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My favorite sports team is the Atlanta Falcons. The story of why is the interesting part though. The first football game that I can remember watching was the 1999 Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons. I decided to pick the Falcons to win that game at the ripe age of 6 and I've been with them ever since. For those of you that aren't familiar with what happened that day, the Denver Broncos crushed my Atlanta Falcons. 18 years later, the Falcons had the opportunity to avenge their previous Super Bowl loss against the New England Patriots. After leading 28-3 late in the third quarter, the Patriots pulled off the greatest comeback in football history to win the game in overtime. The Falcons crushed my hopes of winning the Super Bowl, but there's a funny thing about fandom. I'll never stop cheering for the Falcons. I've been with them through the worst times and I know that when they do win that first SUper Bowl, it will make things that much sweeter.
@brandonp Yes those are some heart breaking moments. I will share moments even worse. The day my beloved Raiders pack up from Oakland (15 mins from me) and moved to LA! OK I accepted that they were still a California based team(I never said LA) "The Raiders". Second moment. John Gruden being dismissed as Head Coach and joining Tampa Bay and then beating us in the Super Bowel. Third Raiders now moving out of California and going to Las Vegas, (total bull shit) I have been a loyal fan for 44 years now to have this happen. Now here's the worst moment I live in San Francisco Bay area where the 49ers are located as well. With the 49er dynasty winning 5 SB's in the 80's and the Raiders playing like shit for decades I have to hear it from these niner fans while trying to maintain my loyalty to my childhood chosen team. As far as Denver crushing the Falcons that game. Try living with Denver crushing you every single Monday night game in front of the world.!!!! Shanahan always beat us. Shotenheimer (KC) did too!! So worst times mean something different to each of us. Like Buffalo Bill said in Silence of the Lambs, "You don't know what pain is!"
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My favorite team is Real Salt Lake. Why? Excellent question, it seems that most folk here in the US don't seem to think of Soccer as being a real sport, and yet none of them have ever tried spending 90+ minutes running, sprinting, and attempting to control a ball up and down a pitch.
I enjoy RSL because they have heart, tenacity, and they aren't as major of a club as say the LA Galaxy, but play as hard as they can with what they have. I also love that they somehow manage to have a "friendly" every 1-4 years with my favorite team across the pond; the one and only Manchester United.
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Since I was 6 I loved Basketball. It was always a big part of my life and helped me make friends and experiences. I can only assume that my life would have been so different if basketball wasn't part of my life...
Also, my favorite NBA team is Minnesota Timberwolves because my friend dragged me to their games ever since I was little and it was just so much fun!
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The Toronto Blue Jays!
They are Canada's only MLB team, plus they are reasonably close (4 hrs)to my home.
The New England Patriots. Let me add that I am born and raised in New England. The dominance of the Patriots is the result of an owner, head coach, and quarterback/team captain who demand perfection from themselves and their teammates. If Kraft, Bill, and Brady all ended up involved with other teams I do not believe that any of them would hold the same number of rings. It is a joy to watch how the Patriots play. Even in times of extreme adversity they are always top competitors. Last year's Superbowl was a prime example of how brains, skill, patience, and poise can bring you back from almost any point deficit. I'm hoping the Patriots can keep it going and be solidified as the greatest American football dynasty of all time...of course I think they are already!
My favorite team WAS the Quebec Nordiques. I was from the city and enjoyed going to their games even when they were at the bottom. But they left for Colorado and won the Stanley Cup :(
My favorite sports team is always the underdog. In any and all major sporting events I always root for the underdog team. This way I can always have a team to root for even if my local teams are not playing. For example I am rooting for the Eagles in the upcoming Super Bowl because they are the underdogs even though I am not normally a fan of theirs.
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My Favorite Sports Team growing UP was the California Angels, I grew up in California and Loved Baseball and playing it all through School. Thank You @o07 for giving us an Opportunity to WIN some Gold and SBD.........Resteemed and UP Voted this.
I'm a rugby boy at heart and my favourite team is obviously the national team. C'mon WALES!!
But I do follow a bit of football (and yes you yanks it's called football not soccer. FOOT-ball, a sports played with your foot and a ball). My favourite team is the Arsenal. I've support hen for 30yrs. Couldn't tell you why I do, it was just a team I picked when I was a kid and it stuck. Possible because one of my oldest friends was an Aston villa fan and arsenal were alphabetically above them in the list... Who knows??
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Cincinnati Bengals. I liked them as a kid because I liked tigers, I liked the colors black and orange, and they were the closest NFL team to where I lived at the time (Louisville). Plus they were GOOD then...unlike now. But my love for the Bengals has carried over from childhood.
My favorite team is the Penn State University women's volleyball team. Not only do they have a history of success, but they aren't unpleasant to look at, either! I really enjoyed watching those games when I attended. Fast-paced and strategic!
I waited 50 years of being a fan, but some people waited over 100
Go Cubs Go!
Great, the Cub fans are coming out in support.....We need to lock in on of the 4 remaining free agent #1 rotation starters, unless Arieta resigns
Raiders! Because im from California originally and used to love going to games with family, great memories 😀
I live in Turkey, but Sporting Clube Portugal fan. Because they are constantly being injusted. I am with the weak.
@teamaustralia won't like this but being in New Zealand, I have to say the All Blacks🏉 after all we are the rugby world champions🏆and hopefully will be again in 2019!😆👍
The 1992 USA Men's Olympic basketball team called the Dream Team composed of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and other greatest players of NBA during that time. This is my favorite sports team because what's not to like when you have a team that no team can beat.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE ... My Favourite team, because "AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle" - need i say more I love Cricket it is my main sport, and The IPL is the most entertaining, exiting, amazing competition in my view ... I Just LOVE it !!!
Cheers man enjoying your posts ;) @o07
My favorite sports team is the Florida State University football team! From the day I was born I grew up a diehard FSU fan.
I was born in 1990 and did not get a chance to go to 1993 National Championship game. I traveled down to it, but my parents didn't deem it necessary for me to go since I wouldn't remember it anyways.
I attended the 1996 National Championship game in New Orelans as the Florida Gators waxed our ass 52-20. I will never forget this game as it was the first time I cried from a football game.
I road out to Tempe, Arizona for the 1998 National Championship game that the Seminoles could have won I believe if Chris Weinke played. Tennessee got the best of us though that night.
I was present in New Orleans for the 1999 National Championship game, as the Seminoles were back in the National Championship game and dusted Michael Vick and the Virginia Tech hokies, 46-29. I'll never forget Peter Warrick's acrobatic TD catch in the endzone.
I attended (unfortunately) the 2000 Orange Bowl as the Seminoles had one of the worst performances I have ever seen offensively. I am still bitter they let Mark Richt coach that game even though he had already left for Georgia mentally. Oklahoma shut down the Noles 13-2 that night.
I flew out to Los Angeles to watch the Seminoles defeat the Auburn Tigers 34-31 in the 2013 National Championship game in Pasadena. That moment where Kelvin Benjamin caught the touchdown pass from Jameis was one of the most memorable plays of my life!
Nole Nation until I die! This is how I spend my Saturday's every fall!
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Dallas Cowboys
I grew up watching this team.
I don't watch pro football anymore, but the team I grew up with had a combination of class, precision, and tenacity that impressed me as a kid
My favorite sport is Basketball and it probably came from the fact that my dad used to be a pro-player. I love the feeling of hitting a 3-pointer or when I dunk in-game. My favorite NBA team is Houston Rockets because the first basketball game I ever watched was when Tracy McGrady scored 13 pts in 33 seconds and it was amazing! I work hard every day to try and be a great b-ball player like him.
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Soccer is my totally favorite. German national team is my favorite selection and I'm big fan of German Soccer. German national team won world cup series more times. Miroslav KLOSE was my favorite player, he had awesome skills to hot golden goal. His ball passing talent glorious. Also, Thomas Mueller had powerful technique. Above reasons was select my favorite team.
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The Australian Olympic Team.
This team brings together the best of the best to represent Australia, and the whole country gets behind them.
What aussie doesn't want to see them win the gold :)
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Real Madrid because there is my favorite player
Cristiano Ronaldo
What a simple and potentially very rewarding competition this one is! Very kind of you.
I'm going to have to go with Manchester United Football Club.
I supporting them because my uncle and grandad are fans, and I remember watching the Sunday 3pm game at my grandparents each week as a child. This was back when MUFC were lacking trophies and not looking anything special.
That was until the arrival of 'The King' Eric Cantona, back in 1992. The rest is history.
The mighty reds gave added joy to my school years as they hammered opposition with a style of attacking football I've not seen in the premier league since.
Heading into school fearing the teachers, the bullies, and the zits on your face was made much more bareable knowing your team had won in style at the weekend!
I went to my first game mid way through that season too, but generally brought bad luck when watching live - we 'only' drew that game.
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Utah Jazz. Basketball was my first love. At 5 all I wanted to do was dribble. My mom said I would put in hours in the kitchen. And watching the Jazz was pure happiness. Still remember going to my first game. To this day I’m still a huge fan.
St George Illawarra Dragons
A combination of a historic club with a great record number of consecutive premierships in the 1950s and 1960s, merged with my local club of battlers which I supported in my adolescence and travelled all over the state to see. They broke the drought in 2010 and now are on the rise again for a run at the finals in 2018. Go the Mighty Red V!
NC State basketball.
Because we aren't the best or very consistent, but for a brief moment, we managed to take a bunch of scrubs and beat the best players in the NCAA, some of whom became the best players of basketball in history.
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My favourite team is from the world of rugby, the toughest sport in the world. That's why I give up when I was young and now stand in the terrace with a cold beer. Been supporting the Cardiff blues for over ten years though the good times (not long lived) and the very long poor times. But you still love the team you support. Come on the blues.
I'd have to say the St. Louis Blues. Even when they've topped the entire league in the regular season...they always find a way to not even make it into the Stanley Cup finals...let alone win it. Lol
They're so good at year after year having a great show, build up some hope...to have it dashed away.
I still remember from when I was young...the Blues had the best record in hockey, and then got swept in the first round by the San Jose Sharks who were in the playoffs for their first time ever!
Oakland Raiders! John Madden, Lyle Alzado, John Metuzak, Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Otis Sistrunk, Ted Hendriks, Lester Hayes, Dave Casper, Cliff Branch, Kenny "the snake" Stabler. Owned by AL Davis. Their Attitude was what the NFL was all about. You knew it was going to be good when the Oakland Raiders were playing in the 1970's. Real Men Wear Black! Oakland Colosseum less than 20 mins away. Never did we say LA they were The Raiders until they came back home to OAKLAND.
They will Always be the "Oakland" Raiders in my Heart! FU... Vegas!
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I grew up in a racing family at the track so my favorite team is the Ferrari Formula One. Seriously, they are like little fighter jets hauling ass around the courses. The tracks are all amazing and not one awful oval to be seen. The number of spectators is only rivaled by Soccer around the world.
I still dream of driving a F1 car, even if just once.
My favorite sports team is the Chicago Cubs. In my state we do not have a professional baseball team, so I would always hope that the Cubs would have a good season and cheer for the underdogs. Every year they seemed to do poorly or fall short, but these last few years they are killing it!! Upvoted and Resteemed
Houston Dynamo!
Why well 1 because I love Soccer. 2 because they're awesome and in the greatest state in the world (Texas) 3. because you have the crazy influence of Mexicans that support the dynamo hardcore. 4. because you have fanbases like the Texian army. 5. Because no matter how terribly they start off the season they usually pull something from no where and consistently make the playoffs!
Because I play in it :)
I'm a die hard Chicago Bears fan. They suck, but I just love them so much! My family has been season ticket holders for 3 generations. My earliest childhood memories are of my dad & I going to Soldier Field to watch the Bears. They have such a rich history (although not recently), they play for an amazing world class city, they have had some legends (Sayers, Halas, Singletary, Butkus, Urlacher) and I got to see my favorite player of all time on many occasions, Walter Payton! They won the 85 SuperBowl as one of the best teams in the history of the game, they brought us the SuperBowlShuffle and the Monsters of the Midway.
...and if for no other reason, perhaps I should win because we suck and I've suffered watching this garbage roster for the past 20 years (with the exception of a season or two).
"Bear down, Chicago Bears, make every play clear the way to victory.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T-formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you're wearing the crown.
You're the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, bear down."
Great contest @o07!!!!
Miami Heat
Why?
The Miami Heat are not my favorite sports team because of the players or past players, it's the memories I have of the games. Growing up in south Florida and going to games with family and later with friends created so many exciting and thrilling memories of fun and good times. I will never forget certain moments like the overtime buzzer beater shot. Or the year that my good friend started dating one of the cheerleaders and we got free tickets all the time.
Growing up as a kid before he passed I went with my great grandfather to a game it is one of the memories of him I will never forget. Later in life I would go with my childhood neighborhood friends after not seeing them for years. That was also a special moment in time and a great game I might add.
So for me its all the memories and not the performance that make the Miami Heat my Favorite Sports Team!
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St. Louis cardinals baseball team has always been my number one team. They are notorious for their relief pitching, small ball, stealing bases. Illustrious players such as ozzie smith, albert pujols, mark mcgwire, and stan Musial. I use to busk saxophone outside Busch stadium between 1999-2006. St. Louis cardinal fans are dedicated and loyal and always were good tippers.
This is thoughtful of you @o07
When ever i come across any form of contest, i just have to commend the person that put up such contest because is a means of given back to the community and no matter what, someone will benefit from it.
My Favorite sports team is ARSENAL.
The first thing that attracted me to the team is Their logo.
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It was built with heart shape. To me, it implies that they put the love of the team in the center of their heart and anything that is kept at the centerd of heart cannot be easily forgotten or taken for granted so that there won't be heart failure.
The second reason i love the team is because of their entertaining mode of playing while also making their way to the top.
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My favorite team is Gençlerbirliği, because they like exercise zone for bigger teams. Gençlerbirliği trains good players and bigger teams take them ( its like mutual relationship).
The Oregon Ducks they are my local college team and have been with them thru the good and bad.
GALATASARAY ****
More than a Football Club for me. This is about love.
Has to be the Adelaide Crows.
Growing up in the 90s playing junior footy in Adelaide everyone followed the crows as Port weren't in the AFL at the time. When I played under 8s Tony Modra, Ben Hart and Nigel Smart came to our training session and kicked footys around with us. Can you imagine being 7 and having Godra hang out with you? Been a life long fan ever since. Season ticket holder, go to every home game I can and try to get interstate at least once a year. It's my absolute dream to be at a winning grand final which we were so close to last year :(
I really like to Australian Cricket team coz they have nice technological system for attack against other team. Powerful bowlers and powerful power hitters indeed like as David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. Definitely most popular player to me Captain Steve Smith. He has great technique for the batting. Look at his powerful strength. He has great eye. I'm real Australian Cricket fan.
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Hello! I don't follow sports anymore.... When I was younger I watched hockey. My favorite team was the Montreal Canadiens :) I liked them because I am from Canada
The Philadelphia Phillies are my favorite team, with the Philadelphia Eagles coming in a very close second... I enjoy the longer season of baseball and the fact that a game on TV makes a great background for just about any occasion, but nothing beats going to a baseball game IMO!
Detroit Tigers. I have a very vivid memory of laying in the back of the family station wagon as a kid on a camping trip, listening to Ernie Harwell call the Tigers 1984 world series win. So many great memories of that run and that team.
South Africa rugby team, a proud manly sport of rugby, where blood sweat and tears have been put down... the springbok, with every power we have lol or had hahahahaha we chased for victory
That's a pretty cool (and generous) gift! Thanks for the opportunity. For me, Juventus has given me some happiness in the past. Maybe not the best team and sadly protagonist of serious shenanigans but players like Ibrahimovic, Del Piero, or Tevez could be a pleasure to watch.