One of the oft-overlooked benefits of marriage is the right to legally adopt a second sports franchise. It’s important to ridicule friends and strangers that change their allegiance to teams based on a move, a philsophical difference with ownership etc. You are born into a team the same way you are born into a family name. I was born into the Giants, Yankees, Knicks and Rangers. I have problems with each franchise, but I can’t disown them. It’s like Obama said about Jeremiah Wright….(before he changed his mind on that).
Anyway, Rachel’s family is from Pittsburgh and they’re pretty rabid fans of the Black and Gold. So when my beloved Giants put up an uninspired performance against the hated Eagles, I had a justifiable team to fall back on. It’s not the same as cheering for Big Blue. But it feels real. It still feels like family.
So congrats to Polamalu’s hair and the rest of the Black and Gold. Russ was very excited….
Black and Gold and Russ
Russ Plays Terrible Towel
"This is Humiliating"
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January 19, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Jesse
Man, you’re so lucky the Levinsons aren’t from Cleveland.
February 5, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Crafty
After meeting Rachel, I too adopted the Steelers. I was waving an imaginary towel the whole evening.