When I was living in Ann Arbor Michigan I really thought I was living in a place that was very sporting. After all we had the University of Michigan athletics, Detroit Redwings, Tigers and ehrmmm Lions just 40 miles east and then Michigan International Speedway 40 miles west. Plus wonderful fresh water lakes everywhere. There was always a sport going on somewhere in all seasons.
I moved 14 hours south and east from Michigan to Raleigh NC in 1992. North Carolina is home to NASCAR, and here in the Raleigh area we have three major universities that have as fierce a rivalry with each other as Michigan/"that team from Columbus" and Michigan/Michigan State. It's insane when March hits the Carolina's because that means basketball tournament time. The Atlantic Coast Conference is basketball. Of course they have other sports too but I'm not writing about them right now.
The ACC Tournament Championship game is tomorrow. I was hoping the NCSU Wolfpack would pull off an upset of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets today so that it would be a Triangle teams championship but that wasn't to be. The Wolfpack played a tough game to the end but lost by four points to a determined Yellow Jackets bench. So the big game is tomorrow, Duke and Georgia Tech. And in the Big Ten it will be Minnesota and that team from Columbus.
I'm not sure how much real estate work I'm going to get done tomorrow, except for vacuuming the floors of the real estate I live in. I'm probably going to be glued to the TV most of the afternoon and evening. Oh and then watch out because the NCAA Tourney starts on Thursday. It's an absolutely awesome time for sport.
I just love it! All kinds of sports happenings and Spring to boot. Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour tonight before you go to bed and tomorrow why don't you change the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
Gary Clark, GREEN Realtor and sporting enthusiast in Raleigh.
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Hi Gary, I can only imagine the excitement there for basketball! While I am not a huge basketball, I was at Michigan State in.. here goes.. 1982 when they won the NCAA tournament with Magic Johnson. Now I live in Ann Arbor and people here love their Wolverines, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings.
I know the sports nuts up there. Trust me they are here too. I think as I've gotten older I've become more crazy about sports than I ever was growing up. It must be the vicarious living. HaHa. My first year hear in NC when I was working for American Airlines Sabre, I worked with two Buckeyes and of course Carolina fans. That also happened to be the year that Chris Webber called for a timeout the last second of the ballgame when Michigan had none and he got the technical that ended up giving the NCAA crown to Carolina. Ouch, I can still his hands coming together to call that "T". It's burned in to my memory forever. Thanks for leaving a comment Andy!
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