Why I love sports

People love to watch sports, as proven by the unbelievable number of people who watched this most recent Superbowl (106 million people. For those keeping track, that made it the most watched televised event ever.). But why? Is it the competitive nature inside of people? Is it their high school jock trying to relive its glory days? Is it, perhaps, having a team to love and support that brings people back?

These are all perfectly logical reasons to love sports, but in my opinion it’s something more than that. At least for me, the reason I keep coming back to sports is the memories they create.

I apologize for the gap in my posts, but frankly I wasn’t in love with the direction my blog was going. I have an unbelievable passion for all things sports, but I felt like my blogs weren’t tapping into that passion. So I went back to the basics. Why do I love sports?

For me, it’s being able to say “God, I remember just where I was sitting when the Celtics won in 2008” or “Man, I can still remember every expletive that left my mouth when Aaron Boone hit that homer off of Wakefield.” It’s unbelievable how much my capacity for memories opens when it comes to sports. I’ll be lucky if tomorrow I can remember what I had for breakfast today, but for the rest of my life I will remember when the Celtics had their ring ceremony and I got a call from one of my best friends, Sean. It went something (exactly) like this:

Sean: “Hey man, you watching the ring ceremony?”

Me: “Yeah, of course.”

Sean: “….you’re not tearing up or anything are you?”

Me: “ (sniffle) of course not man…”

Sean: “ (sniffle)…..yeah….me neither…(sniffle).”

Now admittedly I’m still very young, and have very little experience in life altering sports moments. I wasn’t around for Buckner letting the ball through his legs. Magic versus Bird was far before my time. Flutie’s Hail Mary looks great on replay, but I didn’t see it live.

So sure, those may be some of the highlights for t he generations before me, but that’s not to say I haven’t witnessed my own life changing sports moments. For the next few blogs I am going to recount some of my sports memories., particularly the things that made the events memorable. Maybe it was the matchup, maybe it was the atmosphere, maybe it was the build up to the event, or maybe it was just my love for that particular team. Either way, blogs are supposed to me insightful on things the writer is passionate about. It doesn’t get much more insightful that feelings about memories of sports for me.

So sit back and I’ll explain exactly why I love sports.

If you really want to know why sports are popular, watch this hilarious ESPY skit by Justin Timberlake.