Switching back and forth between the Texas Arkansas game from ABC and the Michigan Iowa game from CBS on my big dish in 1985. I can't remember who did the Longhorns-Razorbacks game, but i do remember Brent Musburger doing the Wolverines-Hawkeyes game. It wans't Keith Jackson on the ABC game, because he did the Miami-Oklahoma game.
What was your first sports memory?
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My earliest are all NASCAR related, as my family was more into racing than stick & ball sports back then, the most vivid being my first trip to a racetrack when they took me to qualifying in Darlington in 1981. We lived in nearby Florence at the time.
Earliest of the other sports is probably getting into college basketball. Just before the first grade, we moved to Louisville, and of course, college basketball is king in that area (I chose the Wildcats!
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Earliest of the other sports is probably getting into college basketball. Just before the first grade, we moved to Louisville, and of course, college basketball is king in that area (I chose the Wildcats!
)I used to watch NASCAR too, but sometimes it was the NFL instead.My earliest are all NASCAR related, as my family was more into racing than stick & ball sports back then, the most vivid being my first trip to a racetrack when they took me to qualifying in Darlington in 1981. We lived in nearby Florence at the time.
Earliest of the other sports is probably getting into college basketball. Just before the first grade, we moved to Louisville, and of course, college basketball is king in that area (I chose the Wildcats!
Super Bowl III was my first interest in pro ball. After that game I was into pro football and picked the Raiders as my team
I first got into the NFL because of Bo Jackson, so naturally I started out a Raiders fan, too. As a kid, I thought Bo was the coolest. Stuck with them for a while after his injury. The last straw was the combo of them signing Jeff George (could not stand him) and the addition of the Carolina Panthers to the league, me being from the Carolinas. Still like to see the Raiders do well, and try to go see them on the rare occasions they play here, but the Panthers are my #1 team.
Braves baseball game at the old Atlanta-Fulton Co. Stadium, and seeing Chief Noc-a-Homa dancing around his teepee.
My dad used to take us to lots of games in the late 70's/80's, as the Braves sucked and he could get tickets cheap.
My dad used to take us to lots of games in the late 70's/80's, as the Braves sucked and he could get tickets cheap.
I got hooked on boxing. My Dad would turn on the radio in the late 40's to listen to Joe Louis fights, as well as other be fights.
Dan
Dan
Boxing, my Dad loved watching... Remember Cassius Clay working his way up the ranks.
Live, saw the Giants & Astros the summer of '66(Willie Mays).
Live, saw the Giants & Astros the summer of '66(Willie Mays).
Mine was Bruins hockey in the Bobby Orr era. (Red Wings as well, but they weren't much to talk about back then).
College (Ohio State) Football ....
Tigers and Reds Baseball .... Tiger Stadium and I think Riverfront .... Both would have been in the early 70's, maybe late 60's ... didn't get to Riverfront till later though.
I remember going to both and like Claude said, walking into the stadium and looking out to Center field looked Fabulous.
College (Ohio State) Football ....
Tigers and Reds Baseball .... Tiger Stadium and I think Riverfront .... Both would have been in the early 70's, maybe late 60's ... didn't get to Riverfront till later though.
I remember going to both and like Claude said, walking into the stadium and looking out to Center field looked Fabulous.
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Listening to Cawood Ledford and Kentucky basketball.
TV memory, UK basketball but nationally, Met's 69 world series victory.
First attended ball game. Giants at the Houston Astros in the old AstroDome in 1970. Willie Mays, McCovey, Bonds, Gaylord Perry, Joe Morgan, Larry Dierker, Doug Radar, etc.
TV memory, UK basketball but nationally, Met's 69 world series victory.
First attended ball game. Giants at the Houston Astros in the old AstroDome in 1970. Willie Mays, McCovey, Bonds, Gaylord Perry, Joe Morgan, Larry Dierker, Doug Radar, etc.
On tv, Dodgers/Yankees World Series when I was 8 and 9 years old in the late 70 s.
In person, Angels game in 1978 and a
California Surf game somewhere around this time too.
In person, Angels game in 1978 and a
California Surf game somewhere around this time too.
