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| My sister, parents and me at a Syracuse men's basketball game on December 31. They won. |
No, not that first time. My first time at a sporting event. I have been going to sporting events on-and-off for my entire life but they have never really had the effect on me that my parents always wanted them to. I hail from Syracuse, New York where basketball reigns as the most important sport ever played. My parents are huge Syracuse University basketball and lacrosse fans but that is one aspect where we are not alike.
I am not sporty but I would call myself a tomboy - I like to skateboard, bike-ride, hike, and swim. The only sport I ever played for a school team was lacrosse but I wasn't even good enough to make varsity when that came around.
Looking at me people would probably never guess that I like to skateboard, hike and watch lacrosse. Even though I would never call myself sporty (I'll keep emphasizing that!), or even a sports fan, sports have played a small role in my life. I am an aspiring journalist and I have branched out to try new styles of writing.
So, to my first time. I can remember that my first sporting event was a Harlem Globetrotters game when I was around ten. I haaaaaaated it! I was so bored! There was no real action out on the court and they "players" talked throughout the entire game! It wasn't like what I had seen in movies at all and I could not have been more disappointed.
There are a lot of firsts in life and I am experiencing more everyday. But more importantly I am experiencing my firsts in sports and branching out as a person. On April 14, I am attending my first Red Sox game. I am just hoping it will be better than the Globetrotters.