Take Dat Wich U! Mavs Are Champs!

It's a beautiful thing.

I'm happy to be a citizen of Title Town.

Thank you Mavs!



An Oasis in Miami: One More Win

This video was played at last night's Mavs/Heat game in the American Airlines Center. I heard about it on The Ticket and someone posted a link to it, so I went to watch it.  I heard it had the legendary likes of Troy Aikman and Mike Modano, two of my favorite sports guys ever.  Roger, Emmitt, Warsh, Nolan, Nastia are but a few others Sports Greatnesses featured. 

The sportsfan in me cried a sportstear by the end of the montage and I was all tingly.

I BELIEVE!

It's my home town team & I've jumped on the bandwagon. (Oh wait! I'm lying! Dallas isn't my TRUE home town, but it's my adopted home town {miltiary life....if you've been in it in any capacity, you "get" me}.) Further confession:  I don't even LIKE to watch pro hoops in general. I am a college hoops fan (DUKE!). So, it's almost shameful and comical that I've latched on to this particular winning-ness. Of course, considering that I jumped on the baseball/Rangers bandwagon last year, is it any surprise?

Anyway, Dallas is now my home town. So, what can I say? Of COURSE I have Dirk Fever (but not that wickedsickness he played through in game four! What a stud!). I have Mavs fever. I have Championship fever! I have it and I will NOT be stopped!

And, oh, it's been such a long, dry (pro) Championship spell~Dallas has a serious Championship Drought going on here in North Texas.  Being one game away from THE Trophy is quite the oasis in the desert! The teases of having the Super Bowl, the NBA All Star game and the likes in this area haven't only made this town more insatiable. Greedy? Possibly. Greatness? Youbetchyerass! 

Let's hope the Rangers started a wave throughout all Dallas-area pro sports. I'm going to be dreaming of not only Mavs as champs, but hopinguponhope to see the Stars and the Cowboys in that spotlight, too! If not this year, then veryfreakingsoon, and it doesn't have to be limited to "the big four". I'll be rooting for FC Dallas & all pro teams to make Dallas proud(er?)!

Ending on a random/related footnote: Above, I referenced jumping on the Rangers World Series bandwagon. I've never been a baseball fan. But I have to say that since keeping up with the unusual sale & business goings-on of the Rangers last season & following it with at least one eye until the end of their season, I've become a little more baseballfan-ish this season. So, what's to say it won't happen with pro hoops too? Because, after all, can you ever REALLY get TOO MUCH sports?! (Say no!)

GO MAVS!

Hello MAVS Win!

After an OUTSTANDING game one of Stanley Cup hockey last night, the Dallas Mavericks pull of a heist and actually win game two in Miami.

The second half started and I had a fierce hankering for ice cream. I went to check on a the house of a vacationing friend then wandered to Target to get some ice cream. The whole trip to the store, I had one eye on Twitter (which has become my source of all sports greatness) and one eye on the road. I busied the radio with scanning, in search of the game so I could listen to it.  As soon as I arrive at Target, the scan locates the station, and I leave it there, go inside to get my ice cream.

Now, I can't just go in and out of Target for one thing. You know how it is. Yeah, I know you do!  Anyway, I'm wandering through the children's books, the graduation cards, the electronics and whatnot.  So, of course, my 'quick' trip to Target turns in to the rest of the game!! I was there almost the whole second half of the basketball game!

I'm in line to pay, peeking at The Twittah which informs me that the Mavs WON!

Love it!
La-la-LOVE it!!

So, a six pack of Shiner's seasonal Ruby Redbird, some Klondike bars, and two half gallons of ice cream (one mint chocolate chip, the other Moo-llenium Crunch), I head home to celebrate Texas style!

GO MAVS!

Mavs! Rangers! Stanley Cup!

I've been trying harder to get into my two least favorite professional sports: Basketball and Baseball.  You get the bonus Hockeytalk in this blog. Don't worry, it'll be brief.

It just feels good to be here again, and to talk about stuff other than my kids and my faith. 

Formalities aside....let's get started!

Jumping on the chamionship bandwagon I readily admit. Easily with the Rangers going to the World Series last year, I've had one eye on baseball this season. I'm even sortakinda noticing the A's and the Angels... if they win or lose.

Recently, my employer treated the whole company to an outing at The Temple and I couldn't attend because I had a far more grand calling: My Little One's Montessori graduation. I confess to be disappointed in not going to the game. We haven't been in years, and the weather was great! It's not every day I get a free game, free drinks, free food, free transportation to and fro.... Plus, now that I'm more of a fan of the Rangers and baseball in general, I was hoping to have a new and different kind of experience.

Since I couldn't attend that day, I will find time to take the family and we'll all go. I think I'll find a night game, though. :) Gettin' hot!

So that concludes baseballchat for now. On to hAckey:

Since my Stars are not in the Stanley Cup, I'm no less passionate about the Bruins v. Canucks. I absolutely LOVE to watch the Sedins, and Vancouver as a whole is just damn good fun to watch. They are fast, efficient and just overall GOOD! The American in me pulls for the Bruins, though. And I think they have some of the best uniforms in all of sports. Yes. ALL of sports....not just hockey. I'm really torn about who I want to win....  If I throw in the Stars and their conference affiliation, I should be rooting for the Canucks. But...they are Canadian! I'm American! So conflicted!  I think it's best I just cheer for the greatness of the game. Don't you?

Game 1 earlier tonight was phenomenal. TT in net  held it together until the last 18 seconds..... Oy! This is going to be a GREAT series!

Same with the Mavs  gonna be a great series. I'm loving that they are in the finals. I've come to learn how hated the Heat are considering how they were 'built'. I really want Dirk to get a ring, and I don't think he'll be denied. King James can wait. DWade can wait. They all can. 

Texas is due a championship by pure odds....

Let's make it happen, boys!