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Monday, September 25, 2006

Sports teams I don't like

Part of the fun of watching sports is rooting for your team and rooting against other teams. I used to root for the Reds when they were a major league team. But these are the teams I love to root against, in no particular order:

Pittsburgh Steelers

Dallas Cowboys

New York Yankees

New York Mets

New York Knicks

Los Angeles Lakers

Oakland Raiders

San Francisco Giants

San Francisco 49ers

(I'm beginning to notice some trends here).

Why do I root against these guys? I don't know. When the Reds and the Dodgers were in the same division, I loved to root against L.A. But I can't be as down on them now as I used to be.

On the flip side, one of my nephews has a T-shirt with a football on it and the words, "University of Rio Grande, undefeated since 1876." Now there's a team you can root for.

(In case you hadn't figured it out, URG was founded in 1876, and as far as I know, it's never had a football team).