Bluedam’s BodyBlog

This post was inspired by a recent trip to the States and Chicago in particular. While there I took my wife to a Bulls game against the 76ers. Before going she was skeptical to say the least. Ive taken her to football (soccer) matches in the UK and Spain and got the empatising looks from other fans as she would switch off after 10 minutes and read cosmopolitian.

Now admittedly the game we saw was a cracker. Bulls lost by 108 -101 after having a 16 point lead going into the fourth. I think I have the terminology down. However it occured to me that the game differs from soccer in that the emphasis is on attack with the shot clock as oppossed to defence which is the way soccer has gone.

I was on a stags last November and we went to a premier league match and had front row seats. I was sitting there watching the game and I got a text message from a buddy watching the game at home telling me to wake up my friend who had actually nodded off beside me. No chance of that at a Basketball game!

So since I came home I made a concious decision not to watch soccer and I cant believe the amount of time I have to do other things such as workout. Last week alone there was a game on tuesday, wednesday, thursday and I didnt watch any of them. There is a game on at the moment and Im writing this blog that is boring you all to tears.

However I think my wife’s entusiasm for basketball has become an addiction. though She is currently fighting with the cable company daily on why we cant get a subscription to ESPN in Ireland. Any ideas on how I go about it would be greatly appreciated. Attached is a couple of pics of the atmosphere.