Does anyone even care?

The Miami Heat are the 2012 NBA Champions.

The playoffs have FINALLY ended.

Will you miss the NBA?

Or is college basketball more your taste?

Where does the rivalry end?

The Iron Bowl.

Auburn and Alabama.

Three years. Three championships. Two tragedies (and a dying tree).

So where does the rivalry end and human nature take over?

How'd you become a fan?: Part 3

One and two are in, now it's time to get to part three. 

Sometimes you fall in love with...

The Team.

Top 10 Most Annoying Things About Sports Fans

Have you ever been to a sporting event and had the most annoying fan in the stadium sit in front of you? How about watching a game with a "wanna be" fan who knows nothing about sports at all?
I like to watch sports in my own way. I can watch around other fans but just let me enjoy. Don't talk my head off or ask 1,000 questions or tell me how you originally invented the yellow first down line you see on TV.
Here are some things that just irk me to the bone (not a lot of comedy in this one but a true sports fan can relate). For all of you who know what I'm talking about, here ya go...

How'd you become a fan?: Part 2

So the first point was that people and relationships can influence what team you cheer for.

Next?

Location. 

Pocono Preview - 6/6

The NASCAR boys are headed to the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania this weekend. Here goes nothing...

How'd you become a fan?: Part 1

People.

Friends, family, celebrities, just about anyone can influence you into becoming a fan of a certain team. 

Plain and simple.

Or so it seems.

In The Rear View - Dover

Today's race was interesting for the most part.  There was a good deal of racing...behind Jimmie Johnson. Johnson was the rabbit that the pack couldn't catch. The #48 car lead 289 of the race's 400 laps. The next highest laps led total was 60 by Jeff Gordon.  Speaking of Gordon, he had the best car in the field today in my opinion. But once again was snake bitten by bad luck not of his own doing. The 24 team really needs to pick up a couple of wins to be in Chase contention, but how long will the crappy luck continue?

Everyone has a favorite team

So how’d you become a fan?

There are lots of reasons that a person can be convinced into cheering for a certain team.

In my next three posts I’m going to look at three possible influences in deciding where your allegiance lies.

Keep in mind, I’m looking at this in terms of growing up, because kids are moldable and want a team to cheer for.

Besides, if you’re an adult out there that’s interested in sports and you don’t have a team by now, good luck.

Let the games begin.

Dover Preview 6/1

The Track:  The tack at Dove is unique. First of all, it's just one of two concrete tracks on the circuit.   It also is very steeply   banked.  The turns are banked at 24 degrees and the straights at 9. With the straightaways banked so sharply, drivers will feel the sensation of "diving" in to a corner.  Riding up against the wall down the straight and cutting the car to the bottom, will give some the sensation of a roller coaster drop.  After the driver gets the car to roll the bottom, the car will seemingly go "up the hill" on corner exit.  The driver will climb the banking on the exit of the corner. The constant ups and downs of the corners will make the drivers feel like they have a ridden a roller coaster with 800 drops and hills.