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My father was kind enough to teach me the nuances of sports long before it was fashionable for women to know anything about anything. I grew up with all brothers and raised all sons, and along the way was exposed to just about every sport there is out there. I even refereed a few of them for 20 years.
My remaining ambition in life is to be 80 (or older) and still be screaming at the TV, "How can you POSSIBLY miss that call/that groundball/that net, you #$%(&*!!??"

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Keith Shelton responded to a comment on We Must Protect This House: Jimmy Howard Leads Trend of Detroit-Bred Goalies
Keith Shelton responded to a comment on We Must Protect This House: Jimmy Howard Leads Trend of Detroit-Bred Goalies
Sherrie Van Houten commented on Problems with the Pittsburgh Penguins
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Favorite Athletes

Steve Yzerman, Al Kaline, Bobby Layne, Pavel Datsyuk, Dominek Hasek, Brendan Shanahan, Isiah Thomas (when he played for the Pistons!), Magic Johnson, Pudge Rodriguez, Alex Ovechkin, Justin Verlander, Brandon Inge
Favorite Sports Teams

Any Detroit pro team. Washington Caps. MSU Spartans. CMU Chippewas. Green Bay Packers. Bay City Central Wolves (the local high school)
Favorite Coaches

Mike Babcock. Scotty Bowman. Dan Bylsma. Jim Leyland. Tony LaRussa. the late Chuck Daly. Tom Izzo.
All Time Sports Moment

The 1968 Tigers World Series win. The 97 Wings Stanley Cup. The Bab Boys' NBA championships. The Bay City Central wrestling team of 03-04.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Game 7, Western Conference Finals, Avs-Wings, as we blew them out 7-0, and the pennant clinching game for the 68 Tigers
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak and Johnny Vandermeer's back to back no hitters.
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth, because even today he remains larger than life. Mays was more talented, probably.
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas. Period. Love you Joe, but Johnny was The Man.
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan. Although I never warmed to him, definitely one of the greatest ever in any sport.
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky, even if it is the answer of the casual fan!
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

not a tennis buff.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger, although not by the landslide it first appeared
Petty or Earnhardt?

not a NASCAR fan
Schumacher or Senna?

Wow. I don't know either of these two!
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big Ten all the way.

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4 months ago

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