Sports Bucket List

Yesterday I was reading an intersting article on ESPN titled, "101 Sports Events You Must See Live." It was from 2007 and I found it because I was googling famous sports events last night while watching the XGames. It inspired me to write this post because it was a fairly inclusive list but was missing some big ones that I feel deserve to be on the list (They had Wife Carrying Championships but no F1 races?) So this list is not necessarily an, "I want to see LSU vs. Bama," type list, but more of a list of events, venues, and specific teams I want to see. The list is in no particular order of importance just listed as the occur to me.

To start off here is a list of things that would've been on had I not already finished them.

-See a game at every Hockey Arena: I can check off the Joe,Columbus, and Washington now. Four down 26 to go haha.

-See BBall in MSG. Watched the Hokies play there, good enough for me.

Ok onto a list of my sports bucket list.

1. See a Hockey game in every arena. This is a long shot of course, but I would like to. The more realistic version would be to see a game in the more historic and crowd crazy arenas. That list would be Chicago, Canada (all teams haha), Boston, and MSG.

2. See a Hockey Playoff Game. Anywhere any round, though preferably a Cup game and the Islanders, but that is pushing it haha.

3. Grand Prix of Monaco. Probably will never happen, but would be amazing. I couldn't believe this is not on ESPN's list. Daytona has been around a while right? Famous? This race started in 1929 and has been held every year since 1955, hasn't missed a year! On top of that the race is shrouded in glory. It is the tightest, most technical, and most coveted victory every year. The race weekend would be awesome because you would be in Monte Carlo livin' it up. The event would be extremely pricey however.

4. Italian Grand Prix at Monza. This is more doable in the price range. The race, like Monaco, has been run continuously for years. The appeal of this race to me would be the fans. I don't particularly like the circuit itself, but getting to hang out with the Tifosi would be incredible. Arguably the most dedicated fans in all of sport.

5. Any Grand Prix at all. Since the two best choices for me are among the hardest to achieve I would just throw on this list that I would like to see any F1 race run live.

6. The Masters. Yes, I want to go to a golfing event. This is the only golfing event I have ever watched on TV live. The course is super famous, but I would never play on it so going to the event would let me see what is the nicest venue in all of sports.

7. Games at famous College Stadiums. This list as of now includes, LSU, Michgan, USC, and The Rose Bowl. I don't need to see particular teams, but most likely to happen if the Hokies are playing since I don't like football too much.

8. Any Premier league game. Soccer is a sport of passionate fans, Premier League is the league I watch. This entry would have me preferring to see a game at the famous fields like Old Trafford or Anfield.

9. Any Manchester City game at Home. I am a Man City fan, I watch whenever I can and I would love to go to a home game to truly be a part of the culture over there.

10. Man City vs. Man U. One of the only team vs. team on the list. Take the Sox and Yankees and take out other sports for those fans to enjoy. Also move the teams 2.5 miles from each other. You have City vs. United. That is reason enough for me to want to watch even if I wasn't a City fan.

11. Yankees vs. Red Sox at both stadiums. I will lump this into one because I get 4 things out of this list entry. A game at Fenway, a game at the new Yankees Stadium, and a rivalry game in both fan bases.

12. Baseball Famous Venues. Sticking to Baseball here are the Stadiums I want to see games in, excluding the already included Fenway/Yankees. Wrigley Field, San Fran, St. Louis, and Milwaukee.

13. Cricket. Preferably a shorter match 20/20 but I would like to watch this live someday.

14. Summer Olympics. I would love to see the summer Olympics, preferably in a city matched to a city I want to see, but just seeing them would be cool!

15. Winter Olympics. I like the Winter Olympics better then the Summer Olympics and on top of it I could use it as an excuse to Ski at a nice resort.

16. DCI Championships. Prefer a whole weekend but I could be appeased with Finals night!

I think that is it for now, in the future when I think of things I will add them to the list. I will end with this, a list of things people would have on a bucket list of sports that I don't care to ever see live.

Super Bowl

Anything Basketball related

National Championship (Outside the Hokies)

Tour de France

Anything Tennis

Anything Horse Racing

Cheers.

-Minos

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