Lance Tieger

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Most of my teams I follow are based on personal connections.My father was a Yankee fan originally from the Bronx and was friendly with Pinella. He also played ball with Mike Jorgenson so I guess I could have been a Mets fan instead. Thankfully that turned out well. I became pen-pals with Wayne Merrick(Islanders) at my parents suggestion as a kid when we moved to long island. This was my first dealing with hockey and they thought because the Islanders were nearby, that it made sense. Boy, there have been alot of tough years since those days. I followed Chris Mullin from St.Johns to the NBA and became a Warriors fan. Manute Bol also used to come over from Bridgeport while in college to Long Island by ferry and would play ball downtown with us. Nice guy and I loved when he went to my Warriors. My aunt used to send me gifts from Pennsylvania with the Steelers logo(Penn State too and Dan Marino stuff from Pitt U)with names like Bradshaw, Lambert, and Joe Greene on them. It didn't hurt that my father was mainly a baseball fan or my teams might be slightly different. When Marino retired I kind of had no more motivation to follow Miami so I mildly follow them but wish them well, just not at my Steelers expense.Well, no one can say I follow all the same teams they do. Definitely kind of a strange group.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Dan Marino, Don Mattingly, Jerome Bettis, Pat LaFontaine, Chris Mullin, Derrick Thomas(we became friends while I was stationed in Missouri with the air force-great guy who will be missed), Hines Ward, Richmond Webb, Thurman Munson, Dennis Eckersley, Manute Bol, Cam Neely, Andy Moog

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    NY Yankees, NY Islanders, Golden State Warriors, Pittsburgh Steeler, Miami Dolphins

  • Favorite Coaches

    Ted Nolan, Bill Cowher, Don Nelson, Lou Piniella

  • All Time Sports Moment

    1978 Yankees Overtaking the Red sox

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    As a 15 year old kid going to Shea stadium with my brother and the neighbors fiance Phil who claimed he put up fences for Gary Carter. We weren't old enough to drive so he drove and we supplied the ticket. With a little prodding Phil got one of the ball boys to get GC out of the dugout. To our surprise GC knew him and hired him on the spot for another job. My brother the Met fan got 3 signed balls and I stood there with my mouth wide open.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Wilt Chamberlain 100 points

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth/ He built the house!

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Marino!!! All his accomplishments and with no running game.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Cam Neely/most well rounded

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Who cares? It's soccer and i'm an American

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    I'm from NY. We have better things to do than watch tyco race cars do 500 laps and why would I watch that when I can go out and drive 150. I did that in the Mustang years, but that's for another day.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    I don't follow college sports anymore.

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