Ohio Chatter DEV

Pick6

NFL: Cowboys, then Bengals
NBA: Cavs, also root for Hornets(fan of chris paul)
MLB: Rangers(an alumni from my school is on the team), Reds. Not really a fan of watching baseball. Alright to play though.
NHL: Who cares.
UFC: Georges St. Pierre.
NASCAR: Kasey Kahne

OhioStatePride2003

NFL - Cleveland Browns
NBA - Cleveland Cavaliers
MLB - Cincinnati Reds
NASCAR - Jeff Gordon
UFC - Anderson Silva

spartan

MLB - Tribe
NHL - Blue Jackets
NBA - Cavs
NFL - Browns
Club Soccer - Stoke City (EPL), Barcelona FC, and Goiás ( Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A) and the Columbus Crew
International Soccer - USA and Brasil (lived in Brasil for brief amount of time)

enigmaax

NOL fan wrote:
Writerbuckeye wrote: Having cross regional favorite teams is like being bisexual: make up your damn mind!
yeah, whats with all these Steelers fans who also like the Indians and/or Cavs

Doesn't saying "go Cleveland!" and "fuck Cleveland!" at the same time seem a bit odd....?

I always find this conversation interesting. I guess if you actually live in a particular city or go to a lot of live games, this makes sense. Most people's immediate influences probably play a role in that also.

Personally, I grew up on The Sporting News, watching national television, and family influences from all over the country. I caught myself up on history and pretty much learned to read by obsessing through over a decade's worth of TSN back copies that my uncle gave to me. As a kid, I only ever went to baseball games live and that was only for the couple years I lived in California. So, proximity wasn't really a relevant factor. I like certain players, coaches, styles of play, hell even uniforms and helmets played a role.

I have my "favorites" but I've also had plenty of secondary teams that at times I root for just as much because of who happens to be playing there at the moment.

NFL: Cowboys - since I started watching; enjoyed the Raiders, Rams, Cardinals, and Saints at different times
NBA: Spurs - since Terry Cummings went there from the Bucks; always followed Dennis Rodman and Larry Johnson, as well
MLB: White Sox - since Robin Ventura started; remained partial to the Angels and Dodgers

UA5straightin2008

NFL: Vikings
NBA: Cavs
MLB: Yankees
NHL: BJ's

I drain 3's

Cavs
Browns
Penguins
Chelsea

brutus161

MLB-Reds
NFL-Chargers
NBA-Mavericks
NHL-Devils

brutus161

BigAppleBuckeye wrote: NFL = New York Giants
MLB = New York Mets
NBA = New Jersey Nets
NHL = New York Rangers
(NCAA = OSU 100%, but grew up a Seton Hall fan)

Just mention of the Rangers makes me want to punch a baby in the face.

BigAppleBuckeye

brutus161 wrote:
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: NFL = New York Giants
MLB = New York Mets
NBA = New Jersey Nets
NHL = New York Rangers
(NCAA = OSU 100%, but grew up a Seton Hall fan)
Just mention of the Rangers makes me want to punch a baby in the face.

It's funny, the majority of my friends growing were Devils fans, but I started pulling for the Rangers before the Devils were born. My first NHL game was Rangers-Devils at the Meadowlands, and I have been to several matchups between the teams at the Garden as well. Always a great atmosphere at those games.

Sage

Lakers
Dodgers
Browns
Aston Villa
Crew
Blue Jackets

j_crazy

NFL: Miami
NBA: Cleveland
MLB: Cleveland
NHL: Columbus

LJ

NOL fan wrote:
Writerbuckeye wrote: Having cross regional favorite teams is like being bisexual: make up your damn mind!
yeah, whats with all these Steelers fans who also like the Indians and/or Cavs

Doesn't saying "go Cleveland!" and "fuck Cleveland!" at the same time seem a bit odd....?

Well, I don't really follow baseball at all, but my dad only cared about baseball as I was growing up and always watched and listened to the Indians and made sure all the little league teams I played on were the Indians. He watched OSU football, but Sundays were never reserved for NFL, they were for shooting, so I picked up on liking the Steelers on my own. To this day the only baseball team I will pay attention to are the Indians so that I can talk to my dad about them and he gets free tickets that he gives me from time to time and it's a fun weekend trip. Honestly though, I couldn't even tell you who is on the Indians roster this year, how many games they have played or what their record is.

royal_k