Friday, October 10, 2003

SPORTING FRIDAY FIVE

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones?
Footy (several kinds), baseball, cricket, ice hockey, rugby, Aussie rules and snooker.

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes?
C'mon YOU Spurs! Let's Go Mets! Let's Go Is-land-ers!

3. Are there any sports you hate?
Basketball.

4. Have you ever been to a sports event?
Where can I start?
Football: regular at White Hart Lane in the early '80s (the odd away match too). Games in the old NASL during the '70s. Lower division fare in Italy. Internationals at Wembley (including England v. Scotland and Holland in Euro 96) and Yankee Stadium (!) (England v. Italy, 1976). More recently, a regular at non-league matches.
American Football: a couple of 'Skins games, a visit to U of Maryland and two London Monarchs' (remember them?) games.
Ice Hockey: Caps and Isles.
Baseball: the big Shea, Fenway, Camden Yards, Three Rivers, Jacobs Field, Oakland Coliseum, the Kingdome, Anaheim Stadium, Coors Field. Minor Leagues: Salt Lake City, Binghamton, Delmarva, Bowie, Frederick, Bristol (Tenn), Johnson City. Spring Training: Jupiter, Port St Lucie and Space Coast.
Cricket: Test matches at Lord's and the Oval. County games at Lord's, Southampton and Chelmsford.
I hope to get to see a real live Aussie rules game in Melbourne next year.

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play?
Football: until I was about 23 (several bad injuries). Golf: still do now and then.

:: Posted by pete @ 13:06