Yes, I am a woman.
Yes, I know the game.
Yes, I watch ESPN.
Bought it immediately. Couldn't not buy it. Compulsion. You know the deal. I get so bored with the whole "only men are into sports" stereotypes. In fact, there are some romance novels that are sports-driven (granted, some of them really don't know what they're talking about), and I enjoy reading them from time to time. Might even attempt to write one myself when I'm finished with my other projects. But women love sports too. Or they can.
So it shouldn't be a big shocker when I decide not to answer my phone on the day when Duke is playing their Sweet Sixteen game against their most difficult opponent yet. Or tomorrow, when they're playing their Elite Eight game against their most difficult opponent yet. I don't want to be distracted, and I don't want to be taunted, and I definitely don't want to talk to anyone if they lose. So I tend to stay clear of the social media whenever there's a big game on.
Well, except for that Carolina game... I just couldn't resist watching the Twitter feed on the Duke-UNC match-up... it was going to be too good. And I wasn't worried that we would lose. There wasn't really a chance of that. Anyway, I've been a Duke fan for a long time, and a College Basketball fan for a long time, and a sports fan for a long time, and an athlete for a long time. So yes, I'm a woman. And I love the game. And I watch ESPN.
Now that I'm out in the open, maybe I can stop getting crap for not answering my phone on game day? :-)
(Oh, and yes, I am an unapologetic Duke fan; yes, I have been to Cameron Indoor; yes, I took this picture.) :-)
2 comments:
There is no doubt you love your basketball.
There is no doubt you know the game.
There is no doubt you love it.
Anyone who doubts that just doesnt know you very well.
As for the whole commentary on recent basketball stuff, that also definitely you. A very feminine, dramatic, emotive way of engaging the game. Not something I can relate to personally, but something I have come to understand about you.
So what prompted
Interesting that you say feminine and emotive... I actually learned the behavior from a guy friend and an ex-boyfriend. One who is a HUGE Patriots fan (um, no need to guess who that is... I would imagine), and the other who is maybe the biggest sports fan I know, LOVES him some Brazil Futbol, among other things. (He's the one who got me into soccer, actually.)
They were the first ones who taught me it's okay to order your life around sports sometimes. :-) Haha.
So I will pass on to them that you called them girly.
Just kidding. :-)
I do not believe, anymore, that you have to be like this to be a rabid fan, though. I think I used to. Because it was what I knew. But I've since met people (like you) who know their sport, but it doesn't define them.
I agree with you that anyone who doesn't know that about me doesn't know me very well. It's amazing, though, how when I have different circles of friends, they only know one part of me. I don't know if other people find that happens to them, too. But I sort of get these odd looks from people sometimes who know me really well in one context and then see these other sides of my personality and they're like, "what?!? you like basketball AND read romance novels?" or "you watch sports AND crochet?" I guess it's the complexities of people's personalities that make them who they are.
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