Oooooh that game was exciting last night, wasn't it?!?
A dedicated sports fan, Jack was determined to find a place where we could watch the NFL playoff games--DA BEARS--and so upon our arrival, he immediately found Belushi's, a sports bar with comprehensive Sky Sports coverage, showing NFL games as well as the English Premiere League games, including last night's match-up between Man U. and Tottenham. So needless to say, yesterday was a big sports day!
But the Bears game was fantastic. We had gotten there early to watch the soccer game, so we had positioned ourselves in a prime spot for the later football game, but as the soccer game drew to a close, more and more people in Bears gear had trickled into the bar. I have to say, for someone who's been feeling a bit homesick, there was nothing better than getting to see fellow fans, revved up, united for the purpose of watching the Bears win. Speaking of some fellow fans, this young couple walked into the bar, and being one of the first pairs of Bears jerseys I saw that afternoon, motioned to them to sit with us. It was immediately clear that they weren't from Chicago...they were from England! Apparently, when the British chap was growing up in the 80's, the BBC would broadcast NFL games late at night--so our fellow Bear fan latched on as a kid the year after the Bears won the '84-'85 Superbowl. Crazy, right? I had no idea that NFL games were shown anywhere else except in America!
I was definitely proud to be from Chicago yesterday. Hell, I'm proud to be from Chicago every day! But getting that little taste of home, worldwide fans and all, was really what made the day. And I can't forget to mention that I hope Rick Reilly and all those naysayers will shut their traps about Cutler now...just because Cutler doesn't want to talk to media hacks like you doesn't mean he's worthless as a human being. Ugh.
Looking forward to enjoying the Bears beat the Packers next week!
(And Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!)
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