I Miss My Sports

I’ve gone more than a month now without ESPN or my PS2 football.  That will all change when I really move into my new place, but for now I really miss my sports.

The Highs and Lows of a Missouri Sports Fan

I’ve been in Chicago for almost a month now.  When I moved here the Cubs were on top of the league, the White Sox were fighting to hang on, the Blackhawks were supposed to be good, and the Bears were supposed to be bad.  Obviously being a fan of sports in Chicago has its ebbs and flows.

But I’ve been a St. Louis and Missouri sports fan for a lot longer than I’ve lived in Chicago.  I’ve followed Brett Hull and the short time the Great One called the Kiel Center home.  I was obsessed with Mark McGwire and I saw Ozzie Smith do a back flip.  For 5 seasons I watched every Rams game long before Kurt Warner was the MVP and Stephen Jackson lead my fantasy team to a victory.  I’ve also cheered for the Missouri Tigers and my alma mater, Missouri State.  Missouri sports have been really good to me for many years, and I’m trying to hang on to what I can as my life carries me away from home.

For the past two weeks my sports allegiances have been all over the place.  The Top 5 football program with the leading Heisman candidate went from the top of the football world to an overrated embarrassment.  The St. Louis Blues are having the best start I can remember and sit a top the Western Conference.  And bottom dwellers of the NFL dumped their coach and upset two powerhouses from the power division of the league.  The Rams and my top fantasy pick Stephen Jackson, finally showed up to a game and destroyed America’s team.  The game made me proud of my home town team, even though I was watching my new home town team outlast the Vikings.

This wasn’t a perfect sports weekend, but it definitely had plenty to make me a happy fan.