My Favorite Sports Teams

I am a sports fan though I do not watch as much of it as I used to watch. In fact I rarely watch any sports anymore on TV. I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps its because a) I don't have cable, which does limit what you can watch; b) my broadcast channels are fuzzy much of the time, which also severely limits what you can watch; c) my wife hates sports (except for Olympic events that are scored by a panel of judges, which are the ones I dislike); d) I don't live in a guys dormitory anymore, where sports were the center of the universe (along with theology); and e) there's only so much disappointment I can take each year that Kentucky doesn't win the NCAA basketball championship (and Kentucky football is just down right depressing).

I guess in that last paragraph I gave away that I am a huge Kentucky Wildcat fan. I grew up in Kentucky, and we didn't have professional sports there (unless NCAA violations were occuring, which is another story) and Kentucky is the only real team in the state people can root for and see a winner on a consistent basis. Some of you may say "Hey, what about Louisville?". Louisville is practically in the state of Indiana and the rabid fan base for the team practically all live between I-265 and the Ohio River. Also I have never lived in Louisville, but I did spend a total of 24+ years living in Kentucky. And lets not forget the NCAA championship scoreboard: Kentucky 7, Louisville 2 (and Louisville, in my opinion, only has one of those because of an unfortunate Elite Eight game in the 1986 tournament that UK should have won and then UK would have beaten Louisville in the Final Four round and then won the 1986 championship to make it eight).

In other sports I do root for the following teams:
Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
NFL: St. Louis Rams
NBA: Whichever team currently has the strongest tie to Kentucky represented by the number of former UK players and coaches on the squad.
NHL: I'm really kind of neutral on this one though I do like to watch hockey. In a pinch, I guess I have a slight preference for the St. Louis Blues and the Nashville Predators.
MLS: Are you kidding? I am an American over the age of 30 so that means I don't really follow soccer at all.
NASCAR: I don't follow this either though most everyone I know back home does.
Formula One Racing: I follow NASCAR far more than I follow this.
Running of the Bulls in Spain: I root for Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern in this one.
Australian Rules Football: OK I'll stop now.