Sports fans. What're your teams?

[US 41]

NBA- Indiana Pacers
NFL- Cincinnati Bengals
MLB- Cincinnati Reds
NCAA- Indiana State Sycamores

[hotdogPi]

MLB: Boston Red Sox (Definitely NOT the New ¥ork ¥ankee$)
NFL: New England Patriots
NHL: Boston Bruins, Penguins as a 2nd because I like penguins (the animal)
NBA: Boston Celtics
NCAA: I don't watch college sports because they are not important

[oscar]

NFL:  Panthers. I'll be rooting for the Broncos (but not particularly against the Seahawks) in this year's Super Bowl.  Redskins and 49ers top the list of teams I almost always root against.

NCAA football:  Stanford (I went there), Notre Dame if they aren't playing Stanford.  University of Spoiled Children tops my rather short root-against list for the college games.

MLB:  mild rooting for the Nationals, ritual hatred of the Yankees and I don't like the Orioles either. But baseball is really an acquired taste for me, so I don't have the well-developed root for/against lists I have for football.

NHL:  I sometimes watch the Capitals when I'm really bored and nothing else I like is on the tube, but hockey isn't even at the "acquired taste" level for me.

NBA or college hoops:  near-zero interest, except mild interest in women's college basketball (a carryover from when one of my nieces grew tall enough to inspire basketball-scholarship dreams).

[jbnv]

I back the New Orleans Saints, Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns, and whoever's playing Ella Shoe.

[texaskdog]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

[english si]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

So the "12th man" or whatever things that the team themselves claim about their fans - that the fan aid them, is complete nonsense in your view?

Fans also are the money bags without which the team won't be as good (especially true in non-American sports without the draft system).

And there is the notion of champions and done-on-behalf-of - especially true of national teams.

I can say that we finally got an Olympic medal on snow (all GB's previous Winter Olympic medals have been in ice sports) yesterday, and the doubt isn't that I am claiming a part in Jenny Jones' bronze medal winning effort, but because of the feeling that we legitimately won the bronze that Alain Baxter won for skiing in Salt Lake City, that was stripped from him.

[DaBigE]

So the "12th man" or whatever things that the team themselves claim about their fans - that the fan aid them, is complete nonsense in your view?

Fans also are the money bags without which the team won't be as good (especially true in non-American sports without the draft system).

And there is the notion of champions and done-on-behalf-of - especially true of national teams.

^^That, and as a shareholder, I most certainly will say "we" when referring to the Green Bay Packers.

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

Let me know how it turns out when you tell a team fanatic they can use the word "we."

[formulanone]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

So the "12th man" or whatever things that the team themselves claim about their fans - that the fan aid them, is complete nonsense in your view?

No more than songs and chanting in various stadia 'round the world might be considered helpful.

[Alps]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

I've tried to stop saying "we", and I still can't help it. Depends how strongly I identify with a team. Mostly the Rangers at this point, but it can sometimes slip out for the Yankees.

[Roadmaestro95]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

I've tried to stop saying "we", and I still can't help it. Depends how strongly I identify with a team. Mostly the Rangers at this point, but it can sometimes slip out for the Yankees.

Well right now "we" refers to whatever Olympic team we are rooting for...
Like after this morning, I'm afraid we are going to make fools out of ourselves with that Quick decision (pun intended)

[texaskdog]

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

So the "12th man" or whatever things that the team themselves claim about their fans - that the fan aid them, is complete nonsense in your view?

Maybe if they PLAYED, coached, had played, etc.  I live in Austin and we have to put up with all that stuff from a & m, along with all their poor sportsmanship.  Maybe I can say we for one of your English football teams like Hull or Manchester, etc.

[texaskdog]

So the "12th man" or whatever things that the team themselves claim about their fans - that the fan aid them, is complete nonsense in your view?

Fans also are the money bags without which the team won't be as good (especially true in non-American sports without the draft system).

And there is the notion of champions and done-on-behalf-of - especially true of national teams.

^^That, and as a shareholder, I most certainly will say "we" when referring to the Green Bay Packers.

I'm fine with any teams anyone likes as long as they don't say "we" when talking about them, unless you actually played for or coached them!

Let me know how it turns out when you tell a team fanatic they can use the word "we."

Okay, you own them, you can say "we".  And I say it to people all the time.

[Roadgeekteen]

MLB: Red Sox
NBA: Celtics
Nfl: Patriots
NHL: bruins
I don't watch college sports.

[dvferyance]

NFL Indianapolis Colts (Milwaukee doesn't have a team so it's pick and choose. The closest team the Bears are horrible. I was a Manning fan so this is what I picked)
NBA Milwaukee Bucks
MLB Milwaukee Brewers
NHL Don't care

[Roadgeekteen]

NFL Indianapolis Colts (Milwaukee doesn't have a team so it's pick and choose. The closest team the Bears are horrible. I was a Manning fan so this is what I picked)
NBA Milwaukee Bucks
MLB Milwaukee Brewers
NHL Don't care

Not a packers fan?

[inkyatari]

Cubs.

And that's it.  Don't care for other sports.

[Henry]

Cubs.

And that's it.  Don't care for other sports.

I seem to be friends with/follow lots of Cubs fans on social media, so you might be next.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

A little update from this....

Well, I have a weird preference according to American standards.

Handball: BM Huesca. The team from my hometown, currently at highest division (which in Spain is the ASOBAL league). Season starts next Friday (BTW, our unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th, not Friday).

I've got tired of football (soccer), so I don't follow that anymore. As for basketball, well there is now the Eurobasket in play, and sometimes I check NBA, without any preferred teams but leaning a bit towards the T-wolves. I don't follow baseball, ice hockey or American football at all.

I'm back into association football, but only in lesser known teams, no Real Madrid or Barça crap. I now support the three local teams.
Association Football: SD Huesca (currently in LaLiga2, 2nd tier)
Basketball, other than NBA: CB Peñas (Also in 2nd tier but in danger of relegation)
Handball: BM Huesca

(Now you know exactly where I am from )

MLB: Chicago Cubs. After two years loudly cheering for them here in the post-season, I guess I can say I'm a fan of them.

[dvferyance]

NFL Indianapolis Colts (Milwaukee doesn't have a team so it's pick and choose. The closest team the Bears are horrible. I was a Manning fan so this is what I picked)
NBA Milwaukee Bucks
MLB Milwaukee Brewers
NHL Don't care

Not a packers fan?

Obviously not becasue if I was I would have said they were my team and not the Colts. The Packers play 2 hours away in Green Bay that's too far away to be considered a local team. They aren't even the closest team. If they still played some games in Milwaukee like the used to then I could make the case that they do have some connection to our area. I also can't stand their GM Ted Thompson and never got into Aaron Rodgers though I did like Favre but those days are over.

[Roadgeekteen]

NFL Indianapolis Colts (Milwaukee doesn't have a team so it's pick and choose. The closest team the Bears are horrible. I was a Manning fan so this is what I picked)
NBA Milwaukee Bucks
MLB Milwaukee Brewers
NHL Don't care

Not a packers fan?

Obviously not becasue if I was I would have said they were my team and not the Colts. The Packers play 2 hours away in Green Bay that's too far away to be considered a local team. They aren't even the closest team. If they still played some games in Milwaukee like the used to then I could make the case that they do have some connection to our area. I also can't stand their GM Ted Thompson and never got into Aaron Rodgers though I did like Favre but those days are over.

the Packers are considered the team of all of Wisconsin.

[MNHighwayMan]

I only really watch NFL football, and obviously I'm a diehard Vikings fan. The Chiefs would be my #2 (if I had to pick one) because, since I've moved to Iowa, they have a good number of fans here and the games are on TV here often enough that I can follow along. I don't care much for other sports but it can be assumed that if I did get into it, it would be whatever team is from Minnesota (Wild, Twins, Timberwolves, the Gophers probably for college, etc).

[Jmiles32]

Although we've won exactly zero championships and had very little playoff success in the past 25 years, I'm a D.C sports fan for life. Go Nats, Caps, Wiz, and Skins(although I wouldn't mind if they changed their name to like the Warriors or something while keeping the same logo).

[NWI_Irish96]

I may need a new NFL team, one that doesn't waste 3 draft picks to trade up one spot in the draft to draft a QB 20+ spots ahead of where he should have gone.

[Rothman]

I may need a new NFL team, one that doesn't waste 3 draft picks to trade up one spot in the draft to draft a QB 20+ spots ahead of where he should have gone.

Da Bears.

[MNHighwayMan]

I may need a new NFL team, one that doesn't waste 3 draft picks to trade up one spot in the draft to draft a QB 20+ spots ahead of where he should have gone.

Come on over to the Purple side–we hate the Packers just as much