Although I’ve never been that into professional sports, I can’t help but still think about how amazing that Super Bowl win by the Giants was a week ago. Just incredible. The best Super Bowl I’ve certainly ever seen!

Plus taking photos at Tuesday’s ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan was tons of fun, too.

I should remember to catch a game or two occasionally…

Although last year I did a decent job of securing tickets for the 2006 US Open, this year, I just let the Open sneak up on me with no real attempt to check it out.

Luckily, I got a last minute call from my cousin to join them for taking in a night of tennis. The day games that day had run late, but we managed to enjoy a match with Justine Henin vs Serena Williams (who we had also seen last year). And just like the year before, she lost. Next was Ferrer vs Nadal, and although these guys were great (especially the tenacious Ferrer), it was pretty late by then so we left after watching just 1 whole set. Oh well…

I should remember to try to get as close to court-side as possible next year, just to see how it feels.

(photo by rudsbp1)

In my effort to visit Coney Island more frequently before it get destroyed, I made it out to a nice Brooklyn Cyclones night game at Keyspan Park. I just love that park. It feels so good being right on the beach with the cool sea breeze blowing through it during games. Plus, the tickets are super cheap. (I’ve also seen a Björk concert there ages ago, which was amazing with fireworks and everything!)

This season they’re giving away a full Ms. Pac Man arcade game to the fan with the highest score of the season. Already, that stands at over 300,000 which is a very, very hard score to beat. Still, the high score of the day qualifies for a shirt… so with a score of 147,000 on the day I managed to take the win for my day!

As always the game was a ton of fun for more reasons that just watching the game (although not quite as many reasons as the Tokyo Giants game), so I gotta remember to practice up on my Ms Pac Man and check out the Cyclones all throughout their season.

I ran across this Getty Images photo of the Yankees win the other night on the Daily Intelligencer (one of New York Magazine’s blogs) and I gotta say, it’s amazing. I wish I could take photos like this.

I need to remember to keep trying… Maybe I’ll be decent one day.