked I was unclear why until recently when he told me it was because I was so into sports knowing everything about the team, statistics, and even strategy in some cases. He said it was great seeing my well thought out predictions go down in flames while his casual picks win. The funny thing is when he told me I laughed and just thought to myself wow I am a sports FANATIC and he is just going against me due to my loyalty to my beloved teams (Cubs, Bears, Bulls, and a few others I won’t name).


This brought back memories of how I feel in love with sports first baseball and one of my all time favorite teams the 1975 Cincinnati Reds (The Big Red Machine) I wanted to play with the passion of Peter Rose and the grace of Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion. This led to my love of the Cubs yes the loveable loser with my favorite team being the 1984 Cubs they electrified Chicago. I had given up my MLB dreams by then and was now a self-proclaimed Hooper on and off the court oh the games I played in the gym at Lab School. I was fully swept into basketball by number 23 from North Carolina Michael Jordan!!!! Being on board since the original Flight 23 was incredible too many moments to name but if you were into basketball or watched television, you know what I am talking about. I also discovered that football was one of my sports loves that started with Walter Payton running over defenders, past outstretched arms, and playing a game with so much passion you had to like him. The beloved Bears they are Chicago’s team bar none they represent us all no matter what neighborhood, race, or class. The 86 Bears yes bold enough to make a video about winning the Super Bowl and then doing it Chicago all the way.

I didn’t mean to write this much got caught up in my teams well I guess I just wanted to say that it’s been hard since the Bulls lost no Sportscenter or other shows right now but in time I will be back to analyzing and rooting on my teams actually any team I just love SPORTS that much.