Boston Celtics - Dad liked them so I did too. Really luck I got into the sport in the mid 80's to watch Larry and the C's crush the Lakers Dallas Cowboys - see above, really unlucky that the team fell apart in the mid 80's and I had to watch that big pussy Herschel Walker tippy toe through the line and try and finesse his way to yards instead of pounding the ball like he shoulda. Also had to endure that crappy 1-15 season, what came after that made it all worth it though. Ottawa Senators - I've lived in Ottawa for 15 years, kinda adopted them, but don't follow hockey all that much. baseball - meh College B-Ball - Syracuse Orangemen, got to go to a few games as Syracuse is 2 hours away. Other than that I've usually followed the sport and not really picked one team. I'm not an allum of any big schools so it always felt like I was saying I was a fan of the coach of that team as that was the one consistent about any college team.
I pretty much watch every sport thing I can find in the internet or TV, but I'm only a big time fan of two teams. Basketball - Los Angeles Lakers - Started to like them during the Van Excel era (1993–1998). When Magic made his comeback in 1996 I was a 12 year old kid and it was such a great moment for me because at that time I was already a big fan of the Showtime Lakers and watched everything I could put my hands on about Kareen, Magic, Worthy and company. Football/Soccer - São Paulo Futebol Clube - Brazilians love soccer and I kind of followed my dad with the São Paulo pick. I can't remember myself not being a fan of this team. I have great early memories involving this passion, the São Paulo win of two Libertadores Cup (1992 and 1993) and specially the two Intercontinental Cup (1992 against Barcelona and 1993 against Milan).
I forgot to add to mine: Hockey: Canadiens: sorry chutney lol. I just recently became a fan thanks to my gf going to McGill next year. Started watching a few games here and there. Soccer: Nottingham Forest: I owe this one to ronan and speeds. Played them on fifa, caught a game on tv and now I'm a fan. College Football: I actually remember talking to JBBs wave about this, I was THIS close to signing my LOI with the bruins but I knew I had no shot of making it to the NFL. Maybe on the practice squad, but I definitely didn't love playing football. More than athletic enough, but I didn't have have it in me to play a sport I didn't love to play. Needless to say, I still follow them, abd any other UCLA team.
I'm an NFL fan first, though I became a Baltimore Ravens fan since 1999 which is odd since I live on the other side of the country. I watch other sports but I don't have a favorite team since I'm a casual fan.
Detroit Lions- What can I say? Sucker for bad teams Cincy Bengals- I needed another team to root for, so my Sundays dont suck as bad. They was the only team worst then the Lions at the time and I didnt really want to jump on a bandwagon already established. Detroit Tigers- Grandpa was a huge fan, always listening to Ernie Harwell. When I watch them play It reminds me of him. Detroit Pistons- Growing up in Michigan during the Bad Boys era... Man Bill Laimbeer was the SHIT back in the day. Detroit Red Wings- Only halfway decent team in Michigan Michigan State Spartans- Ann Arbor is a whore
only the Lakers...born and raised in LA, first sporting event I went to was a Lakers game at the Forum with my dad all other teams in any sport can suck it
Cavaliers: in all honesty they just happened to be the first team I watched on TV, just turned it on one day and there they were. It just so happened to be LeBron James' first game in the League as well, so I just looked them up on the Internet and the rest is history (though not well known or all that interesting tbh haha) Man Utd: Dad's from Manchester and supports them and would probably disown me if I didn't support them too. A great club built on history and youth development, not just getting bought by oil money like Chelski and Man Shitty. Fulham: relatively local to me, so the team I watch in the stadium the most. Nice little ground, nice little club. Always good to see a small club punching above their weight. Great manager in Roy Hodgson as well.
New Jersey Nets - I'll start this off by saying that despite the fact that I'm a New Yorker, I could never get into the New York Knicks. Even when they were good, with Ewing and those guys, Houston+Camby+Sprewell, and whatever else they had. No matter how much my dad had it on TV, I could never get into them. Then, I watched the Nets play. It was beautiful. Great defense, fast breaks, dunks, blocks, steals, crazy games, and all played with heart. Then, I look into the history - ABA champions, first great international player, going from complete crap to Eastern Conference Champions - oh, and plenty of SU players have been on the Nets - Coleman, Pearl, Douglas, Seikly.. It's almost like it was meant to be. Syracuse Orange - I believe I was born an SU fan. My dad instilled that in me before I even came out of the womb. I've gone to at least 30 SU games in my life, I know I should've gone to more, but I'm lazy. I remember the days of John Wallace, Sherman Douglas, Etan Thomas, Melo. I root for every SU player that comes into the NBA - From Carmelo to Donte to Paul Harris - regardless of whether or not I liked them on SU, they're Orange regardless. I fucking love this team, and Jim Boeheim is the man. Hall of Fame coach still isn't nearly enough to describe how great he's been for Cuse, even when we've had off years. Atlanta Braves - you know what? I'm not that big of a baseball fan. As casual as possible. Only root for this team once in a while. But, I started watching baseball in the time when they started being good. I like Chipper Jones, and he is still the man. But I don't care as much about this team as I do basketball.
