What a Great Year for My Teams!

[Ronald White]

This last year has been the best that I can remember. Can anyone top this?

Baseball: My Red Sox just finished a sweep and are MLB champs. Add that to the Yankees and Cardinals (my other favs.) and that makes 42 total World Series.

NFL: The Colts won the Super Bowl and my second favorite team, the Patriots look like they will win this year. That means between my two teams, we have won 4 of the last six Super Bowls and it just may be 5 of 7 come January 2008.

My NFC co-favorites, the Cowboys and 49 ers, Giants and Redskins have been slumping lately but still, they have won a total of 14 Super Bowls and when you thow in my Steelers, my teams have won 24 total Super Bowls!!! Try to top that.

Basketball: As usual, my Spurs are on top, making it 4 titles since 1999. Also looking up, the Celtics got KG and the Bulls may get Kobe. Of course, this will hurt my other favorite team, the Lakers. My other team, the Pistons still look solid. Adding them all up though, my teams have a total of 43 championships including a whopping 11 of the last 12 and 21 of the last 25. Im also starting to like Dallas but they choked last year so I returned the hat and t-shirt that I got at the end of the regular season.

Hockey: This was a little tricky because my Ducks finally won, but they had to beat my beloved Red Wings. My other favorites, the Oilers, Islanders and Canadiens (not as much a fan of those anymore, but for a long time I was a diehard) have been having some lean times, but the Red Wings and Devils have picked up the slack. I started getting into the Ducks big time around last April and they really rewarded me with a memorable Cup victory.

College: I've been a big Florida Gators fan for the past few years and they have really paid off my patience with back-2-back basketball titles and one football title. That is huge and you know it. I used to be a big fan of the "other" Florida schools (Miami U and FSU) but they don't really have it anymore. I'm glad LSU is doing well this year and I really need Boston College to lose so my teams can have a shot at back-to-back-to-back (Texas, Florida and LSU). I haven't been a fan of USC, Notre Dame, Nebrask, or Penn State for a few years now, so I am glad they are in the tank. I was crushed last year when Rutgers missed out on their shot, but the Boise State win more than made up for it!

Otherwise, I'm a pretty straght shooter when it comes to College basketball: its all Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Florida, and UCLA over at my house.

Tennis and Golf: Another sweet year with Tiger and Roger taking care of business.

Motorsports: It looks like my boy Gordo is finally heading back for the top, and just as a fallback, I have Jimmy Johnson. This year was not too good for my other favorites Stewart and Jr., but hey, there's always next year.

In F-1, I've been having trouble finding a rooting interest since the great Schumacher retired. I was on Alonso for a bit, but now, I've been looking at this Finnish kid, Kimi Raikkonen.

World Soccer: Its been a trying time for us Brazil fans, but fortunately the Azurri picked me up and won the World Cup in 2006.

As for as the club-stuff, I really can't complain about the run Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Barca, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Milan (both Inter and A.C.) have been giving me. Really, throw in Bayern's return to form this year and you can call me one satisfied futball fan. I did miss Juve from last years CL and Serie A, but they will turn it around.

So, can anyone say they have been having a better year than me?