2008 Woodie Awards
As I See It
February to be waiting season for sports
Dan McCallion
Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: Sports
February might as well be the dark ages for sports fans. Football season has just ended. We are still approximately six weeks away from baseball season, and the Red Sox' quest to repeat as world champions- how times have changed- will in good time replace the Patriots' "paradise lost" season as the New England faithful's stress o' choice.
The NBA and the NHL are both mid-season, with the playoff races still two months away and their respective postseasons further off still. So there's nothing to do but be patient and wait.
A couple of days ago, I was doing just that, patiently biding my time, when I got to thinking. How long must we wait? Earlier this year, I penned a column in which I spoke of the horrors of being a fan and how unless your team wins a title, many find themselves pondering the question of which will happen to them first, death or a title? Thankfully, my day in the sun has come.
But the fact remains that seventeen seasons is a long time to wait, and all that is left for Giants faithful to do is pray we get to experience another championship sooner than later. But for some franchises, some cities, even, it's been far too long. And so they ask, how long must we wait?
Much has been made over the Buffalo fans' suffering after watching their Bills endure four Super Bowl losses in a row in the 1990s. Four straight times, getting so close you could taste the trophy, only to have it snatched away.
I can, in all honesty, say that at some point during that stretch, I would have considered throwing myself off a building and ending the pain. How much longer must they wait?
It pains me greatly to admit it, but Philadelphia sports fans have worshipped at the altar of angst for far too long.
It's been 25 years this June since a title was embraced by the City of Brotherly Love.
Of those Illadeph fans, I'd challenge any but a few diehards to name another player from those title-winning 1983 76ers other than Dr. J and Moses Malone. It's been that long. I can't believe I'm going to say this about a bunch of cretins who once booed Santa Claus, but how much longer must they wait?
The NBA and the NHL are both mid-season, with the playoff races still two months away and their respective postseasons further off still. So there's nothing to do but be patient and wait.
A couple of days ago, I was doing just that, patiently biding my time, when I got to thinking. How long must we wait? Earlier this year, I penned a column in which I spoke of the horrors of being a fan and how unless your team wins a title, many find themselves pondering the question of which will happen to them first, death or a title? Thankfully, my day in the sun has come.
But the fact remains that seventeen seasons is a long time to wait, and all that is left for Giants faithful to do is pray we get to experience another championship sooner than later. But for some franchises, some cities, even, it's been far too long. And so they ask, how long must we wait?
Much has been made over the Buffalo fans' suffering after watching their Bills endure four Super Bowl losses in a row in the 1990s. Four straight times, getting so close you could taste the trophy, only to have it snatched away.
I can, in all honesty, say that at some point during that stretch, I would have considered throwing myself off a building and ending the pain. How much longer must they wait?
It pains me greatly to admit it, but Philadelphia sports fans have worshipped at the altar of angst for far too long.
It's been 25 years this June since a title was embraced by the City of Brotherly Love.
Of those Illadeph fans, I'd challenge any but a few diehards to name another player from those title-winning 1983 76ers other than Dr. J and Moses Malone. It's been that long. I can't believe I'm going to say this about a bunch of cretins who once booed Santa Claus, but how much longer must they wait?
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