Most people know me as a sports fan. While I guess that's true, my "tastes" have narrowed - or gotten finer with age.
Some might say I've matured in my sports fandom.
Others would wonder if I've been burnt or brokenhearted too many times with my Cleveland roots. It's hard to be any kind of sports fan when your teams are either always in the cellar or always getting crushed by Michael Jordan, John Elway, or more commonly, themselves. Cleveland teams are the BEST at finidng ways to lose.
I even let myself get excited about the Browns new coach and general manager, only to see one of their "franchise" type players recklessly riding a motorcycle and thrown off it at 35mph. Nice going, "Soldier."
Anyhow, with the news this week that the NCAA found exactly NONE of Maurice Clarett's allegations against the football program to be true, I find myself again excited for the fall, and of course Ohio State football.
Pardon me if I don't care who wins the NBA Championship. Whoever wins, it will be more of the same story I've seen in the NBA for the last 20 years. Either a big-mouth star like Shaq wins the title, or a tough Detroit team repeats, or a non-Laker team from the West wins and still gets no real love from the national fans and media (re: Spurs and Rockets in recent memory).
Excuse me if I have zero interest in baseball. Whether steroids, lack of a salary cap, or the fact that you can waste three hours in front of a television watching guys STAND AROUND for 70% of that time... I just have no interest whatsoever. Giambi and Bonds make for great excuses to tune out.
Forgive me if I think much the same about golf, NASCAR, and pretty much everything else on TV right now. Can you tell I'm tired right now?
I guess I'm just glad that Jennie and I aren't watching much TV at all lately. She watches the Gilmore Girls (no relation to Artis), and we usually watch Lost and Alias on Wednesday nights.
Uh, I thought this was going to be a post about Ohio State football. It's nice to at least have ONE team worth rooting for. One home team that keeps winning, keeps attracting quality people and national attention. That September 10 game against Texas is going to be HUGE.
Kudos to Akron Garfield running back Chris Wells, the top RB in the state for 2006, who has already committed to the Buckeyes and may enroll early. Kudos to newcomers Fred Lenix and Jamario O'Neal, who are tearing up the state track meets along with fellow OSU freshman Brian Hartline from Canton GlenOak. (Sorry, the football scout in me is rearing its ugly head. Probably a good time to end this post.)
Post summary: All other teams and sports are boring. Ohio State rules! Got Tressel?
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