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When was the last time you went to a ___?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Dick Whitman, Dec 21, 2016.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Seems like a fun thread idea:

    MLB game: This season, five of them.
    NBA game: Last season, Bulls vs. Nets
    NHL game: 2013-14 season, Blackhawks vs. Ducks
    NFL game: 2008, Bears vs. Bucs
    MLS or other major soccer: Never
    College football game: 2015, Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech
    College basketball game: 2015 Big Ten Tournament, semifinals
    Other college sporting event: Last month, Notre Dame vs. Holy Cross hockey
    Concert: October, John Mellencamp
    Auto race: 2016 Indianapolis 500
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Last month, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical"
    Movie: This past Sunday, "Rogue One."
    Wedding: October, my brother's best friend got married.
    High school sporting event: This fall, several Local High football games
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: November 2008, Barack Obama
    New York City: Never
    Foreign country: 1998, Germany
     
  2. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    MLB game: This year, Game 3 NLDS, Nats @ Dodgers
    NBA game: Probably at least five years, Someone @ Lakers
    NHL game: Last season, First Round playoffs, Nashville @ Ducks
    NFL game: 2008, Colts @ Chargers
    MLS or other major soccer: This season, Revolution @ Galaxy
    College football game: 2006, Air Force @ San Diego St.
    College basketball game: 2016, CSUN @ UCLA
    Other college sporting event: 2010 or so, CSUN @ UC Riverside baseball
    Concert: September, Carrie Underwood @ Staples Center
    Auto race: June 1988, NASCAR at Riverside International Raceway
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Last month, local high school play
    Movie: Don't remember
    Wedding: September 2015, cousin
    High school sporting event: October, Local High football game
    Olympics: 1984
    Political rally: Spring 2016, Covered local rally in a effort to increase sales tax to pay for more police
    New York City: 1984
    Foreign country: 2006, Russia
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2016
  3. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    MLB game: Jays-Red Sox, Sept. 11.
    NBA game: Raptors-Hawks, Dec. 3
    NHL game: Leafs-Canadiens in preseason
    NFL game: Few years ago - maybe 2011 - Bills-Patriots @ Buffalo
    MLS or other major soccer: Never
    College football game: International Bowl, Northern Illinois - South Florida, Jan. 2, 2010
    College basketball game: Never
    Other college sporting event: 2003 Frozen Four championship game at Buffalo, Minnesota vs. New Hampshire
    Concert: Tragically Hip, Air Canada Centre, Aug. 10
    Auto race: Molson Indy, Toronto, believe my last one was 2003
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, July 2015
    Movie: There's Something about Mary
    Wedding: May, my brother went down the aisle a second time.
    High school sporting event: Huggy Jr. in his first-ever high school hockey tournament last Friday
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: Never
    New York City: July, 2016
    Foreign country: USA, 2016
     
  4. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    MLB GAME: Last July 4. Twins @ Royals
    NBA GAME: 2003. Hornets @ Nuggets.
    NHL GAME: last year. Rangers @ Avalanche
    NFL GAME: 2008, Titans @ Chiefs
    MLS: none
    College Football: This year. Texas Tech @ Kansas State.
    College Basketball: Last year.
    Other College Sporting Event: Saw a Air Force hockey match one time. Pretty cool.
    Concert: Don't remember.
    Auto race: none.
    Theater: don't remember.
    Movie: Lincoln?
    Wedding: 3 years.
    High school sporting event: Refereeing the Kansas State 2A Championship Game this past Thanksgiving Weekend.
    Olympics: None.
    Political Rally: None.
    Foreign Country: Mexico. 1989.
    NYC: Not yet.
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2016
  5. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    MLB game: Game 7 of the World Series
    NBA game: Cavs vs. Charlotte a couple Saturdays ago.
    NHL game: Chicago at Nashville about this time three years ago, only NHL game I've attended.
    NFL game: Cardinals at Browns last season
    MLS or other major soccer: Cleveland indoor soccer game 25 years ago, if that counts.
    College football game: Florida at Tennessee two years ago.
    College basketball game: I think it was when Ohio State played at The Q a few years ago. Either that or NCAA Tournament in Cleveland a few years ago. Forget which was most recent.
    Other college sporting event: Probably some wrestling or soccer match I covered decades ago.
    Concert: Rooney last month.
    Auto race: Cleveland Grand Prix or whatever they called it about 10 years ago.
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Something at the Cleveland PlayHouse last century, had someone from WKRP in Cincinnati in it.
    Movie: Last night, "Rogue One."
    Wedding: Last October or November.
    High school sporting event: Stopped at the high school next door after work earlier this year to catch the end of the opening game.
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: Eric Fingerhut in downtown Cleveland in 2008, maybe.
    New York City: Six years ago, maybe five.
    Foreign country: Toronto, Canada, for Indians opener at Blue Jays in 2014
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2016
  6. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    MLB game: Aug. 2016, Astros at Orioles
    NBA game: Dec. 2015, Suns at Wizards
    NHL game: Nov. 2016, Capitals at Hurricanes
    NFL game: 2003, Rams at Cardinals
    MLS or other major soccer: Does USL count? If so, this summer, several Richmond Kickers games.
    College football game: 2015, Delaware State at Liberty
    College basketball game: Last Saturday, Middle Tennessee State at VCU
    Other college sporting event: 2015 Big South baseball tournament
    Concert: June 2016, Jason Isbell
    Auto race: Never
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Never
    Movie: This past Friday, "Rogue One."
    Wedding: September, friend got married
    High school sporting event: 2015, the final high school football game I covered before leaving the biz
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: Never
    New York City: August 2016
    Foreign country: 1997, Mexico
     
  7. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    MLB game: Phillies v. Braves, 2013, I think, or maybe 2011. Went to see Buster Posey. He didn’t play. My mom was pissed.
    NBA game: 2007 or before, working. Never as a fan, rarely as a writer, but my last official assignment was a WNBA game in 2007.
    NHL game: 2007, working. I think I went to a Caps game in DC a few years later but I don’t really remember.
    NFL game: Falcons v. Jets , preseason in maybe the 1990s. The Georgia Dome.
    MLS or other major soccer: Never.
    College football game: 2007, FSU at Clemson. FSU lost.
    College basketball game: About a hundred years ago. Can’t even guess, but I’d wager that pat Kennedy was coaching, so between 1986-1997. When I went back to Tallahassee a few years ago, I went to the civic center and was shocked to find a new building where the teams practice. I asked about it and turns out, it’d had been there for 7-8 years.
    Other college sporting event: During home leave – May 2016. Guy I used to work for gave me tickets for about three games, IIRC.
    Concert: 2012, Toby Keith, Minot. Free tickets.
    Auto race: never
    Theater performance that your children were not in: “Beauty and the Beast,” I think 2012 or 2013. My niece was in it. Before that, “Shrek,” in Minot, 2012. Coincidentally, my niece was just in “Shrek” a couple months ago but I didn’t see it. She was a mouse and one of Dragon’s wings.
    Movie: Yesterday, "Rogue One."
    Wedding: I can’t recall one after my friend Leila. Her daughter turned 6 in May. It was at Disney and I had to wear a hidden Mickey in my hair.
    High school sporting event: Probably 1987, my own.
    Olympics: Never. No desire to.
    Political rally: Never. No desire to.
    New York City: 2007, before I left for Peace Corps
    Foreign country: Beyond the one I live in? Israel, September. Ask me Saturday and I’ll say Ukraine, inchallah.
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This should not have been surprising, as he doesn't play for either of those teams.
     
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  9. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    Clearly my mom is the Buster fan. I was pulling for Atlanta.
     
  10. SpeedTchr

    SpeedTchr Well-Known Member

    MLB game: Several years ago, can't remember which year.
    NBA game: 1980. Spurs vs. Pistons
    NHL game: Never
    NFL game: 1998
    MLS or other major soccer: MLS Cup 2005
    College football game: this year
    College basketball game: Probably 2013
    Other college sporting event: Last week
    Concert: Uhhhhhhh... 2004 maybe?
    Auto race: Brickyard sometime in the late 90s
    Theater performance that your children were not in: 1978
    Movie: 2015, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
    Wedding: 2015
    High school sporting event: This fall, several
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: Never
    New York City: February 2012
    Foreign country: 2013, Colombia
     
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Seems like a fun thread idea:

    MLB game: This season, Fenway Park
    NBA game: About 20 years ago in Orlando
    NHL game: One preseason game 20 years or so ago.
    NFL game: Couple weeks ago. Colts vs. Texans
    MLS or other major soccer: Never. Lower level, though.
    College football game: Several this season
    College basketball game: Couple this season so far
    Other college sporting event: Baseball playoffs last June
    Concert: Go to a lot. Last was Bob Dylan a few weeks ago.
    Auto race: Been a while. Maybe 1992 Daytona 500 as a fan.
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Book of Mormon earlier this month.
    Movie: This past Sunday, "Rogue One."
    Wedding: I think the last was about 8 years ago. Probably more on the horizon.
    High school sporting event: Wrestling tournament last winter
    Olympics: Never
    Political rally: Never
    New York City: Never -- closest was Newark
    Foreign country: Canada in September.
     
    Last edited: Dec 22, 2016
  12. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    MLB game: I'm not a baseball guy, so I only go to games I'm working. Turns out the last time I did that was a Rangers-White Sox game in 2012. I didn't think it had been that long, but that's what an e-mail search showed.
    NBA game: Worked a Mavericks-Pelicans game last month
    NHL game: Stars-Sharks, 2007
    NFL game: Three so far this season, and I'm working Cowboys-Lions on Monday night
    MLS or other major soccer: FC Dallas-Sounders playoff game last month
    College football game: TCU-Iowa State in September
    College basketball game: Worked a couple SMU games last season
    Other college sporting event: NCAA gymnastics championships in April
    Concert: Saw a local band in August
    Auto race: NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway in 2006
    Theater performance that your children were not in: Took the kids to see Henry V five or six years ago -- don't judge, the kids were performing Shakespeare at the time.
    Movie: Those same kids (well, two of them, anyway) dragged me to see Dr. Strange on Thanksgiving night. It was... well, strange.
    Wedding: Wow, it's been a long, long time. Maybe my younger brother's, but, embarrassingly, I couldn't begin to tell you what year that was.
    High school sporting event: Worked the Texas 2A Division I state championship football game in 2006 as a favor to a friend. Other than that, I haven't been near HS sports since I stopped having to cover it for a living in, I think, 1999.
    Olympics: Never. It's something I've always wanted to do. I regretted that logistical issues (I was just starting a new job) prevented me from being able to go when it was in Atlanta.
    Political rally: Early '90s, Da Woman dragged me to a Bill Clinton event in Columbia, S.C.
    New York City: I was born in Brooklyn, still have relatives in NYC, but it's been a long time since I've been there. So long I can't remember.
    Foreign country: Covered the MLS Cup final in Toronto in 2010.
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2016
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