Sports memories

Some memorable sports experiences I've had as a fan and participant.

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Prefontaine

• Sandlot games of football, basketball, baseball, even track, in my junior high and high school years.
  
• Going to football games, esp LA Rams, with my dad.
  
• Following horses at Santa Anita with my granddad.
• Wonderful "Football Circus" extravaganza thru school in Pasadena, all school teams at every level on the field at the Rose Bowl, an annual fund raiser for charity, one side of town against the other, first elementary schools, then jr highs, highs, finally our two community colleges. Very special night!
  
• High school chess champion, beating good friend in finals.
  
• Lettering in football, basketball, track as freshman at Cal Tech. A surreal experience actually.
  
• Playing flag football in Army, both in basic and in Germany. Great fun! I was QB in single wing variant.
  
• Watching basketball at UCLA, 1960s, Wooden era.
  
• Watching track events at Univ of Oregon, Prefontaine days, late 1960s, early 70s, during grad school.
  
• Also during grad school, watching Eugene Emeralds, AAA farm team of Phillies, dime beer innings.
• Watching football with faculty friends in Salisbury, Maryland, mid 1970s. Party time!
  
• Watching football with regulars at Nobby's in Portland, 1980s. Party time!
  
• In 90s, sports stopped being a social event, usually watched alone at home. Not a bad thing.