When was the last time you went to a ___?

MLB game: Indians hosting Tigers, 1997. Got in on a press pass, which I still have. (BTW, even though I live five minutes away from Great American Ballpark in Cincy, I've never been to a game at the park.)
NBA game: Lakers at Cavs, to see Magic Johnson play one last time in person.
NHL game: Never.
NFL game: Oilers at Browns, wild card game. After Houston beat Cleveland, I was one of the hooligans who pelted Warren Moon with dog biscuits as he made his way off the field. Still regret it.
MLS or other major soccer: Never.
College football game: Too many University of Cincinnati games to count, but the last was in 2006.
College basketball game: Same.
Other college sporting event: Indiana at UC women's hoops, to see the daughter of a high school classmate play for the Hoosiers, 2008.
Concert: Depeche Mode, 1996.
Auto race: Never. And will never.
Theater performance that your children were not in: Shakespeare troupe doing Midsummer's.
Movie: Last summer, the Independence Day sequel, just to get out of the heat for a while.
Wedding: cousin's wedding, when I was a kid.
High school sporting event: Covering football and basketball locals last season.
Olympics: Never
Political rally: Two years ago, covering pro-gun nuts in Kentucky.
New York City: Never.
Foreign country: Canada, 1999.

 

MLB game: Five years ago. Corporate outing to Pittsburgh, hosting Milwaukee. Bucs lost.
NBA game: Never
NHL game: Never
NFL game: Never
MLS or other major soccer: Never
College football game: As a fan ... Oct. 1992, Penn State at WVU ... Working: Marshall University circa 2005.
College basketball game: As a fan: Never. Working ... circa 2005 WVU/Marshall Capital Classic.
Other college sporting event: None
Concert: ZZ Top and Kanas in Roanake circa 1998
Auto race: Dirt Track in southern WV in 1992
Theater performance that your children were not in: Book or Mormon, NYC, 2015
Movie: Avengers Civil War
Wedding: Don't remember
High school sporting event: Working: 2006-07, as a fan: Kevin Pittsnogle-lef Martinsburg game at holiday tournament circa 2002
Olympics: Never
Political rally: Never
New York City: 2015
Foreign country: Dominican Republic 2015

 

The weddings you don't remember are the best kind!

 

Oooh, was this the game that yielded the instant classic?

Instant Rod Allen Second Deck

 

MLB game: 1994 Marlins game, the night of the O.J. Bronco chase. Car engine overheated on the way home, and I missed the whole damn thing.
NBA game: Some Heat game in 1999
NHL game: Some exhibition in Miami in 1992 before the area got a team.
NFL game: 200o, Dolphins-Colts playoff game. Liquored-up kicker misses 49-yeard FG in OT, and Colts lose.
MLS or other major soccer: Never
College football game: 2007, Georgia at Tennessee.
College basketball game: 2006, Tennessee Tech at Tennessee
Other college sporting event: 1982, some track meet where Willie Gault leads Tennessee to world shuttle relay record.
Concert: September, Carolina Pro Musica, the Music of Shakespeare
Auto race: Never
Theater performance that your children were not in: 2008, Nutcracker, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Movie: 2009, Marley and Me.
Wedding: 2012, niece.
High school sporting event: 2007, hometown football team (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
Olympics: Never
Political rally: Never.
New York City: September 2012 for niece's wedding.
Foreign country: 2010, Russia

 

There is a disdain for auto racing here that I didn't expect. I'd go every week if I could. It's that fun.

 

You need to go to NYC.

 

I know. There are a lot of places I need to go.

 

I went to a race once as a fan. Made my head hurt.

 

Yeah, but NYC is a quick flight, and can be done in a weekend.

Can't you figure out how to do a work trip to New York, and stay over for the weekend?

 

See, you're doing it wrong. My head already hurts when I wake up on race day.

 

MLB game: Reds at Indians, 2016
NBA game: Raptors at Cavs, 2016
NHL game: Blackhawks at Blue Jackets, 2016
NFL game: Jaguars at Browns, 2014
MLS or other major soccer: Columbus Crew match, 2007
College football game: Western Michigan-Ohio, MAC Championship game, 2016
College basketball game: Cleveland State at Ohio, 2016
Concert: Jason Isbell in Cinncinnati, 2016
Auto race: World 100 at Eldora
Theater performance that your children were not in: No idea
Movie: Rogue One
Wedding: My own in September
High school sporting event: Last night, high school boys basketball game
Political rally: October 2004, Kerry-Edwards in Athens, Ohio
New York City: Never
Foreign country: Dominican Republic, 2016