My dad is more of a casual NASCAR ran, but he always made sure to catch the Daytona 500 every year. Some of my earliest memories are of watching the race with him.

The race that is forever etched in my memory is the 2001 Daytona 500 that Dale Earnhardt died in. It's one of those things that never leaves your memory if you watched it live.

Thanks for sharing the link to be able to watch recent races. I'm looking forward to re-watching a bunch of them.

Bud Light definitely outdid themselves this time by teaming up with HBO to promote the final season of Game of Thrones. They got a few "Dilly Dilly's" in there, but this 90 second commercial was a heck of a lot more than that. A jousting match turned into something far scarier after The Bud Knight defeated a mysterious opponent in a jousting match only to find out that the opponent was actually The Mountain from Game of Thrones. Needless to say, The Mountain got the final word.

Bud Light - Game of Thrones Season 8

Dallasite Wrote: Yeah no doubt. The exact moment they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, he was fired. I wonder how long they have been waiting to do this?

He coached them to a Super Bowl win and 9/13 years into the playoffs. You could argue that was mostly because of Rodgers and maybe even in spite of the coach.. but I think that's unfair. If you are going to blame him for the bad times, you have to credit him for his part when times were great.

Yea, it just seems so disrespectful to me. It would be one thing if the Packers went five straight years with a losing record and management got fed up with it, but not with the record he's earned throughout the years.

Vive la France!

That was one heck of a final. I didn't really have any skin in the game and really just wanted to see a great final match and that's exactly what I got.

Croatia had so many opportunities to make the outcome entirely different, but they just couldn't deliver when they needed to.

I'm not a huge fan of college baseball, but it was fun watching OSU win last night because Oregon is my adopted state and it's always fun watching your home team win.

And you're right. I bet those Arkansas players will have nightmares for years about that botched play that would have given them the win. I can't imagine how they are feeling today.

It's definitely not looking good right now and he doesn't have much time to turn it around if he even wants to make the cut, let alone have a chance at winning. He has to have a tremendous round today in order to get into the top 60.

I love Tiger and was really hoping that he was going to have a breakout weekend, but it appears that we're going to have to wait another day for him to win his next major.

Kos9 Wrote: Shit. Shit. Shit. How does one root against both teams? lol. Everything sucked this playoffs. Except Vikings big comeback win. What a crappy NFL season.

No one can deny that this is one of, if not the, best teams in NFL history. The Brady-Belichick duo has been second to none for over a decade now.

I don't really have anything against the Patriots, but I'll definitely be rooting for the Eagles this year. However, I won't be placing any bets on them because the Patriots are seemingly unstoppable.

PowerPlay Wrote: All jokes aside, I have always been curious about Cubs fans. What made you stick it out with them for so long?

That's simple - I was born a Cubs fan.

One of my first memories was my dad telling me I was a Cubs fan when I asked him what he was watching. My parents dressed me up in Cubs baby attire, toddler attire, and youth attire. It was never a question as to whether I could or couldn't be a Cubs fan!

PowerPlay Wrote: Did you start watching each game with the notion that they were going to lose? That must have been infuriating. Like a roller coaster that just goes in one straight, constant, never up or down line. Then all of the sudden....BOOM. Skyrocket to compete for the top spot and win it. That must have been an insane feeling.

I'd like to say I started watching each game thinking they were going to win, but I'd be lying. They were so bad for so long that most fans became accustomed to them being terrible. Hence their (now former!!) nickname "lovable losers." We loved them no matter how terrible they were.

2003 was an especially difficult year after the Cubs complete and total meltdown in the NLCS. I was never one of the fans who blamed a baby faced kid listening to his Walkman for the Cubs losing that series, but it was still a crushing blow to get so excited only to see the team completely fall apart before my very eyes.

Then we went into the wilderness for another decade where I just became accustomed to them being one of the worst teams in the league before the Ricketts family decided that they wanted to find a way for the Cubs to win again.

I'll never forget the night the Cubs won the World Series last year. It was a feeling that is indescribable yet understood by any Cubs fan who has stuck with them through thick and thin.

I called my 90 year old grandparents the next morning and they were just overfilled with joy. They were alive during the 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945 World Series only to watch (or hear) them lose each time. Me staying a fan for the first few decades of my life is one thing, but they never lost faith in nearly a century.

PowerPlay Wrote: What do you see happening in this series against the Dodgers?

I'm not naive. The Dodgers are one hell of a team and they have a bitter taste in their mouths from last year. They also have home field advantage and a loyal fan base that rivals the Cubs. The Dodgers are definitely the favorites, but then again so were the Nationals.

No matter what happens, I will continue to be a Cubs fan the rest of my life!