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Sports team favorites and loyalties - post 'em

College: U of I Hawkeyes. (sorry to any Nittany Lions fans)
MLB: Chi Cubs and a to a much lesser degree the Sox.
Football: Da Bears
Basketball: Da Bulls.
Hockey: Blackhawks NHL, Thunderbirds USHL (CSHL this season)
MLS: Fire (If I need a sleep aid)
Racing: Franchitti and Stewart.

clint g said:
Baseball (aka, the one true sport): Yankees
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I agree with you on the first part, not so much on the evil empire.
 
Baseball: Yankees

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Football: Cowboys
 
Football (american): Da' Lions
Basketball: Da Pistons 1a): n/a
Baseball: Tigers 1a) (tie) Red Sox and Dodgers
Hockey - NHL: Red Wings
Golf: n/a
Tennis: n/a
 
hey RAMA, at Yankee Stadium, have you ever done the bleacher thing like I do? I think you'd have a great time over there.
 
Alidar Jarok said:
iguana_tonante said:
What do you mean with Forza Azzurri? The Italian national selection?
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That's the only thing I can think of. I thought that was more of a cheer than the team name (and by your confusion, I'm guessing I'm right?).
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Yes, exactly. Azzurri (azure, sky-blue) is the team's nickname, so it would be translated as "Go, Azures!", similar to French "Allez le Bleus!"

Now that I think of it, there was a try to advertise the team abroad as "Forza Azzurri" (which can also be translated as "Azure Force" during USA 94, but they never used it in Italy.

Funny trivia: in Italy, every team has several nicknames, and one is always based on the team's color. So Juventus FC is Bianconeri (Whitheblacks), FC Inter is Nerazzurri (Blackazures), Roma is Giallorossi (Yellowreds), etc. Weirdest one is Genoa CFC, Blucerchiati (Bluecircled, due to the colored band they have around the chest).
 
iguana_tonante said:
Now that I think of it, there was a try to advertise the team abroad as "Forza Azzurri" (which can also be translated as "Azure Force" during USA 94, but they never used it in Italy.
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Evidently said advertisement worked in certain quarters: I think of them as the "Blue Force."

Sorry for the confusion.
 
Professional football:

  1. San Francisco 49ers (NFL)
  2. New England Patriots (NFL)
  3. Chicago Bears (NFL)
College football:

  1. Oregon Ducks (PAC-10)
  2. Navy Midshipmen
  3. USC Trojans (PAC-10)
Professional baseball:

  1. New York Yankees (AL)
  2. Chicago White Sox (AL)
Professional basketball:

Whichever team Phil Jackson is coaching. Currently, the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA).


Enemy teams

Professional football:

  1. Washington Redskins (NFL)
  2. Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
  3. Dallas Cowboys (NFL)
Also the Green Bay Packers twice per year (the Chicago-Green Bay games); I like them otherwise.

College football:

  1. Oregon State Beavers (PAC-10)
  2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  3. Every team in the SEC
Also Army once per year (the Army-Navy game); I'm indifferent to them otherwise.

Professional baseball:

  1. Chicago Cubs (NL)
  2. Washington Nationals (NL)
Professional basketball:

  1. Utah Jazz (NBA)
 
I enjoy the what I consider the Brits three major sports, footie, cricket & rugger. Now as the teams in footie I support Manchester United (since 1968 and before we won the European Cup that year) and Bromsgrove Rovers, they were first team I saw live. Rugger, Worcester , Cricket again Worcester. I saw a lot of these teams many years ago, but my wife and I now live in the isles so seeing them is difficult. If I was asked which Scottish footie team it would be Aberdeen.
 
NFL-Washington Redskins
MLB-Washington Nationals
NBA-Washington Wizards
NHL-Washington Capitals
MLS-DC United
NCAA(All Sports) Virginia Cavaliers

Tennis-Maria Sharapova :)

S.
 
NFL - Denver Broncos (AFC)/Minnesota Vikings (NFC)
MLB - Colorado Rockies (NL)/Minnesota Twins (AL)
Minor League Baseball - Colorado Springs Sky Sox/Portland Sea Dogs
NHL - Colorado Avalanche
NCAA - Colorado State Rams
 
Baseball: Detroit Tigers (MLB), Washington, Pa. Wild Things (Frontier League)
(Secondary loyalties in MLB - Tampa Bay, Washington and Cincinnati)
Hockey: Detroit Red Wings
Basketball: Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock
American Football: Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers

College Sports:
1. Wright State University (no American Football team)
2. West Virginia University
 
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