Sports

Update in Dec, 2007: We went undefeated again this year!

Update in Dec, 2006: The Green Hawks (Cody's 4-6 grade football team, coached by Tom) just finished the season undefeated and secured the national championship! We play a team from the neighboring island, so we call it a national championship. Cody was the running back and he racked up a pretty impressive set of statistics this year. He had at least one touchdown in every game, several of which were length-of-the-field runs. Tom also coached Katie's K-1 basketball team that also boasts an undefeated (5-0-3) record and a national championship. Both of those are on top of our (Cody and Tom's) national championship in baseball last spring (we had one defeat in that season - Nobody's perfect!). Click here to see our 2006 sports photo album.

This is the page dedicated to "our" favorite sports teams. When I say our, I mean mine (Tom) because being out here on Kwaj, I have a hard time getting the rest of the family into it. I grew up in the Seattle area and was born and raised a local sports fan. My deepest feelings are for the Hawks, but the rest of my teams aren't far behind. I think of growing up a Seattle sports fan as more of a curse than anything else. It's not something you choose, it's just in your genes. I have tried to switch teams before but it just doesn't work. I mean, who can honestly root for the Yankees, Cowboys or Lakers other than the people who live or grew up in those places? If you are a real sports fan, you know what I mean. Below is what I have to say about each of my teams, in approximately the order that I care for them.

We finally made it to a Super Bowl!

I never thought I'd say those words but the day finally came. I enjoyed every second until the SB actually started. For all the hype and excitement leading up to the game, I have to say it was about as disappointing as a game can get - more disappointing than any game I've ever seen. And that's saying something when it comes from a Seahawks fan. . I wasn't disappointed by how they played because they played well enough to win. In fact, they beat the Steelers - up and down the field, in just about every facet of the game - they just couldn't beat the refs.

The NFL should be ashamed of what transpired in Super Bowl XL. A championship (or at the very least a fair shot at it) was stolen from a team, a city, and its fans. Whether the game was stolen intentionally or just by pure incompetence is irrelevant. The blow-by-blow account of what happened to rob the Seahawks of their first title has been written many times so I won't bother to repeat it - it's a matter of record and everyone knows it. But suffice it to say that I don't know if I can seriously watch another NFL game again. The NFL is tainted - it's reputation forever in question in my mind. It is now in the same league as the WWF. What a shame for the game I've always loved.

I will say it was a fun ride and I will cherish every second of it - except for the farce that was "Super" Bowl XL. Thank you Seattle Seahawks for the ride of a lifetime. And to hell with you thieving, money-grubbing, crooked bastards in charge of the NFL. Shame on you!

Final score if the refs don't show up: Seahawks 21 Steelers 17

I was a dawg fan long before I ever went to school there, but being an alumni of 1995 solidified forever my love for the purple and gold. Oh how I long for the days of the Dawg-father when anything short of a Rose Bowl victory and Top-10 finish was considered a failure.

You would think that being the only Seattle sports team to win a title (1979) would earn the SooooooperSonics a special place in my heart. It would if basketball were still basketball. But the NBA has turned into nothing but a bunch of crybabies and thugs who think dunking IS basketball and defense is only played by those who can't dunk. What a crock! For Shaq to be THE dominant force just shows how far the NBA has sunk. I don't have anything against Shaq, per se, but how people can call him the best playa in the NBA when he can't even hit the rim from outside of 5 feet is just beyond me. If I were a 7'9", 450 lb gorilla like him I would whip his ass up and down the court. Oh how I long to go back to the days of Larry Bird, Isaiah Thomas and Magic Johnson when the assist was as good as (or better than) the bucket.

And then there are the Mariners, or the Marinators as my dad calls them. What a rotten bunch! Oh yes, there were the glory years of the mid to late 90's when they did some winning. Hell, they even won a few post-season series'. But naturally, as do nearly all Seattle sports seasons, each year ended short of the ultimate goal. Alas as I write in 2005 they are back in the cellar - you know, familiar territory. But hey, they have a beautiful park and it's really fun to watch games there. So what the hell?! Go M's!