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[Mark Padgett]

If I really had to pick my favorite to watch, it would be the NHL back in the day when I had season tickets for the Blackhawks for two years. This was when they had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Glenn Hall, Dennis Hull, Pit Martin, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Pat Stapleton, Gilles Marrotte, etc.

Man, that was an exciting time. Watching Bobby Hull play against Gordy Howe was almost a fan's fantasy.

[IowaMike]

Baseball is my favorite sport and it is what I played all through high school. I love basketball too, particularly high school and college. I don't watch the NBA anymore. Love football too, I'm basically a sports nut. I officiate basketball and baseball, but basketball is by far my favorite to officiate. I like the constant movement and the ability to use judgment and determine advantage/disadvantage. It can be easy to zone out working baseball, especially in the field. An hour and a half basketball game seems to fly by, but those high school doubleheaders in baseball can take four or five hours and seem like twice that sometimes.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

If I really had to pick my favorite to watch, it would be the NHL back in the day when I had season tickets for the Blackhawks for two years. This was when they had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Glenn Hall, Dennis Hull, Pit Martin, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Pat Stapleton, Gilles Marrotte, etc.

Man, that was an exciting time. Watching Bobby Hull play against Gordy Howe was almost a fan's fantasy.

As I stated earlier, I love hockey live and up close too!

While it might not be Hull vs Howe, or even Gretzky vs Lemieux (yet), here in DC we have "The Great 8" Alex Ovechkin vs Sid "The Kid" Crosby - which ain't bad!

PS - besides, in DC, it's all we've got!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by grunewar

PS - besides, in DC, it's all we've got!

What about all those games being played in Congress? Plus, if I remember correctly, there was some kind of sport being played in Bill Clinton's closet with my cousin Monica.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

If I really had to pick my favorite to watch, it would be the NHL back in the day when I had season tickets for the Blackhawks for two years. This was when they had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Glenn Hall, Dennis Hull, Pit Martin, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Pat Stapleton, Gilles Marrotte, etc. Man, that was an exciting time. Watching Bobby Hull play against Gordy Howe was almost a fan's fantasy.

You're right. That was before southern expansion ruined the NHL. Gordie Howe played here in Connecticut, on a team called the Whalers. Now the Whalers are called the Hurricanes and play in North Carolina, a real hockey hotbed, not.