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I like to watch almost every major sport that airs on ESPN, yep, I’ve even watched the National Spelling Bee. I grew up playing and watching sports and I’m passing on that tradition to my children…sorta. Since this is the first post in this section I will keep it short and simply give you a brief overview and explanation of my favorite Teams and players.

Baseball
My Favorite baseball team is the Baltimore Orioles. Since early in his career (around 1986) I followed Cal Ripken Jr and that formed my love for the O’s. Unfortunately since the origin of my liking the O’s they have not had much luck putting together a solid team to match up with the Red Sox or the Yanks.

Football
Daa Bearsss – I’ve been a fan of the Bears as long as I can remember. My love for the Bears started when I was a youngster and was given a Chicago Bears Trash can as a Christmas present. I vaguely remember the Superbowl Shuffle, but have watched and listened to it many many times over the years.

Hockey
I’m not the biggest hockey fan but you will catch me rooting for our local team The Columbus Bluejackets and also our neighbors next door the Pittsburgh Penguins. I started off being a fan of the Vancouver Canucks because of Pavel Bure but when he left the team so did my desire to follow them.

Basketball
Yes – I admit I’m a fair weather basketball fan. I really like watching the games, especially the All Star games but my love for basketball started with Jordan. (As it did for most kids my age). I followed Mr. Jordan which made me like the Bulls but I wouldn’t say I was a bulls fan. I currently follow LBJ (Lebron) and have always been a big fan of the Shaq.

Golf
I’ve been to a few Golf outings at the Muirfield Golf Course and the one Golfer whom I used to follow around was Payne Stewart. Unfortunately with his passing I had to find another golfer to hitch the wagon to and along comes Tiger. I have always rooted for Tiger to do well but I like to see others come out of nowhere to challenge him.

College Ball
I’m a Die Hard Ohio State Buckeyes fan. I know I know, we have a bad rap for being annoying fans with horrible sports programs, but hey, we love our Bucks. I can’t complain though since recently their basketball program has shown some life and the football program is constantly in contention for a major bowl bid.

Racing
If I have to sit down and watch a Nascar race, I will, but don’t ask me questions about rules or whats going on. I would have to say Carl Edwards (as of right now) is my favorite to watch. He’s borderline dangerous and has an O Gosh, I’m gonna beat you down attitude.

Soccer
I loved to play soccer, until I blew out the knee. I’ve never been keen on watching it, however, I will cheer on our local Columbus Crew and of course the USA in the World Cup.

Tennis
My past favorites were Agassi, Sampras & Chang, mostly because they were the only ones that were televised. My current favorite has to be Nadal. I’ve followed him ever since his first major tournament and will root for him until he retires. I have to admit though that I’m never upset to see Arod or Federer win one.

I know I could go on and on about each of my favorite players and teams, but I will do that in the following posts.