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Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Feb-4-2007 14:52

I love football! My favorite team for many years has been the Dallas Cowboys, but I have to say my most exciting football year was the year I lived in North Carolina. That was the year the Carolina Panthers went to the Super Bowl. The attorney who owned the firm where I worked was a huge Panthers fan and went to every game that year, home or away, so I followed the team closely that year. He even paid for everyone in the office (it was a small office) to go see the playoff game between the Panthers and Dallas, and I must say, we had very good seats. That was quite a year, with the Panthers winning so many games with a field goal ( thank goodness for John Kasay). The Panthers lost the Super Bowl, but many records were made and broke during that game, making it truly one of the most interesting games in Super Bowl history.

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BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Feb-4-2007 16:37

A thread about sport teams wouldn't be complete without a sidenote about cheerleading :-)

Cheerleading is an athletic activity that uses organized routines made up of elements from dance, gymnastics, and stunting to cheer on sports teams at games and matches, and/or as a "competitive sport". A cheerleading performer is called a cheerleader. It is most common in North America, but has spread elsewhere.

Cheerleading first started at Princeton University in the 1880s with the crowd chant, "Rah rah rah, tiger tiger tiger, sis sis sis, boom boom boom ahhhhhhh, Princeton Princeton Princeton!!" as a way to encourage school spirit at football games. A few years later, Princeton graduate Thomas Peebles introduced the idea of organized crowd chanting to the University of Minnesota in 1894, but it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell stood in front of the crowd, and directed them in a chant, making Campbell the very first cheerleader.Soon after that, the University of Minnesota organized a "yell leader" squad of 4 male students. Although it is estimated that 90% of today's cheerleading participants are female, cheerleading started out as an all-male activity. Females started to participate in cheerleading in the 1920s, due to limited availability of female collegiate sports. By the 1940s, it was a largely female activity.

Cheerleading is most closely associated with American football, and to a lesser degree basketball. Sports such as football(soccer), ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, and wrestling rarely have cheerleaders. The only Major League Baseball team with cheerleaders as of 2006 is the Florida Marlins.



yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Feb-4-2007 22:27

LOL Bad Ass, Good to see that you appreciate some of the less known teams.

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Feb-4-2007 23:08

lol, *can waste time on wikipedia too*

Radical cheerleading is a form of cheerleading originating from Florida, but now spread across the United States and to Canada, Europe and beyond. The idea is to use the aesthetics of cheerleading but changing the chants to be promoting feminism and left-wing causes. Many radical cheerleaders (some of whom are male, transgender or non-gender identified) are far in appearance from the stereotypical image of a cheerleader.

Radical cheerleaders often perform at demonstrations. They also often perform at feminist and other radical festivals and events. Radical cheerleading is used at demonstrations to promote a radical message in a media-friendly, people-friendly way. It is also used to support the actions of other activists who are putting themselves at risk, to denounce infiltrators and opponents, and to escalate or de-escalate situations.

One of the most successful radical cheerleading appearances was at the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC on April 25, 2004. The cheerleaders had their own feeder march and bloc within the larger march with over 2,000 participants. The purpose of this group was to raise awareness about the lack of access low-income women have to abortion despite its legality.

Radical cheerleaders are often anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist. Their cheers are written from scratch or by rewriting the words to popular and historical songs. Radical cheerleaders dress in diverse ways but often wear red and black.

As far as sports goes, for me it's all about soccer/football. I sorta follow the NBA too, but I just don't really care. With soccer, you're talking about a game that is SO popular and so well-supported just about everywhere outside of the States and Canada that most national leagues can support a relegation system without harm to the fan base.

Seriously folks...this is the game most people in the world think of first when they hear the word "sport". (more)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Feb-4-2007 23:24

There's a reason for that, I think. To be challenged to do with your feet what many people cannot do with their hands speaks to a profoundly human experience of being challenged and overcoming adversity.

Ahh the beautiful game. I follow the English, Italian and Spanish leagues mostly (because that's what's on TV here) as well as the all-Europe competitions. I have the luxury of not having a local side to support, so I just get to indiscriminately love good play. But that'll all change when Toronto gets an MLS team this year :)

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Feb-5-2007 12:18

*is a radical gender challenged cheerleader*

GOOOO team!

Reese Withers
Reese Withers
Well-Connected

Feb-5-2007 13:06

My favorite sports are football (Steelers), baseball (Indians , even though they sucked last season) and Nascar (Earnhardt Jr) :)

Larry the Toe
Larry the Toe

Feb-10-2007 06:41

heh...Chess here...if you count that as a "sport"
Im not a physical guy, more mental( as in using brains, not retarded.)

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