Eight days into April and March Madness is finally behind us. Time to move on to the next sporting events of spring.
The other day I chalked about bucket lists. I took a stance that we shouldn’t put too much importance in accomplishing unattainable goals and rather focus on enjoying the simple things around us.
BUTT (remember, I use that grammatical thing to represent big butts)
BUTT, if you can go to the Final Four, DO IT!
I was fortunate to attend the 1980 Final Four at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Back then it was finished by the end of March and there were only forty-eight teams invited to the “Big Dance.”
I was in eighth grade, hating my “Exile in Indianapolis,” but this was definitely one of the finer moments during my time away from Chicago.
(Louisville, UCLA, Iowa and Purdue)
I routed for Iowa because my dad was a Hawkeye. Cheered for Purdue because they were the home team favorite. Despised Louisville because they were from Kentucky and nobody in Indiana likes Kentucky. UCLA was the evil empire back then. Still fresh from winning almost a dozen championships in a row. They were the cheaters before the New England Patriots took it up.
Louisville ended up winning.
I didn’t watch the game last night. I haven’t watched one in years. I was once married to a Jayhawk and that ruined it for me.
Onward into spring and time to pile around the horse track and the two and a half mile oval.
Two more sporting events that are a must to witness in person. The Kentucky Derby and the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
Today will be chilly, but the sun will be warm. Go be astonished and if you won your office pool or your brackets paid off, Congratulations.
