Flames fan when the team moved here. Didn't know much about them being a young guy. Went to the first game at the corral, checked the program and decided Eric Vail would be my favorite player because he scored the most points. Cheered for Montreal before that.
Blue Jay fan because they were "Canadian". Cheered for the Expos also, but in about 1983-1985 the Jays took over for me. I really liked the teams then. I think I could still name the starting 9 off the top of my head: Alfredo Griffin, Damaso Garcia, Moseby, Barfield, Bell, etc.
Never liked basketball much. You'd have to pay me to watch a whole game. Watched maybe 3 full games in my life, all when Carter was with the raptors.
NFL: Way back when I started cheering for the Cowboys because I liked the star on their helmet! I was pretty young. Staubach days. Favorite player was the running back...wow name escapes me now...huge star, help me. DORSETT! I am getting old.
Then I liked New Orleans and New England because they were awful. Cheering for the underdogs. Then the Lions and Barry Sanders came along.
So now I am just a casual fan of the NFL, but will cheer for the Cowboys, Patriots, Saints and Lions when pressed. Soft spot for the Seahawks because they used to be the game on all the time.
CFL: Stamps of course because I was born here. In the East I like the Ti-Cats. DiPietro and Rufus Crawford! Great players.
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