What was your old man's favorite sporting event?

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For Papa Yellar, it was (and still is) the Tour de France and it's not close. Rose Bowl (my Dad was there on Jan 1, 1978) was distance 2nd.

I met Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault at the end of stage once at the 1985 Coors Classic. Race ended at Squaw Valley[/s] Palisades Tahoe.

The 30 for 30 "Slaying The Badger" is great BTW if you haven't seen it.

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Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.

One year mom slipped on the ice.. He made her wait until the game was over before taking her to the hospital. She had a severe concussion.

 
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Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.

One year mom slipped on the ice.. He made her wait until the game was over before taking her to the hospital. She had a severe concussion.
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What the fuck is wrong with America? How do the sodbusters not play each other?
 
Dad was a lifelong SF Giants fan and later became an Ms and Giants fan. His favorite individual event probably goes back to the Mays/McCovey era.

I never saw him so pumped though, aside from some of my games as a teen, as he was in game 5 of the 95 wildcard series with NY.

When Bonds was in a tear and in the playoffs he'd call me after a Bonds homer to ask (triumphantly) why they ever pitched to him. He was definitely stoked to see the giants make a run toward what turned out to be the end for him.
 
Dad was a lifelong SF Giants fan and later became an Ms and Giants fan. His favorite individual event probably goes back to the Mays/McCovey era.

I never saw him so pumped though, aside from some of my games as a teen, as he was in game 5 of the 95 wildcard series with NY.

When Bonds was in a tear and in the playoffs he'd call me after a Bonds homer to ask (triumphantly) why they ever pitched to him. He was definitely stoked to see the giants make a run toward what turned out to be the end for him.
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My Daddy got bullied by Bobby Bonds in High School. FTGs!
 
As a Naval aviator, there was only one sporting event (besides bombing Asians) ... the Army-Navy game. Went to one in the 70's (Race was there too), and I can still remember seeing President Ford's glowing red side hair surrounded by a sea (har har) of midshipmen.

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Red River Shootout...My Pops hated Okie with the intensity of a thousand suns. I once asked him if the Sooners played Russia, who would he root for? He looked at me and said, "Can ya give me a few minutes to think it over?"...I think that several spinning records at the graveyard are broken every tim Sark leads them out of the tunnel. aTm not much better (Pops went to UT, my uncles both to aTm), he threw me out of the family home (as a 28 yr old college baseball corch) for wearing an aTm baseball shirt.

2nd place is The Masters
 
Old man Nacho is a euro trash soccer enthusiast who loves any of the euro league tournaments but the World Cup probably takes the cake for him.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97dEAb4KJ-Q

Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.

One year mom slipped on the ice.. He made her wait until the game was over before taking her to the hospital. She had a severe concussion.
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I was born on a Saturday morning at 10:08a.m., Swedish Hospital.

At 11:30a.m., my dad said goodbye and went to Husky Stadium to watch UW beat Navy.

 
Old man Nacho is a euro trash soccer enthusiast who loves any of the euro league tournaments but the World Cup probably takes the cake for him.
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I'm sorry. What a dreadful childhood it must have been for you.
 
I've heard many stories about the unlimited hydroplanes being the best party of the year back in the day.
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I never felt that way but the region would be gripped with Seafair fever. The Blue Angels would run test patterns right over my childhood home on W Lake Sammamish Pkwy, which was a thrill
 
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