At 8 years old, the world wasn’t much outside of playing football in the backyard with my friends. Just being in Ypsilanti, Michigan was good enough for me. Seeing the atmosphere of Lambeau Field was a whole different world. As a child, Lambeau Field in Wisconsin was like heaven on earth. I will never forget traveling to watch the Green Bay Packers play, and dreaming of playing in the NFL one day.
Lambeau Field seemed like a different world to me since I had never left the state for eight years. Growing up with a huge backyard was amazing. At 8 years old, I felt like I had my own football stadium right in my backyard. Next thing I know, my dad is telling me we are going to Wisconsin to watch the Packers play. It was like a dream come true.
Watching the players on tv was one thing, but seeing it live and in person is a totally different experience. I will never forget walking into the stadium, listening to the crowd go crazy before the game. I couldn’t believe that I was at my first NFL game. I also couldn’t believe the amazing seats we had. I never realized how privileged the NFL players are. After a big win, I got to go the field to meet up with my uncle, who was the running back at the time. It was amazing seeing the crowd from the field. I remember standing on the field and feeling heat on my ankles. I was so confused, but as my uncle saw me stare at my feet, he told me their field is heated. I wondered if the players realize how good they have it. As I gazed around the stadium, I was thinking how crazy it is that all of the seats get filled up. It seemed like the entire state of Wisconsin was in the stadium. After I was on the field, my uncle took me into the locker room, which was shaped like a football. At the time, everything was so high-tech. Experiencing the “behind the scenes” aspect of the NFL was amazing, and it made me notice how much money goes into the business. Each players has an incredible salary. On top of their salaries, they have signing bonuses. The money invested into the NFL is unbelievable, and they are accustomed to so many luxuries. Being able to watch the Green Bay Packers play inspired me to work toward my dreams of playing in the NFL. During the game, I was watching my uncle live his dream. He played with so much passion and heart, I want to strive to be just like him. It is my goal to continue my uncle’s legacy by getting drafted. My love for the game of football is beyond words. It has been my passion since I can remember. The moment I could hold a football was the moment I started throwing it back and forth with my dad. I can not even imagine being able to play football for my career. My goal in life is to be happy in whatever career I take up, and playing football for a job would ensure lifelong happiness. I have worked very hard since I was a young athlete, and I continue working hard to this day to pursue my dreams of playing in the NFL. Overall, traveling to Wisconsin to watch my uncle play was life changing. The trip consisted of many “firsts”. It was the first time I had ever traveled out of Michigan and the first time I had watched an NFL game. Without this experience, my dreams of playing in the NFL would have never been formed.
Over the course of the 1921 and 22 seasons, the Packers underwent a transformation where they replaced most of their local talent with players from big-time colleges or other pro teams.As a result, they were highly competitive on the field from the beginning and, in turn, able to establish a firm foothold within the league. “In 1927, when the NFL decided to cut its franchises almost in half and eliminate many of its smaller cities, Green Bay survived ,Then before the 1929 season, They hit the jackpot.”While the Packers were in the process of winning the 1931 championship, they also were blindsided by what could have been a Disastrous event. “In their second game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, a local fan, Willard J. Bent, injured his back when a section of bleachers at city stadium collapsed, and he fell nearly 10 feet to the ground”,he sued them for 5,000 dollars .On April 3, 1956, voters approved a referendum to fund the construction of the stadium. “It was dedicated on Sept. 29, 1957, and called new City Stadium until it was renamed Lambeau Field in 1965.””On Blackbourn’s watch, the Packers also drafted Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor and Ray Nitschke, all future Pro Football Hall of Famers.”McLean lasted one season. He submitted his resignation under fire on Dec. 17, 1958, following a 1-10-1 finish, the worst in Packers
The Dallas Cowboys, America’s football team, one of the most well known professional football franchises in the sport’s history. The Cowboys own five super bowl titles, which were won in ’71, ’77, ’92, ’93 and ’95. They are also home to 19 renowned individuals who have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame including standout football stars Tony Dorsett, Emmit Smith, and Troy Aikman. Established in 1960, the Cowboys have been a dominating force on the field and still continue to produce to this day. Forbes wrote, “The Cowboys franchise value reaches over 1.85 billion and are listed as the third most valued sports team in the world”, (Page 1). With all of this hype and world wide recognition the powerhouse from Dallas needs a venue just as prominent as the team itself as well as having the capability to hold all the weight the Cowboys name carries.
Going to a Carolina Panthers football game and it was great! I used sight, hearing, smelling, feeling, and tasting when I went. Out of all the NFL games I have been to, this was by far my favorite. There was so much to do when I went there. We were walking to the Carolina Panthers stadium and we were a couple blocks away.
baseball game my 3rd grade year . It was a beautiful day, a few clouds covering
Imagine your first home. The place where you lived right after you were born. Where you took
The plight of athletes of color in American sports has been a well-documented and heavily conversed issue throughout society. Our treatment of these athletes was unwarranted, unfair and unacceptable, but all of that seemed to be over with pioneers such as Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in the early 20th century and finally bringing athletes of color to the same playing field as their white counterparts. Today, we proudly proclaim that our major American sports are completely void of all stereotyping and racism that plagued them in their infancy. It is obvious that this is not true with various examples such as the Donald Sterling incident showing that there are some whimpers of outright racism remaining, but there also may be be an issue that is much more widespread than we realize. A phenomenon we now call “unconscious racism” explains that in modern society we have effectively internalized our racist rhetoric to the point where it is now subtle and almost second nature. This is especially clear in the National Football League in the treatment of black quarterbacks. These quarterbacks are subjected to harsher and often more unfair scrutiny than their white counterparts, despite their similar production, as a result this new breed of subconscious racism.
As I sat in my comfy theater seat, watching many people file into the Vashon Theater, I pondered the implications of this Super Bowl game. This was the most important game for any sports franchise that had any significance to me. It almost made me shiver, thinking about the joy and celebration that would occur if the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. I listened to the excited chatter all around me, impatient for the game to start, having never experienced an atmosphere so ecstatic, so energetic, so euphoric for a sporting event.
As we are talking about various events that has happened have created lots of inspiring and jaw dropping moments that people will remember for ages. These are ‘where were you’ moments that defines where were you when this thing happened or what were you doing when it happened? The experience that people get inside Wembley is something heavenly that you cannot experience elsewhere. Many moments such as the underdogs winning, a band performing a song, players scoring amazing goals and many more you get chills down your spine.
Arena to have me start playing hockey for the first time, and I was ecstatic!
AT&T Stadium (formerly known as Cowboys Stadium) was introduced to the world on May 27, 2009, when country singer and Texas-own George Strait performed in front of 60,188 fans. A few months later, on September 20th, and 4 years to the day after the stadium ground was broken, the Cowboys played their first regular season game versus the New York Giants. The attendance on this historic night was 105,121. Although AT&T Stadium’s listed capacity is 80,000 people, the standing room only areas on the east and west side of the stadium referred to as Party Passes ($29) gives the stadium the potential to hold up to 105,000.
Before I moved to Worland, Wyoming, I lived in Idaho and never played any sort of organized sports, but every time I watched the Denver Broncos or Utah Jazz play, I knew I wanted to be doing that. Once I was in Worland, I began to play a lot of football at recess with my friends, this grew my
One one thousand. The stands are filled with men, women, and children waving their hands and homemade signs. The cheers coming from the crowd make it hard for me to hear. I smell the hot dogs, popcorn, and pizza being sold at the concession stand. The marching band has just left the field with the tuba player’s last note still ringing in my ear. In the fourth quarter with us in the lead by five the scoreboard shows six seconds. The coach yells, “It’s time to go”! I strap on my helmet with great enthusiasm and head towards the field to take my position.
my family there for the first time when I was about three. To this day I still
I had my first experience with the sport when I was very small. At the age of 5 my family brought me to a Nashville Titans game. I still vividly remember the lights,colors and players being at such a young age I immediately fell in love with it. I wanted so bad to be like those 11 men on the field. As I grew older as many things do it began to interest me, it was all around me the games,teams,posters,media football has covered every single part of the country. From college teams to the National Football League, a young American boy simply has to notice.
My favorite place as a child was County Park Lake. When we had family picnics because we all got together and there was great food and kids playing and the adults playing horse-shoes and could tell there was love for one another. There was no other place like this when I was a child. Some of my fondest memories was at that picnic site we should all have memories likes those.