Watching Sports

When I was growing up with my parents in Alexandria, Virginia, most of the time that we watched any kind of television was when we were watching sports.

My dad was a sports enthusiast and my mom became one too because of my dad's interests.  He did not share much about his life in high school, but when he went to college, he had gotten a tennis scholarship but was a walk-on on the football field and that is where he excelled.

We watched just about all the televised professional football games as well as college games there were, plus baseball games and tennis matches.  Of course, when the Olympics were televised, we watch them as well.

We were a sports watching family until 1962 when we moved to Cairo, Egypt and the family did not watch television at all for four years.  I listened to the Voice of America on the radio.

Maybe it was because of living in Cairo, Egypt but when I returned to the US to attend college, I had no desire to watch sports on the television, nor did I have any desire to watch anything on television.

I did not start watching television until I got married in 1969 and then it was only for a year until I went into the military.  After the military, I returned to college and did not have time for television except on the holidays.

My television watching did not begin again until 1974 when I graduated from college and very little time was spent watching sports unless my parents were visiting and I have a football game playing for my dad.