...A few of my favorite things
edit- A person can never have too many lists
Visited cities (ordered, top-10 list)
- Los Angeles - Phoenix - Montreal - Cancun - Miami - New York City - San Diego - Tijuana - Houston - Cincinnati
Non-visited North American cities (top-10 list)
Non-visited non-North American cities (top-9 list)
National Basketball Association players of all-time (ordered, tier one list)
- Charles Barkley - Manute Bol - Clyde Drexler - Vlade Divac - Arvydas Sabonis - Shawn Kemp - Rex Chapman - Chris Webber - Robert Horry - Shaquille O'Neal
NBA players of all-time (tier two list)
- Keith Askins - Stacey Augmon - Benoit Benjamin - David Benoit - Kobe Bryant - Mark Bryant - Kelvin Cato - Tom Chambers - Steve Colter - Dale Ellis - Patrick Ewing - Robert Horry - Kevin Johnson - Michael Jordan - Garth Joseph - Dan Majerle - Shawn Marion - George McCloud - Cuttino Mobley - Steve Nash - Charles Oakley - Elliot Perry - Clifford Robinson - Malik Rose - Steve Smith - Nick Van Exel - Rasheed Wallace - Jayson Williams
MLB players of all-time (top-23 list)
- Carlos Perez - Julian Tavarez - Tony Fernandez - Kevin Mitchell - Sandy Alomar Jr. - Moises Alou - Dante Bichette - Tim Raines - Albert Belle - Manny Ramirez - Jose Canseco - Vladimir Guerrero - Omar Vizquel - Ken Griffey, Jr. - Andrés Galarraga - Lee Smith - Dave Winfield - Endy Chavez - P.J. Martinez - Paul Assenmacher - Orlando Cabrera - Andre Dawson - Jim Edmonds
Sports television/radio broadcasters/personalities of all-time
- Jim Rome - Marv Albert - Mike Fratello - Michael Reghi - Calvin Murphy - Tony Reali - Matt Goukas - Charles Barkley - Bob Costas - Jayson Williams - Tom Tolbert - Bill Walton - Jack Ramsay - John Anderson (broadcaster) - Clyde Drexler - Harold Reynolds - Cliff Drysdale - Keith Jackson - Rick Manning - Ernie Johnson Jr. - Dick Stockton - Scott Van Pelt
- "Not so much" list: Dan Patrick - Mike Tirico - Entire on-air crew of Fox Baseball - Chris Berman
- "Not so much" list criteria = His/her voice annoyes me, he/she is just plain stupid, and/or he/she just flat out annoys the shit out of me in an all-around way.
Radio shows (not exclusively focused on sports) and its hosts of all-time
- The Talk of Akron (Howie Chizek) - The Mike Trivisonno Show (Mike Trivisonno) - Coast to Coast AM (Art Bell)
Television shows (not exclusively focused on sports) and its hosts of all-time
- Nancy Grace (Nancy Grace) - Closing Arguments (Grace)
MLB stadiums of all-time(top-10 list)
- Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Quebec) - Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio) - Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, California) - Bank One Ballpark (Phoenix, Arizona) - Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati, Ohio) - Houston Astrodome (Houston, Texas) - Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, California) - SBC Park (San Francisco, California) - Sky Dome (Toronto, Ontario - Shea Stadium (Flushing, New York)
NBA arenas of all-time (top-10 list)
- Arizona Veterans Memorial Arena (Phoenix, Arizona) - Great Western Forum (Inglewood, California) - USAir Arena (Landover, Maryland) - Coliseum at Richfield (Richfield, Ohio) - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California) - Miami Arena (Miami, Florida) - Compaq Center (Houston, Texas) - Seattle Center Coliseum (Seattle, Washington) - Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas) - Pyramid Arena (Memphis, Tennessee)
NBA team seasons of all-time (top-10 list)
- 1992-93 Phoenix Suns season - 2000-01 Portland Trailblazers season - 1996-97 Phoenix Suns season - 1994-95 Phoenix Suns season - 2001-02 Dallas Mavericks season - 1995-96 Sacramento Kings season - 1999 Sacramento Kings - 1993-94 New York Knicks season
MLB team seasons of all-time (top-10 list)
- 1995 Cleveland Indians season | 1996 Montreal Expos season | 1996 Cleveland Indians season | 1997 Cleveland Indians seasons | 1994 Cleveland Indians season | 1995 Montreal Expos season | 2003 Montreal Expos season | 2001 San Francisco Giants season | 1996 Cincinnati Reds season | 1997 Florida Marlins season
Sports teams of all-time
- 1992 NBA "Dream Team" | 1992-93 Phoenix Suns | 1995 Cleveland Indians | 2000-01 Portland Trailblazers | 1996 Montreal Expos | 1996-97 Phoenix Suns | 1994-95 Phoenix Suns | 2001-02 Dallas Mavericks | 1995-96 Sacramento Kings | 1999 Sacramento Kings | 1993-94 New York Knicks | 1994 NBA "Dream Team II" | 1994 Denver Nuggets | 1994-95 Los Angeles Lakers | 1995 Colorado Rockies
U.S. Colleges/Universities (top-10 list)
- UNLV | Kentucky | Stanford | Arizona State | San Diego State | Rice | UCLA | Ohio State | Houston | UCLA | Southern Methodist
Olympic sports
- Gymnastics | Basketball | Volleyball | Figure Skating | Tennis
NBA teams All things considered (i.e. history, players, management, etc.)
- Phoenix Suns | Portland Trailblazers | Miami Heat | Orlando Magic | Detroit Pistons | Washington Bullets/Wizards | Los Angeles Clippers | Los Angeles Lakers | Cleveland Cavaliers | Houston Rockets | Sacramento Kings
MLB teams All things considered (i.e. history, players, management, etc.)
- Cleveland Indians | San Francisco Giants | L.A. Angles of Anaheim | Houston Astros | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Mets | Boston Red Sox | Montreal Expos | Cinicnnati Reds | Toronto Blue Jays | Florida Marlins
American 1/2-hour television shows of all-time (and its actors/actresses)
- Step by Step (Suzanne Sommers, Christine Lakin, Sasha Mitchell, and Staci Keanan) | Three's Company (John Ritter, Priscilla Barnes, Don Knotts, and Sommers) | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Will Smith, Karyn Parsons, James L. Avery, Sr., Tatyana Ali, and Alfonso Ribeiro) | Clueless (Stacey Dash and Brittany Murphy) | Figure It Out (Summer Sanders and Amanda Bynes | Who's The Boss? | The Wonder Years | Hangin with Mr. Cooper (Mark Curry, Marquise Wilson, and Raven-Symone) | The Amanda Show (Bynes) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S | Full House (Bob Sagat, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) | Switched! | Reno 911 | Beavis and Butthead | Family Ties | Saved by the Bell | Singled Out (Carmen Electra) | Cheap Seats (Jason Sklar and Randy Sklar) | The Cosby Show (Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Raven-Symone)
- S Indicates that I was a small kid at the time of extreme enjoyment of the show
Other television shows of all-time (and its actors/actresses/hosts)
- Da Ali G Show (Sasha Baron Cohen) | Seventh Heaven | Americas Funniest Home Videos (Bob Sagat and Daisy Fuentes) | Gilmore Girls
Movies of all-time
- Dragnet | Not Another Teen Movie | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Note: "All-time" defined as "current and former"
Newspapers/Magazines of all-time
- USA Today | Houston Chronicle | SI | SLAM
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