I'm a Sacramento Kings fan.
Not of the fervent, rabid based variety but of the more mellow. I'll watch 'em even when they're bad, but I'll need a beer (many) and some nachos (multiple platters) to go along with my ratio in the house of three women to every one guy.
That's how every Kings game in my household has to unfold.
On the subject of being a "mellow fan," maybe that tag is a little on the light side.
I grew up in the Sacramento area and I've grown up with the team. I've watched them play ever since I was a little kid hooping on my own mini basketball court.
Maybe I said mellow because it's hard to invest time and love into a sports team when they get so close only to falter at the last moments.
Someone mention Robert Horry.
I dare you.
The name comes out in conversation and I lose control of my fists: It's a muscle regulated response. It's automatic.
When I said I was a mellow fan, I'm not that mellow.
Thanks to his 2002 Laker heroics, Horry is a man who haunts my dreams and gives me ...
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