I don't cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because of my father. He's a giant sports fan and we are from New England, so he cheered for the Celtics and the Red Sox.
It's amazing what we remember as sports fans, right?
Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.
Some people insist that hallowed professional teams should never change their nicknames.
This is America, man. To not have football would be un-American. It's part of our society, like soccer in Brazil.
Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.
The only introduction to sports that I had before meeting my husband was Buffalo Bills football and Doug Flutely Flakes. My dad grew up in Buffalo and has been a Bills fan all his life.
I got to Arizona in 1980, before the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Coyotes. The sun rose and set with the Phoenix Suns, and it wasn't very spectacular. But I became a loyal fan and went to a lot of games.
I think New York is the greatest sports town there is, and I feel like we're a part of the buzz.
Cities like Chicago and Philadelphia make the NFL what it is. They give the league its soul.
Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?
I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet.
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.'
The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.
